[mongocanfly]

Well hopefully my real job has slowed down a bit and I can get back to truck work
I've just about put the final touches on the sanding ordeal..turned out to be way more work than I ever thought it would have been..plan is in the next week or so is to re-epoxy the cab..
We'll see...
But I've also been piddling along on another project, time permitting
One of my fond memories as a kid , was me and Dad out bouncing around in the ol truck,and when 4wd was needed, my "job" was to put the truck in 4x4..
With the levers in the cab, the only missing piece was the hubs
The truck originally had the lever style dualmatic locking hubs.
Oh the memories of pulling the levers inside,and flipping the hub levers..!!!
I wanted to use them in some fashion on the truck, but when I swapped to GM axles,they wouldn't work, so I went with Warn hubs..
Well some late night thinking and scheming and I came up with a way to use them..
Yrs ago they threw away a ton of aluminum stock at work, I couldn't stand to see it go to recycle, so I got a pass for it ,not knowing what I'd ever use it for..
Well I found a use for some of it..
Some 6in solid stock and some 5idx8od pipe welded on for a flange
These are similar to the hubs I made for the rear..
Alot of machining later,and some machine work on the hub itself, and ,there it is..a fake hub cover that looks like it did 60yrs ago
I think I'm gonna be happy with this..
They fit over the Warn hubs,so those stay in place..
Don't worry, I didn't mess up any collectable hubs..mine were cracked and unusable anyway.. also bought another set, but they were also cracked..
Still have to setup the mill and rotary table to drill all the needed holes..
Will show the finished product after I drill and paint them..
They were originally blue, but I'm going with black..and leave the outer bare cast aluminum..