Actually, a modular wheel is an assembled wheel of 2 or 3 pieces. Those are commonly referred to as "slots" or kidney bean wheels.Here are my 16.5" slots, recently polished. They were made by Superior Industries in Van Nuys, California in the 70s or 80s.
Take your rotor off, then unbolt the spindle from the steering knuckle. Then you can pull the shaft straight out through the hole in the steering knuckle. You don't have to remove the knuckle from the ball joints.As far as other parts, as long as everything is tight, put a new u-joint in it...
Ha, I can't say it runs good now, but it's much better than it was. We fixed a leaking EGR port, and blocked off the EGR because the valve was stuck. But the biggest improvement was bumping the timing up a little. He had it set to factory specs, but it's amazing how much a few extra degrees...
Taken today. This is my '79 F350 with my buddies' Highboy. He lives just a few houses down from me and built this truck just to beat around in over the winter. It is built with leftover parts from his other Highboy project, which he is building into a show truck. He is a junior in high...
That's not snow... this is snow:Those are 36s on my F350. I did get it stuck briefly trying to back out of this, but I was able to get it out with a little bit of throttle and rocking.Here is my old F150 on 35s and my quad as I was trying to plow the driveway. I had to plow everything...
The body was nice, besides the bed, which was much worse than the photo shows. It looked good from the outside due to all of the putty in the wheel arches, but the floor was gone, all of the crossmembers were bad, it was basically disintegrating from the inside out. But the worst part was the...
Thanks guys, it was a pretty nice truck and I loved the color. Even in the picture, the bed was pretty rusty, but the brown color hid a lot of it. The bed floor was nonexistant and the quarters were full of putty right above the rear wheels. If it wasn't for the swiss cheese frame it would...
Here is a pic of my first truck, a '79 F100 Ranger with a 302/C6. I paid for it by mowing grass in high school. It was in decent shape when I got it, but PA winters really took a toll on it. I started to fix it up while I was in college, but the frame was bad so I parted it out. I still have...
You know, that is a much smarter way to go, and cheaper in the long run, but I'll argue that it's a lot less fun! I've always wanted one of these old one-ton dumpers, and we are having a blast fixing her up and hauling everything with her. Legally, it can only carry about 3600lbs since it is...
The 77 F150 in my avatar is DOA. The 351M died while I was building the brown truck, so I retired it to parts donor status. It gave its rust-free southern bed and the hood with the scoop on it up to the brown truck, and the C6 is sitting on a stand getting ready to be swapped to the brown...
I ended up removing the factory swaybars on this truck just because I wanted some additional off-road flex. It still drives nice on the street, although to be honest I never drove it on the street with the swaybars on it. The half-tons have softer springs, so you may notice a little more...