Been lurking for a bit because my wife picked up a 1937 Chevy 1 1/2 ton SB and have seen nothing but good friendly folks here.
The truck was literally a barn find, and as near as we can tell was last run around 1969 or thereabouts. It was a City of Laramie work truck for a time, and then purchased by the previous owner for work on the ranch. Sometime before the PO purchased the truck, a 1954 235 engine was installed along with some wiring changes.
Over the last few weeks, we hauled it home on my trailer and started cleaning it out. Got a new brake master cylinder for the beast and changed plugs/shot some oil down the cylinders. We bypassed the under seat tank and went straight from the auxiliary saddle tank for fuel (which had been drained) a new 6v battery...and lo and behold with a little fiddling, it started.
Played a little with the carb (will probably need to re-build eventually) but got it to run enough to be "yard driveable" and did so. The plan is to leave the original patina and make it for parades etc.
Lots of little stuff to do, and as I am not all that familiar with the heavy trucks, I may have some questions. I work in IT, so know the mantra of "always search first" But there may be some weird ones.
