'51 Standard Chassis Restoration

[GERMANAIRE]

Wow! Incredible work John Henry , much to learn from here will definitely stay tuned on this thread. Keep up the Great Work! Peter

[johnshenry]

There is a small reinforcement plate under the outriggers that I had to drill off the old ones, media blast, weld through primer, then spot weld on to the outrigger. I have had a spot welder for years, but never used it for much, but it worked great here.

There is a number on the top of the front tranny mount holder on the chassis. It is not the same as the number on the drivers side out rigger. Anyone know what that is? Just a casting number?

I spent an entire 3 hours just fitting up one of the outriggers from Wolfsburgwest tonight. I lot of hammering, fitting, measuring, hammer, test fit, check with the floorpan, etc. The put the fork yoke cover on and see if it interferes, etc. etc. Classic case of you just have to stick with it until it is perfect.

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'57 Deluxe
'56 Single Cab

[splitjunkie]

[usariemen]

[eurodub]

Carsten, a nut is easy to replace at this stage and only a minor thing to do.
i tend to agree its just "a nut" but if a correct one is available, why not.
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[usariemen]

A weld nut , let´s say in the trunk, wich you see later.
Sure, OK, that should "look right".
But at that place it will maybe never be seen again.
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[nlorntson]

No idea about the number on the tranny mount, but here's what my 49's looks like:

[johnshenry]

[splitjunkie]

I was not being a wise ass. I was just pointing out a detail that he might want to address. Considering he just spend all of that time on that little reinforcement plate that "no one will ever see" I though he would like to know now rather then when the pan is finished. John is a detail nut after all. Just trying to help.

Not to take away from Mika, but you can get those weld nuts from WW.

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=N114071
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You know, a lot of these scratches will buff right out... Jerry Seinfeld

[johnshenry]

[bwaz]

[nlorntson]

Well then it's important to point out that Mika's are M8 and have TWO bumps (for pre 49 cars?) and the WW ones have 4 bumps.

So, which do you need?

[johnshenry]

The originals on my '51 outriggers are definitely 2 spot welds. But they don't have the locating bumps on the backside. Since I can get them quickest, I will probably just get the WW ones. I'll grind the bumps off, MIG fill the dimples in the back, then spot weld them on with 2 welds like the originals.

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John Henry

'57 Deluxe
'56 Single Cab

[Seb67]

Awesome work as always John.

"I used to think you were crazy but now I can see your nuts."
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[nlorntson]

[johnshenry]

Punctuation is everything in the forums...............
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John Henry

'57 Deluxe
'56 Single Cab

[mr. warehouse]

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[Keith]

You say '54 was the last year the floor pans were the same pressing as splits, I thought '55 was.

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[52 split]

what was the factory way or tool used to install the weld nuts. they did not drill four holes for the bumps and then weld them. some type of press and weld method?at that stage with my car thanks.