Some things I've learned along the way...... A 14ft bed on a 10ft frame is a terrible idea, 3rd stage goes up really fast when it tips over center. All of the wait is on the tail and it does not steer well loaded, front duals helped hold her down but steering is an ironman feat( but it does look awesome). Memphis equipment has ready to go reman carbs on the shelf. The gaskets that come with the engine oil filters from Napa do not fit. Finding fan belts is a multiple parts store visit adventure. There is supposedly a napa store or warehouse somewhere in Kentucky that shows 8,000 of the dual threaded end spark plugs in inventory and there are none anywhere else in the country. If the leather piece in the points ignition is dry rotted away it will foul out the plugs every time. If you add an electric pusher pump because you break off your priming lever on the fuel pump, and accidentally leave it on it will pump the entire 55 gal tank through the crankcase and out the breather. The truck will run after this and it may be the best motor flush ever invented, just be prepared with more than three 5 gallon buckets or you will have a mess on your hands. The brake system is the equivalent of a positrac in a Plymouth.... It just works....most of the time. These trucks are SKETCHY above 25 mph on the road and attempt lane changes at random, and if you stomp the brakes it will die and with front duals you have zero steering. Lastly this truck is bulletproof.... It will not die, amazing how overbuilt these old tanks are.
