My old neglected 52 Chevy 1 ton pickup has a pretty bad cab, a decent frame, OK front fenders, terrible rear fenders, so so running boards, and then the bed. The bed is what I'm most interested in keeping and although not perfect it may be good enough and very useful after a quick sand blasting and paint, leave the few rust holes (character). Or it will eventually be a great pattern for building a new bed, one of the many task on my eventual to-do list.
Earlier this Saturday with some help I finally got the 52 1 ton over to my place from where it was resting for many years at my folks place. I parked it there back in 2006 to remove the axles which then went under my 48 2 ton project which was moving along quite quickly back then... later I sold the engine and transmission.
For 10 years it has been sitting on some oak blocks and timbers well above the ground but getting closer to it.
Here's a
PICTURE of rotten wood blocks.
To move it I had saved a rear axle and springs from a junk/parts truck and needed to put it under there and slide some spring pins in place. Didn't seem safe crawl under there at this point. With the help of some borrowed hydraulics we picked the truck up and brought it over on the driveway, set it on some sawhorses, and rolled the rear axle and springs under it.
Pictures of that process:
PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2 PICTURE 3 PICTURE 4 PICTURE 5 (name that Stovebolter) PICTURE 6 (the hover truck) To unload it at my place I have a little home made swiveling doohickey that slips on the end of the forklift forks and can pick up a truck by the front axle, or in this case bumper, and drive it around much like a wrecker would.
Before long I'd like to put the pickup bed on the GMC.
Next, tucking the GMC away "for a long winter’s nap"
Grigg
