Hello everyone,
I keep ending up on this forum when I search for help to questions I have about my newly acquired truck, so thought I would join.
My Uncle John passed away recently. He was the cliche "weird/cool uncle" of the family and mostly kept to himself. I saw him more when I was a kid and hadn't seen him in many years. He is the last of that generation in my family and didn't have kids, so he left his stuff to me and my siblings.
We had no idea what we'd find when we visited his house, but my sister (she lives closest) sent me the attached photo of an old Chevy 3100 pickup truck that was sitting in his garage. I told her that if there was anyway I could have the truck, I wanted it. I knew nothing about it except the photo, but I've always wanted an old truck and the fact that it was my Uncle John's makes it that more special to me. From what I could find out online, because of the door handles, I was guessing it was a 1949/1950, and it turned out to be a 1950.
Anyway, I live in southern California and my uncle lived in Minnesota. We all gathered at his house for week and cleaned out the house, painted, repaired, etc. and got it ready for sale. I rented a trailer and towed it back to my home.
Though I really don't have room for it, I am excited and nervous to be taking on this new passion project. I've always been into driving and motorcycling (I have commuted on a motorcycle for over 20 years now) and do most of my own maintenance. But, this is a whole new thing for me and am looking forward to learning more from everyone on this forum.
