OT (sorta' there's a repair involved, just not home) : Vintage Chevytruck parts
I seem to have lost all track of the old catalogs and google didn't
raise anybody I recognized from the past.... '58 Chevy C60 (quite a lot bigger brother to a C10/20 but same cab style, etc., just running gear is a lot heavier) ... I'm fed up w/ no odometer and speedometer to a certain point but the real want is the gas tank level sending unit--they're a metallic conductive strip that eventually breaks resulting in an "always full" indication. I've never known exactly what they are made of; a braze "repair" job of one on the other truck wasn't entirely satisfactory; screwed up calibration something fierce... :) So, the question is; anybody here have good source for vintage Chevy truck parts... -- |
OT (sorta' there's a repair involved, just not home) : Vintage Chevy truck parts
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dpb wrote: I seem to have lost all track of the old catalogs and google didn't raise anybody I recognized from the past.... Well, you could try some place that you don't recognize from the past. I had a '72 for a while there, and found a few places that were honest and reasonable, via web search. Don't remember now who they were, though. Or you could buy a hard copy of Hemming's down at the magazine rack and look through the dealer ads ... '58 Chevy C60 (quite a lot bigger brother to a C10/20 but same cab style, etc., just running gear is a lot heavier) ... I'm fed up w/ no odometer and speedometer to a certain point but the real want is the gas tank level sending unit--they're a metallic conductive strip that eventually breaks resulting in an "always full" indication. I've never known exactly what they are made of; a braze "repair" job of one on the other truck wasn't entirely satisfactory; screwed up calibration something fierce... :) So, the question is; anybody here have good source for vintage Chevy truck parts... -- |
OT (sorta' there's a repair involved, just not home) : VintageChevy truck parts
Smitty Two wrote:
In article , dpb wrote: .... ...I had a '72 for a while there, ... Ah...and yes! Had one of them, too. Sold/gave it to friend when left TN; it's still going strong afaik. Son has one in Raleigh w/ factory air but it has had tranny problems he's never fixed--I keep thinking I should bring it out... On the places and google/web searches--figured _somebody_ here has old Chevy's and favorite current places... :) But, if not, yeah, there are other ways. -- |
OT (sorta' there's a repair involved, just not home) : Vintage Chevy truck parts
dpb wrote:
I seem to have lost all track of the old catalogs and google didn't raise anybody I recognized from the past.... '58 Chevy C60 (quite a lot bigger brother to a C10/20 but same cab style, etc., just running gear is a lot heavier) ... I'm fed up w/ no odometer and speedometer to a certain point but the real want is the gas tank level sending unit--they're a metallic conductive strip that eventually breaks resulting in an "always full" indication. I've never known exactly what they are made of; a braze "repair" job of one on the other truck wasn't entirely satisfactory; screwed up calibration something fierce... :) So, the question is; anybody here have good source for vintage Chevy truck parts... No source, but here's a tip. When you get ready to replace the fuel sending unit, it may, on your model, be easier to remove the bed than to drop the tank. On my Chevy truck, the bed is held in by only 8 bolts that are easy to reach. |
OT (sorta' there's a repair involved, just not home) : VintageChevy truck parts
HeyBub wrote:
dpb wrote: .... '58 Chevy C60 (quite a lot bigger brother to a C10/20 but same cab style, etc., just running gear is a lot heavier) ... .... No source, but here's a tip. When you get ready to replace the fuel sending unit, it may, on your model, be easier to remove the bed than to drop the tank. On my Chevy truck, the bed is held in by only 8 bolts that are easy to reach. No need; tank is behind seat... :) Also, as noted it's a C60 (32M GVW) w/grain bed & hoist, not a pickup. Just that medium-duty trucks had same cab design as pickups then. -- |
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