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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 11-17-2018, 06:52 PM

Power Steering / Power Brakes, cool. Do you know how rare that is?
Most 292s were issued in fleet trucks, with Armstrong steering and Flintstone brakes. Workers were expected to be able to muscle them around or get replaced by someone who could.
My rig was a fleet truck. A C/10 Stepside with an SM465 and 3.73 rear end gears. [I added posi later.] Original wheels were 7.00 x 17.5 bias ply tires on 5.25x17.5 6 lug rims. [Unobtainable now.] I used 8.00x17.5 tires until the rims were shot @~ 250.000 miles. Now I run 16'' rims w/ R235/85/16LT rubber. At ~75 MPH it turns 3000 RPM.
Bed just needs a good coat of whitewash.

11-17-2018, 06:52 PM	#14
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,064	Re: 1972 Chevy C20 with 292 1st P.U. owner Power Steering / Power Brakes, cool. Do you know how rare that is? Most 292s were issued in fleet trucks, with Armstrong steering and Flintstone brakes. Workers were expected to be able to muscle them around or get replaced by someone who could. My rig was a fleet truck. A C/10 Stepside with an SM465 and 3.73 rear end gears. [I added posi later.] Original wheels were 7.00 x 17.5 bias ply tires on 5.25x17.5 6 lug rims. [Unobtainable now.] I used 8.00x17.5 tires until the rims were shot @~ 250.000 miles. Now I run 16'' rims w/ R235/85/16LT rubber. At ~75 MPH it turns 3000 RPM. Bed just needs a good coat of whitewash. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 11-17-2018 at 07:00 PM.