Installing the front clip on our 1950 Chevy pickup | Redline Update #41
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- We're finally seeing some big visual changes on our 1950 Chevy pickup. It seems like a long arduous journey as you get into the nitty-gritty of putting an old truck back together, but it's all worth it as you start to see the pieces come together. We're getting closer and closer to getting the baby back on the road so stay tuned for more updates as we go.
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Classically beautiful American made truck restored to service........priceless!!!
These particular redline rebuilds on the 1950 Chevy truck have helped me no end in getting my 57 back on the road. Great tips and full of information.
Love watching this project. Not an expensive restoration or restomod like almost every TV show. Just good tips and content.
I would love to get a project like this 😅
I'm amazed how well that grill has held up. Nice work as always
Thanks for make us remember all we've done in our truck. Which we tend to forget and we need to valorate all the effort we put in our proyects. Thank you!
Seeing the front clip back on, really brought a smile to my face. I still wish Dads old truck was still around, guess thats why so many of us love the series.
Front clip going back on!! Awesome!! Almost time to pick up a square bail and an ice cream cone!! Thanks Davin and Hagerty!!
The old truck turn signals were red on the back because they usually mounted to the fenders, later the side of the cab (when cabs got wider), so they could be seen from the side/rear to let the car next to you that you were going to be moving over. They're nostalgic.
I personally thought that the lamp lit up like three fireflies
These videos are really cool! My grandfather is currently building a 51, and I send him these videos every time they come out, gives him some major help on how these trucks work
It's not how they work it's how you work on it 😏
Looking great and thanks for the "Cheer Up" in today's world.
Mike
I can't wait for this truck to show up in my driveway when it is done. (You get it, you got it = good)
Great job Davin
I love watching the work on the Chevy pickup!
Man if I ever had a Jay Leno's garage type of deal, Davin would be my first port of call for head of the shop, dude is skilled as they come and humble with it. A master of the art.
I love seeing your restoration of this old Advance Design Chevy pickup. I miss having my old '55 Series 1 but thankfully a buddy of mine bought it and did a full restoration on it. So I'm glad it went to a good home where it's really appreciated and enjoyed.
i have a 1951 AD chevy, my son helps me with what i call "fit checks" every time i do any metal work on the cab or fenders. i use a pair of harbor freight 13 inch aluminum steps to support the front fenders at the cab attachment point. my rolling chassis is on a set of car dollys so it happens to be the perfect height. nice job
What I like best about the 1950 Chevy truck is that it's practical, not perfect. I recommend to friends that want a classic but don't have a big budget due to kids, mortgage, life, etc. to buy an old truck because they get to work on a classic and use it as it as a truck for yard work, renovation projects, etc. Helped a friend put a 240 6 cylinder in his 1967 Ford just a few weeks ago. Now I'm off to my garage to work on my 1965 Mercury M100 truck.
It's always interesting to watch, cool tips & tricks on dealing with vintage vehicles😉
Thanks for sharing Davin👍
Stay safe❤
Whoever had this truck before took care of it & mounted those lights on the bumper cause he didn't want them on the fender like everybody else...l'm glad you kept them - l like them too...truck takin' shape
Well hey , what I did with mine is just simply changed out the CORE of the light bulb on the running lights,,,, and then bought one of those blinker assy's that you just mount to the column of the steering wheel. That way instead of drilling holes into the top of my fenders, and mounting lights up top, I just "changed" the core of the "RUNNING LIGHTS" into "BLINKER LIGHTS",,,,, it worked excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a '53 3/4 ton 3600, it was the VERY LAST YEAR that the 216 cu. in. was used ......... at all!
Great job guys. Love what you do on the show!
Back then when this truck was made they built things to last indefinitely. The blinker housings are made out of thicker metal than they typically use nowadays on a hood.
What a great project! I am mesmerized.
As usual - top drawer information and great entertainment. Can't wait to see this one motoring down the road.
Thank you for sharing. Looking good. 🇨🇦😎
When I was a kid in the 70s, my mom drove a 53 Chevy similar to this one. Thing was a beast. Only 2 things I didn't like was the vacuum wipers and the single port master cylinder. You blow a line, you are going for a ride
dave1135 we had a 53 that I bought for 75 bucks from a rancher in Wyoming. What a thing for a newly wed couple in 1976. I rebuilt the wiper motor- worked too good, first rain , turned ‘em on, and lifted my foot off the gas. Ha, they went so fast the left wiper blade ended up in the ditch along side the road. Wife laughed like a fool at me. Good times!
Love this build, no fake hosts, no graveley voiced announcers, just dave saying what he's going to do and getting right to it. And no thousands of dollars of parts used for a "budget build"
That rad looks way to nice for that truck.
I'm doing this job on a 41 right now. Thanks for the tips!
