I will try and get a pic of the manifolds in the next couple of days. I know they did notch the frame on the driver's side for the manifold, but the pass side fits good.

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Curious what kind of exhaust manifulds or headers it has...a pic would be fantastic. I have a 56 with 400/727/8 3/4 in it

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The truck has a tilt/telescoping steering column in it with i belive the powersteering box out of whatever they yanked the engine from. The engine is running the 68 Federal powersteering pump. Truck does have a straight axle with leafsprings up front but not entirely sure if stock for this truck. The front wheels are held on with lug bolts that thread into the drum like a european car such as a Mercedes, but the rear end is a 8 3/4 with the 2 piece axles that uses studs for the wheels. And yes both front and rear on the driver's side are reverse thread.

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The 56 that I had, with a 440/727 in it had HP manifolds if I remember correct. Too much motor....not enough steering box!

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Sometime later in life I would like to have a project like this. Hotrodding a truck seems like a fun thing to do because you have lots of options.

Pics of the exhaust manifolds in the 56 for you.


Driver's side manifold:





Passenger side manifold:




took the hood off and blew off the engine.



The radiator. the core is only a 1/4 inch thinner than the tank.

Parting out the truck. Look under the big block engines for sale thread for the engine and trans. Already pulled engine and trans out of truck. I only have 2-3 months to keep truck at work and i cant afford to get it roadworthy in that time frame. Plus the more i look over the truck, the more things i see that i will have to repair or replace because they are worn, or because the person who built the truck did a questionable job. Just more than i can invest into it at this time.