A '62 has to get back on the road

[Braunschweiger]

Now it's the turn of the frame, the engine and the gearbox had to leave their place, as did the exhaust, the axles stayed in place for the time being, I wanted to clean the whole thing in a washing area. Roughly pre-cleaned for the first time.

[Braunschweiger]

The frame has been cleaned and I have an unpleasant surprise with the crack in the frame, there were still some, more on that later. Rear axle removed, it's an 8.5 inch, 10 bolt axle, from a '76 Pontiac, my C10 runs on a 5x4.75 bolt circle, I could identify that with the rear axle code 2.41:1 with Positrack, geared quite long, strange axis.

[Braunschweiger]

Removed the '62 front axle, it was still welded to the frame, why? The truck probably had a bad accident and the frame was cut open, straightened and welded again. I reopened the crack, the metal was a good 3mm on top of each other, with a 20t hydraulic ram, I drilled and welded holes in the crack, ground the crack into a V shape and step welded it, for stability, another plate was placed behind it and spot welded, that should hold

[Braunschweiger]

I reworked the repair welds again, grinding and rewelding where the welding was not clean, an unfavorable place for stability.
Sanded the frame and set it up with the engine jack for painting, with zinc phosphate rust protection the 1st layer

[notsolo]

Nice project, your metal kills are very good, sheet metal looks amazing...and the color comb is great. Looking good....what's your plan for the axles, I went with a 5 lug from an " 82 " 11 inch discs and the booster from same truck, worked out well. Made a plate to cover double hole from old a master and slave cylinder clutch.

[Braunschweiger]

Well I'm from Germany and I was lucky to find a 63 axle, I'm sticking with the 5x4.75 bolt circle because I already have the rims for it, the truck already has PB which works great. The conversion with Dropspindles and the bolt circle is exciting, I will report about it

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by Braunschweiger

Well I'm from Germany and I was lucky to find a 63 axle, I'm sticking with the 5x4.75 bolt circle because I already have the rims for it, the truck already has PB which works great. The conversion with Dropspindles and the bolt circle is exciting, I will report about it

The front should be able to use 1988-1992 Camaro 1LE rotor, 12" with 4 3/4" bolt circle

https://www.speedwaymotors.com/1988-...RoCbEkQAvD_BwE