catching up with pictures that were missed!!

Since last update a year ago a few things changed:

1.  Rebuild the carburetor

2.  Started doing some body repairs  --before pictures to follow:

patching the right rear fender

more patch work

rust on the lower part of the fender, this will be tricky to fix

hood will need some work

under the front fender

body work - using bondo filler and welding !!

Finally now that I have most of the mechanical updates out of the way, I am now able to start working on the body:
My plan is as follows:

1. Weld and repair rusty spots.
2. Apply bondo filler to fix problem areas.
3. Use sand paper to sand down bondo and smoothen the areas of work.
4. Apply one or two layers of primer by the end of October.

Below are some before pictures of the truck.  It needs quite a bit of work.

 

 

It has been a while..

A few things changed since last update.

First -- New baby George.  This blessing is causing some delays in the restoration project but it is worth it.

Here is the list of changes since April of 2014

1.  Fixed the fuel system -- problems with carburetor overflowing.
     i). Replaced float in the carburetor
    ii). Re adjusted needle and seat.
   iii). Added a fuel regulator.

Carburetor

2. Fixed the crack on the exhaust manifold.

large crack on exhaust manifold

3. Added a new radiator fan for additional cooling.

new fan assembly!!

The link below provided me with inside information to correct this frustrating problem.

http://www.ihpartsamerica.com/forums/carb-tech/4118-holley-1904-carburetor-rebuild-part-2-reassembly.html

 The biggest help was a call to little Dearborn in Minneapolis:

http://www.littledearborn.com

Those guys were extremely helpful.  They told me to take a carb cleaner and clean the needle and seat.
After adjusting it about 20 times I was finally able to get it to work.