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We will likely sell the extra engine and tranny.
We are hot on the prowl for either a 6.2 or 6.5 GM diesel to retrofit into the deuce
We have located an 83 Chevy PU with a 6.2 and an ATS turbo setup.
The power level will be a bit more than the stock 302 6 cyl but far short of anything that will turn the drive lines into pretzels.
We are going to back the little diesel with a TH 400 auto and probably a gear vendors OD unit to get a tad more road speed.
The "Little deuce crew" is gonna be a custom all the way.
We will likely keep the air wipers as air will be plentiful on board.
The kid has many great ideas cooking on on what he wants as far as looks, fuel tank, battery location and such.
I'm more of a "modify, adapt type" and use as much factory stuff such as battery trays, fuel tank and such.
We both want power steering and a full service contemporary column and wheel.
I just happen to have a lovely column from a 91 Burb that's complete with 4 spoke wheel, tilt and such.
We will strip the entire wiring harness from the deuce and toss it, as time and rodents have finished it.
The GM pickup donor will provide a good wiring harness that will service the engine and chassis completely.
I have been thinking about welding in the stacked quad headlights from the PU into the original core support to give the front end a very unique look.
We have not thrashed this out as yet so ???????????????
Currently my thrust is getting the air brakes and the 22.5 duplex wheels to grow on the truck.
Today I'm planning on a trip to the truck bone yard to do a recon on some air brake equipment.
Found a front axle with 15x4 brakes and need to measure some things to see if adaptation is gonna be easy or require more chips in the trash bin of the lathe and mill.
The biggest hurdle will be the axle flange that the brake spider bolts to. If the flange on donor axle is larger then it gets easy as we can machine a simple adapter to mate the brake spider to the existing flange on the deuce.
If the flange on the deuce is too large then it gets interesting. We will likely need to mount the spider farther inboard to allow the brake shoes to sit in the proper location, plus we need the adapter to allow the 10 on 11.25 budd wheels to fit the factory deuce hubs.
Once I get good dimensions on the inset of the spider/shoes from the donor axle, then we can get going at making parts.
If need be we may have to cut the flange off the axle on the deuce and make as new one to fit the air brake spider (Read as backing plate in air brake talk)
We have plenty of room between the hub and the springs for the newer drums and brakes to fit, just gotta get them where they need to be is all.
The 2nd through the 4th ones will be easy to build as we will have a blue print and an example to work from.
Number 1 will likely have some !@##$%^&* with it, but that's normal when prototyping.
The best part is we are not dealing with stuff that needs to have .001" tolerances.
Even the wheel adapters could have run out of a few thousandths and be fine.
Brakes need to be located close diametrically and in and out within the drum within 1/16th inch.
As long as we can register off existing machined surfaces we are in the sweet spot.
More to follow.
When we have parts I will post pix
Snowy
We are hot on the prowl for either a 6.2 or 6.5 GM diesel to retrofit into the deuce
We have located an 83 Chevy PU with a 6.2 and an ATS turbo setup.
The power level will be a bit more than the stock 302 6 cyl but far short of anything that will turn the drive lines into pretzels.
We are going to back the little diesel with a TH 400 auto and probably a gear vendors OD unit to get a tad more road speed.
The "Little deuce crew" is gonna be a custom all the way.
We will likely keep the air wipers as air will be plentiful on board.
The kid has many great ideas cooking on on what he wants as far as looks, fuel tank, battery location and such.
I'm more of a "modify, adapt type" and use as much factory stuff such as battery trays, fuel tank and such.
We both want power steering and a full service contemporary column and wheel.
I just happen to have a lovely column from a 91 Burb that's complete with 4 spoke wheel, tilt and such.
We will strip the entire wiring harness from the deuce and toss it, as time and rodents have finished it.
The GM pickup donor will provide a good wiring harness that will service the engine and chassis completely.
I have been thinking about welding in the stacked quad headlights from the PU into the original core support to give the front end a very unique look.
We have not thrashed this out as yet so ???????????????
Currently my thrust is getting the air brakes and the 22.5 duplex wheels to grow on the truck.
Today I'm planning on a trip to the truck bone yard to do a recon on some air brake equipment.
Found a front axle with 15x4 brakes and need to measure some things to see if adaptation is gonna be easy or require more chips in the trash bin of the lathe and mill.
The biggest hurdle will be the axle flange that the brake spider bolts to. If the flange on donor axle is larger then it gets easy as we can machine a simple adapter to mate the brake spider to the existing flange on the deuce.
If the flange on the deuce is too large then it gets interesting. We will likely need to mount the spider farther inboard to allow the brake shoes to sit in the proper location, plus we need the adapter to allow the 10 on 11.25 budd wheels to fit the factory deuce hubs.
Once I get good dimensions on the inset of the spider/shoes from the donor axle, then we can get going at making parts.
If need be we may have to cut the flange off the axle on the deuce and make as new one to fit the air brake spider (Read as backing plate in air brake talk)
We have plenty of room between the hub and the springs for the newer drums and brakes to fit, just gotta get them where they need to be is all.
The 2nd through the 4th ones will be easy to build as we will have a blue print and an example to work from.
Number 1 will likely have some !@##$%^&* with it, but that's normal when prototyping.
The best part is we are not dealing with stuff that needs to have .001" tolerances.
Even the wheel adapters could have run out of a few thousandths and be fine.
Brakes need to be located close diametrically and in and out within the drum within 1/16th inch.
As long as we can register off existing machined surfaces we are in the sweet spot.
More to follow.
When we have parts I will post pix
Snowy