View Single Post
Old 06-10-2018, 04:56 PM   #7
MARTINSR
Registered User
 
MARTINSR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Boise, Idaho
Posts: 6,001
Re: Removing Radiator Support Rods

Quote:
Originally Posted by mr48chev View Post
At worse case you will gain a few squeaks and rattles that you didn't have before. They do take some of the stress off the radiator or it does put a bit more on it when they are gone.

On the other hand we don't tend to drive our fixed up trucks over the rough roads and trails or fields that were the norm for them in their fist life. They may not be as necessary as the trucks probably don't get treated the way they did back then.
Very true, the engineers didn't put them there because they had nothing to do that afternoon.

Brian
__________________
1948 Chevy pickup
Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats!
Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15.

"Fan of most anything that moves human beings"
MARTINSR is offline   Reply With Quote