1949 Chevy with S10 swap. Beginner build with ambition!

[gigamanx]

Rear bumper went on.

Bracket for the S10 frame:


Installed:




Official engineering test...jumped up and down on the bumper and it didn't break!

I'm trying to get the truck legal so the police, and my wife, will stay off my case. Turns out there are a few issues that are holding me up.

1. The vacuum wiper motor isn't strong enough to move the new wiper blade. Might have to convert to electric afterall.

2. Washer jets are required in Pennsylvania. That's not even something that came stock with these trucks so I'm not sure if I can get away with not having them.

3. I broke the darn hazard switch on my eBay steering column so now I don't have hazard lights. Its attached to a thin plastic bracket internally. Poor design in my opinion since some light pressure the wrong way on the handle broke it off. Hoping I can rig up an external switch to the hazard wire on the column wiring and be done with it.

In good news, got the two craigslist special front wheels installed and didn't need any spacers! Looks so much better, but now I'm ready for drop spindles.

[8man]

I like that bumper bracket. You could post up a sketch with dimensions to help out.

[gigamanx]

Originally Posted by 8man

I like that bumper bracket. You could post up a sketch with dimensions to help out.

I'll see what I can do. I went with the bracket idea after JoeDoh mentioned that the original AD 3100 bracket is spring steel to help take a bit of the force of a hit to the bumper. I wanted to keep that flexibility from the original truck, so just needed to extend the S10 frame down for an attachment point.