Hi All, I have been asking questions for a few months in these parts and finally found a Stovebolt, took a deep breath and bought it.
I was lucky that the owner was only 35 miles away, so I drove her home today and snapped a picture ( URL below if I do it right). She is close to OEM, with outside mirrors,rear bumper and rail posts being main visual differences form pure OEM
She is a 1955 C3100 short bed, first series, with inline 235 and 3 on the tree (was interesting relearning 3 on the tree hadn’t done one of those since the early 70’s)
Already had my first problem on the way back ( beside shifting like an idiot) — An guy who drove beside me for about 5 miles smiling informed me that the brake lights had stopped while he was watching.
I am now debugging it and it appears the switch failed on the drive — It was almost certainly the longest drive it had in a while.
I am beside myself and just stared at it in the driveway so long that my wife came out and asked if I was OK.
I was exceptionally lucky for this Michigan winter — so mild that there is no snow in February and it is actually warmer than 32 out — the stars aligned for me today as I brought it home on dry and bouncy Michigan roads — definitely a truck ride
I have lots of questions now that I have a specific bolt, but that is for other posts — time to get plates, and fix the brakes and pray the weather holds for a while — otherwise, she will sit in the garage on battery tender until spring comes calling again
I will post more images when I can gather some up — forgot to steal the ones the original owner published before he pulled his ad
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t49/JoeStine/first_day_home_1_zpsrixhmvl8.jpgJoe Finkelstine
