[Bob Carriere]

The pedal assembly is OK the throttle linkage is bolted to the front of the cab floor..... the arms have to be lifted about 100 degree...... short one will connect ot the gas pedal the longer one will link to the rod/linkage that goes around the front of the engine to the other side .... to the bellcrank then the carby.


On your earlier picture of the shock.... notice the large screw..... that is the one to remove to drain and refill the shock absorber. If you fastened the shock to a large jaw wise you can refill and actually move the arm up and down to properly prime the shock.

Your other rear shock mounting backets are fairly standard.... you will need rods.

Check one more thing .... I beleive there are more than one model.....some of the bolts in the flex ends are either tappered and some are straight shank.... let me know what you have....... of course the hole in the arm of the shock will need to match the bolt shape to fit properly.

Will close with one final observation..... a lot of trucks from that period did not have shocks on the rear axle.... they were an option on the rear axle of Dodge Power Wagons until the mid 1956+ Reason being that there is so much friction between all them springs leaves that it does not really matters. when you consider the speed driven at the time and the known fact that they were not intended for slalom racing. I have been driving my bare C15a frame in the back field..... without any body weight and rebuilt spring packs it rides like a wagon with wooden wheels...... my shocks are not installed yet and I doubt they will make much difference when installed. They might make a difference at highway speed later but I am not there yet.

Hang in there.......

Bob