1956 Dodge C-3
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Nice truck to start with. I've always had a soft spot for old Dodge and Fargo trucks. For what it's worth I put a Volare/Diplomat clip in my F100 years ago and it's been fine. My only advice is to use a large diameter steering wheel as the power steering is very light. My first steering wheel was a small one from a late model F150 and the truck was very twitchy. I replaced it with a larger wheel from a 56 Monarch and the truck now drives great. Good luck with your project.
kevedo
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John in Oz
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What a cool looking truck, good for you, out here we are not permited to clip cars or light truck, th ecrazy thing is we used to do larger trucks and it is still quite legal, you figure that one out.
Just the K member……………………. or K member and frame rails back to the firewall?
I'm looking forward to how this is going to be done.......certainly not your run of the mill application.
Bgbkwndo.
kevedo
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Just the K member……………………. or K member and frame rails back to the firewall?
I don't know. We'll find out, I guess. Stay tuned.
When I did my F100 I had a set of patterns, still have them, that showed me where to notch the F100 frame so that the Volare clip would fit up in the frame to give the truck a rake. Worked really well. Had a friend who is a welder by trade box the front rails and weld the clip in and it's worked great for 23 years.
Ah so! Does the C-3 have leaf springs on the front? If so, then no coil spring buckets in the frame to deal with?
kevedo
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This made-in-Detroit truck has a posted gvw of 5200lbs...with this cheesy, flexy, weaka$$ steering setup. I realize that Dodge, Toyota and several other solid-front-axle applications have used a similar incarnation of this for that last 50 years, but this particular example is pretty weaksauce. FOR SALE! comes with the disc brakes, not with the wheels.
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