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Jeff Backus'1939 Chevrolet Longbed Pickup |
"The Ox" |
Jeff sold this truck in March 2013. Said it will be making a trip to Germany. ~ Editor
6 March 2006
# 1400
From Jeff:
Here's my line-up. The new truck, a 2005 Chevy 2500 -- The Binder ( 1936 International 1/2-Ton Pickup ) -- The Ox (1939 Chevy Longbed).
Jeff Backus
"Rusty Rod "
Bolter # 2990
Fallbrook, California
07 February 2003
From Jeff:
This is my 1939 Chevy Longbed Pickup (titled as a 1938) nicknamed "The Ox."
I found The Ox on the internet and talked my father into taking a 4th of July 2000 road trip from Oceanside, California to Grants Pass, Oregon. We drove up in a '77 Chevy pickup with a 454 and got the standard 10 mpg.�After losing a "dickering" battle on the price, we loaded The Ox on to a U-Haul trailer for the long drive home (at 7 mpg). Originally, I was going to "get it running," because "It ran when it was parked" ... RIGHT!�
After finding water everywhere there was supposed to only be oil, it was on to plan B.�I started tearing The Ox down in October 2000.� After lots of bagging and tagging and scraping and cleaning and painting, I started reassembly of The Ox around March 2001. I installed a bolt-in rearend from a '76 Chevy pickup, a wore out 283, a 700R4 tranny, a Heidts IFS with Camaro disks and a '76 Chevy brake system.�
I fired up The Ox in June 2001 and took it for the first spin down the street and back with open exhausts.� My wife got happy and ran the video camera for me. I've had so much fun driving around that I haven't done any major work since then. Just enjoying putting on over 5000 miles, including attending a car show in Yuma, Arizona in March 2002 (Midnight at the Oasis).�
The Ox is on jack stands from August 2002 until August 2003 while I'm deployed to Japan.�I'll be starting the serious body work when I get back and installing a fresh 327, too.�I've been keeping lots of notes and taking lots of pix of this project, so feel free to ask for information. The pix here is of The Ox after a quick hosing with a couple dozen spray bombs to hide the spotty blue paint!
Thanks,
Jeff Backus
"Rusty Rod "
Bolter # 2990
Fallbrook, California
Gotta like the style of that old 39! Nice truck Jeff - thanks for the submission. ~~ Curator