The Producer: Davin, today we’re doing upholstery. Davin: OK, I’ll get my torch...
Good video. Always good content. Nothing fancy but that's the information that most people need.
Looks like a lot of fun. Would be a dream project.
Excellent vid guys.
Love the whole idea of keeping the original patina and not making it look like a new car with new paint! Looking good 👍
4:39 WHOA BRO! Your buddies at Holley say crimp don't solder!
In this situation either could have been done. I personally prefer to solder the connectors on but I try to make sure that the solder does not go very far away from the connector. the reason that many say don't solder is that if the wires are flexing they fatigue faster and will break. if the wire is in a bundle and held firm so it cannot move wire fatigue is not a problem. I do agree with you that in this situation that using a butt crimp connector covered with heat shrink would have been the better choice as the wire is not in a bundle and can flex.
Love your videos. Learned a lot. Thank you
The turn signals were generally mounted on top of the fenders. The red lense could therefore be seen from folks to the rear of the truck. Never seen them mounted in that position.
What to say just perfect 😉😉.
I liked these old fleetmasters, they held a important part in history when the big three all did their best to get to number one in sales so you didn't just see one rig on the road. I have owned all three and can't say I have a favorite as when fairly compared, all had their good points, the v8 was faster, the chevy would start when other just sat in the barn and those dodges were good for hauling in hay. I remember clearly stacking forty five bales of hay on a dodge pickup and it looked like a set of headlights in the field moving hay and it made it to the barn. Blocks of wood between the frame and axle. I like the chevys with insert bearings better than that 216 that was half and half. You have given this old girl a chance again
AWESOME VIDEO!!!
I cant wait too see it done 👍💯
great job mate
I miss sealed beam headlights. Changing headlight lamps is such a PITA now. Shouldda put a dab of no-seize on the lamp holder oner ring screws.
Got them on my '46 pick-up, 12v. They are as bright and light the road equally as well as my new Colorado headlights. $17.99 each and change them in less then 5 minutes using a pocket knife. Ah the cost of progress and form over function.
cool truck !!! great work
Wooow Nice Job
Very cool.
The best thing that can happen to a car is an original restoration. :):):)
Always love your work Davin👍 I’d love to see an outtake vid some time. I reckon it be hilarious if you did a compilation. It would probably make a lot of guys feel better about what they are doing in the workshop as well ,to see you loose it and throw a wrench😂😂👍
I've done four of these fat-fender Chevies. I do love them. One thing I'd have liked to see in this episode is to replace the single-element parking light sockets with dual-element sockets and bulbs so they can serve as turn signals as well as parking lights. I don't like those after-market "blinkers." But hey, this is your project, not mine.
Enjoyed
I believe your turn signal lights were originally ment to be mounted on the fender of a larger truck say like a grain truck of that same era the only reason I say that is because of the red lens on the back and shape of them.....I like them alot too
Turn signals were sometimes mounted on top of front fenders on commercial trucks
Hello Just to let you know from my mistakes. I'm restoring a 1951 3600. I see you have the radiator cap on that came with the new radiator mine was a 14-18 lb. I made the mistake of using the one that came with my new radiator and it kept wrecking water pumps. that motor is only meant to have a 0-4 lb cap. Hope it helps! Great video!!
Отличная работа! Молодцы ребята!!! По возможности родные детали востанавливаете👍
Good i'm like this truck great from Uruguay 👍👊😷
Very nice ... ❤❤❤
I had a simple rule, if I touched it and removed it, it had to be cleaned and painted before putting back on.
beautiful truck, although I like Ford more, the old Chevrolet are beautiful too, I love watching the channel's videos are of very good quality and it would be great if they can activate the subtitle in Spanish and other languages, thank you very much for the video I greet you from Buenos Aires Argentina.
I must be older then I thought, can't believe you've never seen those blinkers. They were on many trucks from that era. Aftermarket I believe, along with the aftermarket turn signal switch mounted on the steering column, probably came as a kit. I've never have seen them mounted low like this, mostly mounted on the top of the fender, hence the red lens on the rear.
I love the direction your going with this truck, but I have to disagree with the lights, those are a matter of safety and should be kept in the best working condition even if a little paint is needed to make them brighter
A lot of trucks in that time period had the turn signals mounted on the roof of the cab or on top of the fenders.
6:14 these nutz lol. Just kidding, i love being a mechanic. And this guy.
Hi -- love these updates. I'm glad you're still making them during this crazy time. I was just curious how you attached the front clip to the cab. When you removed it, you said it was all one piece and you didn't show how you reattached it. Thanks!
You must admit flipping the truck off the lift would make a cool video!
i know, just montage the montage then montage, great video!
As mentioned by another commenter, thank you for not putting an LS motor in this truck and ruining its character with stupid ‘resto-mods.’
