Originally posted by spanky:
Whoa !,That's a good "BUY", for that truck, at that price. And looking at those air horns, on top of the cab, I'd say this truck is probably a Full Air Brake truck, or at least, air, over hydraulic. I'd leave it alone, if it were mine. These "Heavy Duty" Chevy Trucks are pretty "Rare". It would be a shame, to "Hack it". Of course, this is just my opinion. Mike B, is "Da Man", when it comes to these "Task Force", '55-'59 Chevy Trucks.
I wasn't planning on doing anything that would be very difficult to undo should someone desire to do a concours restoration, but I doubt I'll have an easy (or cheap) time finding a used 50's vintage big truck V8 when 350's are cheap and plentiful and will bolt right up. Absolutely no use in having a truck that is restored proper and doesn't have any practical use, especially not when I do a lot of car hauling/resto/mechanical work and don't have the money for a garage/trailer queen to sit around. And my dad would have a fit if I had another invalid car/truck lying around being restored (he's already unhappy with the buggy taking up machine shop space)
Don't have all that much information, from the website but I sure hope there's still a compressor in that engine bay so that I can actually move (and stop) the truck once I get a motor in it and play with those beastly looking airhorns.
