Attex Chief: Wrong Parts or Wrong WhaT?!

[mustangwagz]

Sup guys. question for all you attex guru's...

Last weekend when i went to Joe M's house (nice 6x6's btw!!) i was telling him about my chief. Heres the info. Frame says its a 74. It has the 400cc jlo-Rockwell motor in it. The headlight bezels are Black rubber...here's what i was informed is wrong.. My chief has the foot brake on it, with dual disc brakes on it..i was told that this is not the correct t20 for it? So what gives guys?..was this thing pieced together at some point N time?

ive yet to look up the motor numbers and trans number..should they match? anyhow, im goin to bed guys, ill check back tomorrow to see what yinz have to say. thanks much in advance boys!

-WagZ-

[jpswift1]

It's the correct T-20 for the machine. Here's the thing about Attexes. Sometimes you'll find ones that are slightly different that haven't been changed around by someone, that don't match up with the characteristics of the majority of those models (of a certain year). I've heard from many reputable sources that Attex pulled left over parts off the shelf to build a machine that may have not been like most other models that were produced that year. For example, I had an ST/295 Attex that was just basically a ST style body that had a 4 chain 1973 frame. The ST Attexes were last built in 1972 and they had a 6 chain frame. For example, a 1973 Chief or 440 Thunderchief would have had chrome headlight rings, the 1974-75 model years had rubber ones. There could be some early built 1974 Chiefs or Thunderchiefs out there that had chrome headlight rings that were left over from the 1973 model year.

[hydromike]

Attex pulled left over parts off the shelf to build a machine that may have not been like most other models that were produced that year.

Exactly. There's no "correct" set of parts for the machines and we seem to continually find new ways that things were pieced together. There are no numbers/frame/transmission "matching numbers", and even the date stamp on the frame means very little. A frame that was stamped "73" may have not been used to construct a machine until 1975.

Believe it or not, I've seen a body with "400 Thunderchief" decals on it, and I have no reason to think they're not original. Weird, ay?

[mustangwagz]

haha, nice..attex ran on murphys law..what can happen, will happen. lol Oh well, atleast i got the better braking system. lol Shaweeet!

Thanks guys!

-WagZ-

[hydromike]

I don't know how much "better" the system is in the long run. The big disks can be a bit rough on the T20 output shafts; there's lots of leverage there. The brakes act a lot better to hold you in place, versus trying to slow you down.

[liflod]

Those big discs dont work to well when your throttle sticks at wide open But they are nice to help go down hills without the T-20 bounce.

[mustangwagz]

Those big discs dont work to well when your throttle sticks at wide open But they are nice to help go down hills without the T-20 bounce.

BIG 10~4 on the T20 bounce. lol when i get into a death metal head banger, i just use the foot pedal to square me up. lol Otherwise my sticks do the job.