Client sent me pictures of a 48-52 COE today. Wanted a break from big stuff but he's trying hard.
47-52 Chevy COE grain truck pretty much complete with complete long grain body. Mostly rust free. I'm sure it was mostly a field truck at least at the end.
The interesting (scary) part is that PO had removed the engine and installed a small block (327?) V8. Guess they really wanted to haul grain.
However with typical barnyard ingenuity, they moved the engine back. I assume to drop it behind the front cross member. So its nestled in the middle of the cab and so low that only the tops of the valve covers and the carb are above the floor. They built a sheetmetal box over the carb and ran like a 3" pipe through the firewall and put a huge air cleaner in the space between the firewall and radiator.
It's connected to (maybe) the original trans with PTO to run the lift.
Strange but very interesting.
