I’ve been lurking for a while now and decided to formally introduce myself!
My name is Robbie and I live in East Nashville currently.
When I was a kid, I helped my grandfather rebuild a 1934 Chevy Master 1/2 Ton, and he ended up giving it to me a few years ago right before he passed. He was an awesome guy, master carpenter, worked as a machinist for Campbell's soup factory in New Jersey before moving down to South Florida to build houses. I miss him a lot!
When I got the Chevy, it wasn’t running. Here’s a list of what I had to do to it:
- Fixed the starter armature. The copper windings had gotten loose and jammed the starter. Found the armature on eBay! - Babbit bearing was disintegrated. Found a reconditioned federal mogul rod on eBay. Dropped tie rod, oil pan, and lowered the piston to BDC to expose the wrist pin. Replaced the rod and did the feeler method with the crank to re-shim all the bearings with some OE shims from eBay. - New radiator fluid - New Rotella T4 oil - Replaced headlight bulbs with 6V LED's but kept the original bulbs. Was plug and play since the generator is DC! - Greased all the zerk's - Had a door key made from a local locksmith! - Made a custom floor board for the inside - Adjusted all of the valves - Probably more but I forget!
Anyways, it’s been a blast driving this thing all around Nashville and I think my Grandad is smiling down on me with a huge grin seeing all the fun I’m having - haha.
Everything on the Chevy is original from 1934 and has a 207ci Stovebolt in it :-)
Here’s a picture of her in Shelby Bottoms. Oh, I named her Shirley after my grandmother as well.
Happy to be here and love having an appreciation for the antique vehicles.
Much love from Nashville, - Robbie
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