At 6:55 I’m happy to see your toolbox looks just like mine hahaha craftsman plastic drawers
Great progress, though at the 0:54 mark there appeared to be a long rusted out gap on the left fender skirt big enough to toss your cat through. I don't advocate cat tossing, but I do hope you will at least weld that up. As to your bumper mounted blinkers, my father had a set he put onto the head-ache rack of a 1953 Chevy COE 3-1/2 ton flat-bed hay truck. The original turn signal for it has the old manual cab mounted signal-arm that had a glass reflectors and a manual three position lever to operate it. we never took it off, it just looked so cool hanging there. >_
In the old days those Blinkers were mounted on top of the fenders.
In the old days they didn't have blinkers. They gave you one taillight/brake light, no blinkers. You used arm signals for turning. As an accessory , you could get a blinkers kit, usually mounting the blinkers lights on top of the fender.
I love what you are doing with this truck, but I do have to say I think the radiator should have been painted black. Kinda sticks out like a sore thumb.
I agree a black radiator would have been nice,but hey you can't have everything.
amazing in the 60's and 70's my bosses panel van wasn't anything special. sad I dont have access to it today.
Great job, bit like the Ford flat head rebuild, new engine old truck
I’ve used white paint successfully in running and taillights.
no bull no blathering on just straight forward ,,get to to work and get it done ,,nice refreshing
What radiator was installed?
Champion 2 row OEM style?
I’m currently restoring the same truck with a 9 ft box and need some suggestions for a good replacement radiator.
I have been looking for a oil filter system for my 52 Chevy 216 but from what I read they only filter about 12 % of the oil flow, is that orange filter OEM ?
The engine was completely rebuilt, which was an awesome timelaps, but the front clip was installed back with a lot of rust on it, is there a reason the body is not getting fixed?
Personnaly, I would have upgraded the lighting with LEDs for better sight... Hope you'll instal 3 points safety belts !
Off topic but, what is the cabinet with the blue storage bins? I need one like that!
Hagerty, nice project....I am following you at the same time as I am doing the same but in a different speed...My chevy is 51, engine 216 as this one and look like this...I love the patina and you are sharing exactly the type of restauration that I want to do....thanks for sharing....How can I have some support like a electrical diagram and others from you ? Zanfa
Estou com dificuldade de localizar os teus vídeos mais antigo da Chevy na playlist ?
Mais um inscrito, parabéns, pela boa vontade de compartilhar sua experiencia . tenho uma chevy 3100 que comprei recente ano 1950, estou aprendendo muito com seus videos, não consegui alinhar o capo, que tal você fazer um vídeo, ensinando
No jokes about cars we're working on flipping us off?
HI David i would like to know the tightening torque of the crankshaft bearing screws for the same chevy 3100 . thank you for the reply
oh boy ,front clip
Reflectivity of a light is a SAFETY issue, could have used Eastwood silver rust encapsulator? no dielectric grease on bulb? ( you did use cermalube on the brakes, modern grease. )
Why would you put dielectric on a bulb?
"You are 100% correct. Eastwood does sell a “reflective” paint and, as I mentioned, that could be used. But to keep it in perspective the Candle illumination of these bulbs are not going to be greatly improved by doing so. As we complete the roadworthiness repairs, I will be using new tail lights as they prove more of a safety function than front turn signals and parking lamps. And, yes, dielectric grease was used on every bulb socket." -Davin
I have to ask why did you not just replace the single terminal in the running light sockets with a 2 wire so that the lollipop turn signals can live in the grill. I did this to my 51 F1 panel truck.
Those turn signals were to be mounted on top of fenders, why would you want red light reflecting off your grille?
What necessitated all those washers? It came apart without them in there didn't it?
So if you can use heat shrink to “redcoat” the wire why not just put heat shrink on the entire original wire? Reather than cut and soldering a new one? Or is cutting and using modern wire easer?
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Have liked everything until you installed that aluminum radiator. Stands out inda like a farmer in his work clothes wearing Mister-T style gold necklaces. A nice coat of semi-gloss black maybe?
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At Autozone: Hey looking for a right headlight loom for a 1950 Chevy pickup.
-You want a TRW or a Delco part?
Those parking lights (amber on the front and red on the back) could've been trailer lights or some sort of clearance light. Who know.....a tractor or sundry farm equipment. Most likely repurposed for use on the pickup truck.
The music was a little too loud and "happy" in this one. Love the project but I had to pretty much watch this with the audio off.
If I hear this much music again I won't come back.
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oh 'grounds' you say major problem with dads 60 dodge pick up all welded construction was that welds get resistive so power doesn't get there from here. the start of mopars death spiral.
Love this build. HATE the music!!! Was this track left over from some bad 80’s teen movie? No music would be better... just the sounds of the shop.
Where do u order parts from?