protrash63

Exactly...all my 60's Chevy pickups have had discs installed but I always ran manual brakes to keep my right thigh in shape! LOL I liked the feel of it along with manual steering too. No 8 tracks I have to admit.

Havent done it and not planning it but have seen it done and there are a few different routes to be taken. One is a Xmember swap to MII or equivalent. The other route I have seen is sectioning the factory Xmember for clearance, batwing pan on the trans AND flipping the spindles from left and right to make a front steer. Not kidding. I researched quite a bit before buying a Riv and decided that I would go with the expense of the engine rather than all the other work to swap it. Guess it depends on ones skills and parts availability. I believe the Roadster Shop makes a replacement frame allowing all the stuff to work.

Didnt get my hardware cleaned up so I will try to get the springs in tomorrow morning or so. Going QA1 for the rear shocks as well. Coils from Coil Springs Specialties.

Headed out today and finally wrestled the rear end on to the link kit. Started with the trailing arms and the 'upper link'. Its pretty dicey pushing things around and getting the urethane bushings crammed in. Also had previously expanded the mounting areas for the panhard bar as it needed 2" to get in and the factory was at 1.75". Used threaded rod, nuts, and washers to expand the mounts. Went pretty well with the usual trying to line up bolts thru all the brackets. Used grade 8 stuff everywhere but forgot to get lower shock bolts....never fails! I wonder how many hours I've wasted getting hardware for stuff I've built. Anyway, check it out.......and Happy New Year.

I just took this junction apart a few weeks ago and the clip was actually the hardest part for me!

I will get it on the engine stand and be able to do that. Just started looking at things to see what I could find. Its so far looking used, of course, but not horrible. I'll get the intake off and the valley pan...and the trans.

Getting curious about my engine replacement and have started taking things apart to assess what going on with the 65 401. It turns but gets stuck just over 365* rotation. Rockers have been replaced on the drivers side, pulled the dizzy and the oil pump turns. The plugs didnt look too bad actually...I was expecting much worse. I'm wondering if something has fallen in a cylinder as it did not have a carb. Spent less than an hour on it so far but will figure it out eventually.

Still making progress and I put a coating of paint and undercoat to freshen things up. Its drying now and this week I will start assembling the rear suspension.

No....and I dont golf or wear berets either.

Yes, but I have a new tank and sender. I planned on testing it because the 'new' one in my 66 Chevy pickup sank shortly after driving it....I need to yank the tank and am not looking forward to the whole thing.

The only thing I saw stamped was on the top and bottom in roughly 1/2" tall numbers that showed '70'. I didnt totally turn it over as I had it on jack stands...it was slightly precarious!

The axle.............

I'm still kickin'! I'm so busy that if I listed all the stuff going on you'd think you were on a home improvement web page... So in between home and work I have managed to pick off a few things and I will definitely have the suspension together by the new year. It's gettin' close... Yanked out the tank shortly after the rear axle. It really hangs on until one realizes the vent tube is behind the bumper! LoL!! Little bit of ultra-violence popped it off there... Then proceeded to blow out the rear frame rails which were filled with an endless supply of rat turds. My shop looked like a turd bomb had gone off and there are still some rolly polly pieces around. Yuck! Also cleaned up the rear axle housing, which is extremely boring BTW. Lots of nooks and crannies to try and clean. I went ahead and gave it a coat of hammered black to make it presentable and it is now ready to go back in. Its amazing that I have actually removed every brake fitting on this car without messing up one...they all came apart! Need to source some more odds and ends and paint under the rear of the car. Thats next.

The Shiftworks option looks good, but if someone was willing to do at home project I would attempt a mold and then use some epoxy to mold a new piece. I am a scale moseler and people do this all the time to make duplicates of certain parts. I have also seen silicone used out of a tube to fill in a mold. Just an idea, anyway.

Does any one know a source for the rear brake drums? The usual suspects I imagine? I haven't searched yet but think mine might be too far gone. Thanks.