Hello fellow Big Bolts !
My name is LeRoy, I'm 51 years old, a plumber for 29 years and ever since I was a youngster I've been into cars. The first car I ever had was a 1955 Chevy half ton, short box, step sides, with a six cylinder and three on the tree. It was a Gulf Oil gas station truck, so it's paint job was orange and blue. Maybe some of you remember those bright orange styrofoam balls that Gulf gave away and you could stick it on your radio antenae. I was 15 years old then, now I've come full circle and I just bought a 56 Chevy 6400. I don't have it home yet and it's driving me up the wall. I want it in my yard ! This truck looks good so far. I haven't heard it run yet. But I see no rust holes in the cab, and I can't see any missing parts. I haven't seen the serial number on the block yet, so I'm not sure what size engine it is. I'm assuming it's a 261. The generator is a 12 volt with the red tag on it. I wonder if it came that way from day one ? I'm fairly sure it spent it's work career as a grain hauler, it's got a 2 speed rear axel with power take off and hydraulic hoist. The bed is gone, but the hydraulic cylinder is still there. Other than that everything is there, even the original tail lights, and the radio delete plate ! The cab is full of mice, so my cat has a mission comming up.. It was last registered in 95 so it hasn't been sitting too long. I have 2 garages behind my place , one is finished off and heated. So I will have a nice project for the winter. Just have to figure out how to get the truck in the garage, it's too tall I'm sure. Might have to pull the cab off and put the running gear in the heated shop and the cab in the other.
Sorry for such a long post, but I'm excited. I haven't been exicted about anything for the past few years, but this Chevy has me wound up !
