Steve VandenBerg's 1948 Chevrolet 3/4-Ton Stepside

06 February 2006
#1402

From Steve: 

     This is a 1948 3/4-ton I found at my friend's place who lives in my home town. I remember it being used by the local machine shop.

     After I got it home, I cleaned a pile of mud off the floor and took the seat cover off. Under the seat cover was this nice velour seat. I gave it some good tires and found a tunou cover in the back. I polished the chalky paint and it turned out to be a pretty nice truck.

     I drove it to a family gathering and my Dad informed me that the engine in that truck was out of a 1957 Chevy pickup. When I asked him how he knew that, he then informed me that I sold the engine out of my '57 Chevy pickup back in 1978 to the machine shop. They rebuilt the engine and put it in that particular truck and drove it for years.

     I thought it was kind of cool that the first pickup I bought and drove still had a heartbeat.

     I can’t believe how much The Stovebolt Page has progressed over the years. It looks like the membership is really growing. Great job! It’s my favorite site.

Steve VandenBerg
"Builder"
Bolter #6449
Sioux Falls, South Dakota [an error occurred while processing this directive]