Hi, everyone! I've been lurking here for a while and finally got around to registering, so I thought I'd give a little introduction.
I still think of myself as just a kid, but I'll be 28 in a couple of weeks--ah, that's still just a kid! I've been enthralled with cars since I was a tot, thanks to my dad, who was a serious car nut. My "baby" for several years is a 1971 BMW, but I was raised on 'Murrican Iron (mostly GM).
"Our" truck is a 1954 GMC 1/2-ton pickup, 8-foot bed, Deluxe cab, with the original 248 six and Hydramatic. Something like 75,000 miles on it and a pretty short title history. My dad knew of the truck almost since new and bought it in about 1971. I inherited it when he passed away four years ago, and I still think of it as my dad's truck. I haven't had much time to work on it or a place to keep it, so it's sat in my mom's garage.
It's been used as a truck in the past, so the bed is a bit dented and someone bolted steel plate over the rotten wood, but the good news is no major rust that I can see. The interior is in great shape, the engine runs smoothly and the body ain't bad, considering it has a 30-year-old paint job on it. It's a classic "20-footer" (maybe even a "10-footer")--looks good but not too nice to drive around and even haul some furniture or firewood.
Right now I'm teaching English in China, so my time with the truck is limited to a brief time when I'm home during the summers. I'll probably be posting some questions about the best way to get it roadworthy next summer (it runs out of a gas can, but I the gas tank is full of sediment).
I don't have digital pictures of our truck, but doing some poking around online, I found a page with some photos of a truck that looks to be in similar condition. Just imagine this truck in two-tone blue instead of green and with chrome that has a lot more pitting:
Not my truck but close .
So, hi, and thanks for bearing with a long-winded post!
-Dave
