1957 Chevy 3800 1-Ton Flatbed

	Matt Droege "tri5trucking" Bolter # 6585 Creswell, Oregon

From Matt :

           I always wanted a 1 ton truck with the dual rears. I found this 1957 Chevy 3800 Task Force on Craigslist. It was in Walla Walla, Washington -- the same place as my 1957 6500 Chevy Dump Truck.

           The listing was pretty cheap but the fellow didn't have any pictures. When he finally emailed me some, I told him, "I'll be right over." Of course, it was 500 miles away!

           So off we went, me and my wife. She had a pretty good time (although it was late when we got back). The second leg of the trip was 750 miles because I stopped to pick up a 261 for a fellow Bolter.

           There were quite a few old trucks out in that area. Because I had two flat tires on the diesel, and we were late, my wife didn't want to stop to look around! I'd love to go check them out later ... but with the price of gas ... don't think so. (Diesel has gone up about 80 cents a gallon since that trip.)

           And on the trip home, I had to fix a blown hose on the turbo.

           The truck has the factory 283 as a bonus. When we got home and unloaded [ pix ] , I just changed the spark plugs and it runs perfectly. I'm already driving it around town.

           The bed was almost all wood and it was rotted. So I cut it into pieces. I found a 10 foot steel bed that's got a headache rack. I'm going to put new decking on it. It'll look pretty good when it's finished.

           This truck fits right in with the rest of them [ barn line-up ] and makes my third 1957 -- a half-ton, this one-ton and a two-ton big truck! I'll try to get them all lined up one day and take a "group photo."

           More pictures in my Webshot shoebox.

Matt

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