1961 Chevrolet Truck Ad

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,599]

And with "front independent suspension".....

[SPINJIM 1,986]

You mean truck didn't ALWAYS have independent front suspension?

You mean Chevy had a REAR engine truck?  What were they thinking?  

[T-Mo-(Moderator) 4,599]

Ah yes, the Corvair truck.

 

 

[pfrederi 18,638]

 

 

I always like the Ford ads for their twin I beam ...sort of independent...

[squonk 43,735]

Corvair Rampsides were the nuts and the Corvans were like driving around a small house. no engine humps. You could move a college bound daughter in 1 trip

! Those old 50 series hoods weighed more than your average car does today!. You could climb in an engine compartment close the hood and hide! 

[squonk 43,735]

Notice the Ford commercial had the tire blocks staggered perfectly so only 1tire would hit at a time. Like that was going to happen in the real world. Twin I beam  frt. ends were great for ball joint/king pin and tire sales.

[bc.gold 3,406]

5 hours ago, squonk said:

Notice the Ford commercial had the tire blocks staggered perfectly so only 1tire would hit at a time. Like that was going to happen in the real world. Twin I beam  frt. ends were great for ball joint/king pin and tire sales.

 

There are no upper and lower ball joints used on the Ford Twin I Beam suspension

 

Every logging company in BC uses Ford pickups, Chevrolet blew it when they used coil springs in their rear suspension back in the 1960's, they targeted the wrong market.

 

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Edited February 26, 2019 by bcgold

[squonk 43,735]

Maybe I need to bold type KingPins!  Worked on enough Ford buses to know what a PITA the I beams were. I also sold enough Ford front end truck parts to fund many vacations.

[bc.gold 3,406]

10 minutes ago, squonk said:

Maybe I need to bold type KingPins!  Worked on enough Ford buses to know what a PITA the I beams were. I also sold enough Ford front end truck parts to fund many vacations.

[bc.gold 3,406]

12 hours ago, squonk said:

Maybe I need to bold type KingPins!  Worked on enough Ford buses to know what a PITA the I beams were. I also sold enough Ford front end truck parts to fund many vacations.

 Must have been a small bus as the twin I beam suspension was only used on the light duty F series trucks.Any old bus that I've ever scraped had leaf springs on a solid front axle.

 

But most of these bus's were from the 50, 60. and early 1970's so it's possible I missed a new generation of the larger Fords having used twin I beam.

 

Could you give the year and model of the bus's that you have worked on that had twin I beam. I've spent a lifetime dealing in other peoples junk turning it onto $$$.

 

The information below is from a wiki.giving the F-series models that used twin I Beam.

 

F-100 (F10, F14): 1/2 ton (4,000–5,000 GVWR max)

F-100 (F11, F18, F19)(4×4): 1/2 ton (4,000–5,600 GVWR max)

F-250 (F25): 3/4 ton (7,400 GVWR max)

F-250 (F26)(4×4): 3/4 ton (4,900 GVWR max)

F-350 (F35): 1 ton (9,800 GVWR max) 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2019 by bcgold

[bc.gold 3,406]

One scrap yard I used to haul into owned a highway tractor that had a V-12 gasoline engine and that thing could sure suck up the fuel.

 

[chip61 664]

I remember the Ford I-beam commercials back when I was a kid-I'm getting old! 

 

There is a local antique equipment show just outside Richmond every fall. A couple years ago there was a big Oliver tractor there that had been stretched and had one of those GMC V-12 gas engines in it. The hood looked like it went forever! I'll post a picture if I can find it on my phone.

[oliver2-44 10,689]

I had a 66 Ford 3/4 ton and redid the King Pins on it. My Dad came up with a used set of 8 reamers that were for the ford and other front ends at the time. I still have those reamers! Some day they will come in handy.