Tilt Front

Brian , You asked for it , so here it is. M1028

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you're not done with that thing yet? slacker. heheh. hey how did you put power brakes on it? what year is that master cylinder? Is there a kit for that? Are those UPS wheels? LOL..

seriously though, that's inspirational. That ought to be interesting in the bog.

Heh, that's cool...

You cut the fenders with the cab line, to get it to work? How big of a gap is there closed? What do you use to fasten it down?

There is about a 1/4" gap where I cut it. I'm going to put a set of original hood latchs at the back of the hood, down onto the fender . M1028

That is VERY cool. When you design a tilt bed, let me know. I've got ideas, but I think I should put it all back together first and at least drive it once.

18 months and counting.

-G-

Barry, did you get those XL's from Dave? Next year...Velvet will be in mud. Oh wait...THIS year. Heh,heh.

NO, I got them from a local guy that deals in surplus tires. He has another set but they are about bald. Does anybody need any Gamma Goat tires ?? He has a trailer load of them . Does this mean that later this year there will be a picture of my truck and Velvet in the pit ??? M1028

Thats a pretty neat set up.And to think International was almost on to something with their hoods opening that way.What kind of big narly hinges did you use to tilt it? Does it have an asist or is it rather easy to open?

I modified a set of hood hinges off an R model Mack. The hood tilts pretty easy but I'm thinking of putting a set of gas assist rear hatch shocks on it. I just didn't get that far yet. Too many projects going on right now. M1028

If I am thinking right Gama Goat tires are the same as DUKW...So if they guy near you wants to sell his tires he needs to let all the DUKW owners know about them...Sells them cheep enough and I might even know a couple of guys who would by them.

I like it!
What are you doing for adjustments? I was thinking the simple bolt with a big rubber cushion on it like newer cars would work great.
That and keep some of the rattles down.
How are you going to clear inner finder wells on the brakes, etc?

Barry,
That's the most beautiful thing I ever did see. You're a master of the booty-fab. Not to hijack the thread- but what motor is that?
-B.

k8icu - You are mostly correct. They take the same size, 11:00 X 18 , but the gamma goats were like 8 ply and the DUKW were like an 18 ply. I'm sure that somebody else here knows for sure.

Hammer - Yea that is what I have planned on using , those bolts with the rubber cushions on the heads. It is hard to see but the inner fender is cut off too. I seperated the inner fender at it's original seam . The back piece is still attached to the rear part of the fender and the firewall. The front piece is still attached to the tilt front. The lap joint is just opposite now. When I'm done it is going to look like it came from the factory this way. It worked out real nice.

Brian - Thank you , that is quite a complement comming from the Dean of the Booty -Fab College of Technology . That is a Chevy RAT motor. You are going to have to ask Spicer to define just what exactly a Rat motor is. M1028

I like the flipup front, Im going to do that on my old 68 el camino pro streeter when i get it built but it will be fiberglass.

you aught to run a crane hi fire on that RAT and she will sure be happy down at idle and all the way to redline. I finally talked my boss into runnin one on his drag boat and after he did finally get it, a 428 cobra jet with edelbrock alum. heads, 305 comp cam ect. ran smoother didnt change the big cam sound just made her want to idle all day down low to make the cam talk. they fire up to 12 times at each firing up to about 3000 rpms then big sparks to redline with built in rev limiters and fire at 300 millijoules of spark energy with the LX-92 coil. it works good on overcarbed motors that tend to foul plugs too.

Totally Cool!! I still like to come back for ideas for my next truck. Sure miss having it to tinker on, and drive.
Love the new sight, with pics.
mudclod

M1028 would you be able to post or send a few detailed pics of you tilt hood that is what my 7 has been wanting thanks Curtis .......drsmith123@sbcglobal.net :mrgreen: