Pusher fan installed

I didn't get a picture of the fan fully installed. But it came out very nicely. I painted the horizontal brackets gloss black and riveted them to the radiator. The fan sits about 5/8 from the radiator core(and it's centered). I'm very pleased with the install. Drivetrain wise all I am waiting for to tune this think up and drive it is the exhaust. Im helping my grandma move this weekend. But next weekend I am borrowing a buddy's welder and doing it up. Once its running I'll be able to tell if this fan is going to get the job done. As much as I would rather have a mechanical fan there is a piece of the is happy that its not there. Ive seen some blades come loose on jeeps and reek havoc on hoods and fenders. I don't want to think what a fan blade would do to a person.

Looks like a truck again

FIRE!

Just about wet my pants working on the truck today. I had just finished setting my static timing and I was testing to see if I was getting spark. I had one spark plug out and grounded to the frame. When I hit my push start button the engine fired right up. With no coolant, not exhaust, and running on five cylinders blowing out the sixth spark plug hole. Running a bit rich flames were shooting out the exhaust manifold. The only thing I could think to do is throw my hand over the carb which stalled it. I cant wait to get this thing put together. And to let it run for more than a few frightening seconds.

Pusher fan.

I just sent some money to the-fan-man.com. I've got a 16" pusher fan coming my way. I really would have preferred a mechanical fan but after test-fitting the radiator I saw that the mechanical fan will not fit without some serious modification of the core support. I can leave the radiator in the stock location if I mount an electric fan on the front of the radiator. Still I will only have about 2 1/2" of clearance from water pump to radiator. Just enough to make belt changes and water pump maintenance livable. Hopefully this and my throttle parts will be here for the weekend. I've got some minor stuff like my trans crossmember and static timing to do while I wait for parts.

Throtle

After playing with my linkage for some hours I gave up. I ordered a Lokar pedal and cable. It will be easier but much more expensive. So, ill wait on the mailman.

Throttle linkage

Sometimes I get a spark of an idea and I cannot concentrate on anything else till I work it out. I just had to sketch out an idea for a cable throttle for the pickup. It's actually a linkage from the accelerator pedal to one side of a bell-crank. On the side of the bell-crank is a cable that pulls my throttle. It's certainly not a new idea but I hadn't envisioned a way it would work in my application. The sketch on the bottom left is my final(at the moment) sketch. Now to translate this to metal.