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Selling a 1958 (not exactly sure of year but late 50s vintage) GMC fire engine. Not running, but complete with all parts/pieces.

I think it is a 1955.

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Very rare 1954 Chevrolet Thornton Drive 10 wheel truck.
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Laboring.

We are hoping we can do something as not to lose the stuff. What's coming from manuals is actually available to anyone with a manual.

Dan has been collecting manuals and other materials to hope Bolters with their questions.

Does GM Heritage Center got more materials as of late, does anyone know?

A thing to consider is to ask GROK when you are looking for details that are in a printed pub.

It's all good. If I was to post what I paid for my rust bucket, I'd probably be laughed off the forum.
But in my defense, I needed a project to keep me off the streets in retirement. On that account, it worked.

Regardless of what paint you use, the key to getting a good paint job without runs, is the first coat. You want that to be the adhesion coat, not total coverage, but a light see thru coat that will give the next coat something to latch on to. Let the first coat get tacky (about ten minutes) then lay on a medium wet coat. That coat should give you complete coverage, but don't fret of you can still see thru in a few spots. Just give it enough time to tack up (usually ten-fifteen minutes) then give it another medium wet coat.

I would definitely practice on that junk yard hood a few times, both in a horizontal and vertical position.

Also there is no such thing as too much light when you’re painting, so get as many lights as you can, not just overhead, but also on the sides.

I go on the site frequently and for quite a while there's been very little activity. The last post by Rob was a little over a year ago. It is sad! To bad the site couldn't be linked to this as a GMC Library.
Samantha

Heading to the cabin and going for a pontoon ride. Then a fire, burgers, and brats. Then some roasted marshmallows.

Well, I haven’t quite hit the eighty mark yet, but senior I think .🧐
Yes , it's fun to pick apart the ads, look at them, dream.
There still is an awful lot of trucks out there, I’ve come to believe.
And thanks for your two cents, though with inflation………😆

Thawing out and marinating a pork shoulder to smoke Tuesday for the KC Roundup. Maybe some yard bird also?
Then prepping the truck and trailer for the trip to KC.
Oh, and doing laundry for the trip.

Don

Jon it’s under tools, the very last one!

I wouldn’t sweat too much about posting it, we "Bolters" need something to critique to make us feel better about how much money and sweat we’ve invested in our own trucks!

Honestly, if it’s truly a running and stopping truck, the asking price is really not that unreasonable. I paid a lot more for a non-running truck that had a rebuilt motor (complete with receipts from a supposable reputable machine shop), only to turn around and have to rebuild anyway. And the body on mine looked pretty good until I started peeling back the layers of paint and truly saw the extent of rusted-out panels underneath.

The reality is that a lot of the members on this site are in our senior years, and we tend to get major sticker shock compared to what we were able to buy these trucks for just a few years ago. The prices of these trucks have skyrocketed recently.

That being said, there is still a lot of bodywork and no doubt mechanical work needed on that truck, which is not unlike most of the projects that belong to the members on this site.

Just my two cents!

It's all good sir! Won't be the first and certainly not the last truck that someone thinks is worth way more than it really is.

Who knows, maybe the seller will have a brief flash of wisdom (yeah right - hahaha!) and adjust the price to something more in the reality zone. One can hope anyhow, as there is likely to be some value at least for someone.

Well, gee...thanks to whoever did that! Looks good up there.

Been There.

As initiator of this thread, I now bring it to a close.
It was a hasty mistake to post it, and I renounce all responsibility
for this truck’s posting. 😂😂😂😂

Jack - The sunvisor I purchased is adjustable for width (side sections slide in and out of center section) and designed to mount by clamping onto on the cab drip rails and center windshield divider strip. I've added a few more pictures so you can see more details.

The one thing to be aware of with the '46 is with it having a crank out windshield, that doesn't work well with the fixed position sunvisor. You would need to either not open your windshield after the sunvisor is installed, or be prepared to loosen/adjust the mounts each time you opened/closed the windshield.

The key concern here is you must have and use the sunvisor center support mount secured to the windshield divider strip. Without that support, driving will cause the air flow to destroy the sunvisor as it's not rigid enough to be self supporting.

Thanks for effort. Looks like I’ve found a source for the rods. See attached

Good idea

My biggest question was whether that width visor would be period correct

Based on your responses it looks like it is

Appreciate it guys

The tap method works, and there's no need to use a bolt. Just screw a couple of flywheel bolts into the flange and put a pry bar between them to keep the crankshaft from turning, and keep cranking on the tap when it bottoms out. "Why is common sense such an uncommon thing?"
Jerry

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I have what I believe is a 1941 Chevrolet complete original truck has six cylinder with granny four speed.

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Texas,
Mine are 11 1/4", so they won't work for you. Sorry,
Kent

I had a chance to meet up with a great young Bolter, Nathan ( Stovebolt48). He is currently working on a '53 GMC and used this weekend to make a road trip for parts.

Nathan is going through Flight School in Pensacola for the U.S. Marines, he wants to be a Rotor Pilot. He swapped some training around to afford the time for this trip. He left Pensacola Saturday Morning, made a stop in Alabama for bumper brackets, then on to Knoxville and Mark ( Rusty Heaps). He picked up a set of Wheels from Mark and a Cylinder Head for me. From Mark's he headed to Georgia and my place. He did make a short detour in McDonough GA to the Summit Racing outlet.

He stopped here at my place. I added 3 more 16" wheels to his collection. He got the grand tour as I was hanging insulation in the Shop. I talked to him for just a short while, in that time he did impress me as smart, level headed young Man.

From here he was headed to Jacksonville FL tomorrow to check out a GMC engine. Then on back to Pensacola. Oh to be that young again..... Simper Fi Nathan!

You can always surf ebay, Craigslist and Face Book Marketplace for used ones for sale. I recently found an original used Peckat exterior visor for my '51 3100 for a really reasonable price. It sat in the fellows garage for the past 40+ years after he sold the truck he bought it for and finally decided to part with it.

The same one I found might even fit your COE.

Jon G - It looks like it's covered. That link now shows as a "sticky" at the top of the "Electrical Bay" forum list.