Nobody else started one so here we go...

Saturday night I started calling around about a few of the 'Bolts that I found for sale locally.

I talked to one guy(Named Clay) who is about as old as dirt...LOL He has a 1950 Chevy 1-1/2 ton for sale. I wanted to go look at it but decided against it because there is no title. It was good conversation though. He said that someone recently stole the hood off of it. He said he probably would have given it away if someone had asked... Funny world isn't it?

I also called about a '58 GMC Big 'Bolt (22000 GVW) and decided to go look at it Sunday.

It was last inspected in '03 and runns pretty good. It is pretty much original except for a HUGE oil filter that was added on. With the exception of the fenders, the body is pretty good. The fenders are paper thin and I don't imagine they would be very easy to find.

The best part of the truck is the Hood Bird which is near mint condition. (Its probably worth as much as he is asking for the whole truck.)

The wife has been wanting to get me an old truck to tinker with for several years. We just never seem to go looking. I'm pretty sure this one is much bigger than she had in mind though. On the way back home, we stopped to look at a '53 panel that was sitting in someone's yard with a for-sale sign on it. When I pulled in the drive, I couldn't believe my eyes. This guy is a collector of AD trucks of all kinds. He had a couple of 3100's, another panel, and a school bus. I talked to the owner's father for a few minutes. He was asking $6500 for the panel, which is way too rich for my blood. We headed home again and about a mile up the road I spotted some AD trucks behind a little store. I stopped to drool over them and noticed that many of them were for sale. I took down the phone # and realized it was the same as the one on the panel up the road.

I contacted him this morning and it would appear that my cylinder index is about to go up. He is willing to part with a couple of them very reasonably.

Unfortunately, I forgot to take my camera along with me, but WHEN I go back, I will be snapping alot of pic's.

What a great day in my quest for rust... smile

Last edited by Peggy M; 01/19/2023 12:17 AM.
IRWIPI 2005 Peoples Choice
Inky,
"It's not that I haven't done IT... It's that I haven't done IT yet."

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'48 1-1/2 ton Dump
'57 Chevy Panel
'59 Chevy 2 ton Dump