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Shopping for Buying / Selling a Stovebolt
Identifying your truck
- 1972-2008 GM Passenger and Truck VIN decoding documents -- Randy Luton found this
- Chevrolet Series/Model List -- At long
last, a comprehensive list of pickup AND big truck Series and Model
codes
- VIN Buster -- New and improved ... lots of new features provided by Frank "Fumblin46" Anderson
- American Classic Truck Parts VIN decoder -- Automatically decipher your VIN - color, engine, model, engine, transmission, axle
- Deciphering your VIN -- Learn how to let
your truck tell you all about itself! -- by Barry Weeks
- In Search of the Elusive '59 VIN -- The other place they hid that elusive VIN --by Kevin Pennell
- Spot Art Deco trucks like an expert -- 1941 to 1947 Chevy Art Deco look alike ... not really -- by Kip Bonds
- Tips and Tricks for reading indented numbers -- Get the gouge from fellow Bolters -- assembled by Woogeroo
- 1939 & 1940 Chevrolet Specs -- Deciphering
your VIN, engine specs, options, wheel base, paint colors, tires, etc.
- '41 - '46 Specs -- Info on the "Art Deco" trucks
Getting Started
Big Truck (be sure to visit the Big Bolts forum, too)
Electrical Systems (be sure to visit the Electrical Bay in our forums)
Interior (Not here? Well, stop by the Interior forum)
Windows (Not here? Well, stop by the Interior forum)
Radios (Not here? Well, stop by the Radio Clinic )
Engine (Be sure to check our Engine and Driveline forum, too!)
Transmission & Driveline (Remember, we have an entire forum dedicated to the Engine and Driveline)
Brakes
Axles
Suspension and Steering
General Body Work (Check the Paint and Body forum, too)
Rust Removal
- De-Rusting with Vinegar -- A quick and not too expensive rust removal technique using vinegar! -- by Alan Christensen
- Electrolytic Rust Removal -- Bust rust the way the pros do -- By Ted Kinsey and updated by Randy Baumann
- Evapo-Rust -- Product review -- Two Bolters check out a new product in battling the enemy: rust -- by Koolkar and Inky05
- Low-Buck Rust Removal -- The Molasses Bath -- cheap
rust removal for the patient restorer -- By Barry Weeks and crew
- Rusted Clutch Head Screw
Removal -- How to do it without ruining everything
- Zero Rust -- Restoration rust control in the Real World -- By Bill Irish
Painting your truck (Ahhh ... we have a special Paint and Body shop forum )
General Upkeep
Product Reviews
- Evapo-Rust -- A new product in battling the enemy: rust -- By Dave "Koolkar" Feltner and Paul "Inky05" Yacabitis
- Zero Rust -- By John Milliman
Seasonal Advice
Originals
- 1939 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Off-frame
resto of a pre-war pickup -- By John Milliman
- 1949 Chevy 4400 --
An in-progress off-frame restoration of a big Advance Design truck -- By
John Milliman
- 1949 1/2-Ton -- An off-frame with an engine upgrade) of an Advance Design pickup -- By John Henry
- 1951 Chevy Panel Truck -- An on-frame resto of a pretty solid AD panel truck -- By Leila Smith
- 1951 Chevy Suburban-- Off-frame resto of a unique, and somewhat rare, old 'burb -- by Stu Sanderson
Street Rods
GM
History
Stovebolt History with Lou
MacMillan, Stovebolt Historian Emeritus
OLD TRUCKS ROCK!
Be sure to check out our extensive Forums discussions -- from General Truck talk, Electrical Bay, Big Bolts, Panels and Burbs, Engine and Driveline, Paint and Body, Interiors, Tool Chest, Doors, Radios, Making up the Bed -- The Stovebolt Collective can help in your quest and walk you through the mire and magic of working with old iron! |