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G. L. Perry 05-29-2004 23:00:58 158.254.81.62 10350 Report to Moderator	I haave a 61 or 3 GMC tilt-can with torsionbar suspension. I'lll probly will be breaking it down to scrap. I was gonna use the power-steerng on my 69,nut it's quite diff so may not be able too, don't know yet. Just wondering id junk or sellable parts. [Reply]  [Send Email]
Chris Brown 05-30-2004 12:47:13 64.91.17.32 10352 Report to Moderator	Re: Any Market for early 6o's torsion bar suspensi in reply to G. L. Perry, 05-29-2004 23:00:58   I have had several old 60's B series GMC's that I have scrapped out. I keep the torsion bars to build hay spikes out of. Save the two pieces that are riveted to the frame and the bars.Weld the riveted pieces onto a good chunk of 4x6 tubing,point the ends and add a 3 point,you've got a nice 2 prong hay fork that'll handle any bale you throw at it,you can also use it as a set of light pallet forks. I had one gmc I drove for 6 years or so,it came with good ball joints and I drove it till they got loose.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Jon H 05-30-2004 07:25:28 69.26.17.40 10351 Report to Moderator	Re: Any Market for early 6o's torsion bar suspensi in reply to G. L. Perry, 05-29-2004 23:00:58   I still chuckel a bit when I think about my only experience with one of those. A few years ago I got a 62 chevy tilt cab on trade with a bad transmissiom and other problems, but still looked worth repairing. One big problem was that the 4 ball joints in that torsion bar suspension were very worn. I checked with the local parts place to see if ball joints were still avalible for this truck. The guy said the joints were avalible and would cost $416. I said,yeah,I suspected those joints could be near $100 each. The parts guy said NO,$416 EACH !!!. That settled it,I junked the truck.   [Reply]  [No Email]