The internal rust is minimal, just light surface stuff. The biggest problem is getting the tires and inner tubes. 700-17's are not available at my local tire store, even though they put them on a few years back. And I have mounted and dismounted these tires many times myself, pretty easy to do, although a lot of grunting to get the locking ring out and in. I generally pump them up to about 10 pounds of pressure, check that everything has seated correctly, Take them down to 0 pressure, then up to 20 pounds, check again, then down to 0 and up to 30 pounds. If everything looks good then I put them up to normal pressure, which is 55 pounds according to the specs book, although I run a little less than that on the front. And by the way I have a coule of chains wrapped around the tire and through the center hole while I'm doing all this.
Tim
Last edited by bluesman; 04/18/2019 9:18 PM.
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur (
https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road.
Tim
