I'm new to this forum - I registered so that I could network with some other stovebolters while I resurrect this relic I just picked up. I saved it from the crusher - literally. (Will post more pictures in coming days) The truck is badged a 6100, but it has a 179" wheelbase. I'm a little confused because all the data I have found so far says it should be a 6500 with that wheelbase. Anyway, it's not really important - it has a stuck 235 with a 4-speed and a 2-speed Eaton axle (very excited about the 2-speed axle). I'm not 100% decided which way I'm going to go with this project just yet but my initial urge is to cut it down and make a neat little tractor out of it. I'll have plenty of time to think about it though I reckon as I already have too many other projects on the front burner. This one will be on the back burner for awhile. Like I said earlier, the only reason I even have it (now) is because I had to act fast in order to save it from the crusher. Here's a pic taken about a month ago when the junk man hauled it into his crusher yard...I did get the title to this truck as well.
Edit: Just a summary of what I have learned since I first got this truck - it is actually a 6100 that has been stretched from an original wheelbase of 137" to its current wheelbase of 179". The truck does have the original 235 still in it (I checked all the numbers, everything matches), however someone put a later model head off of a 261 on it at some point. Also of interest is that the "VIN" number recorded on the title is actually the engine's serial number and not the serial number on the body ID plate. The spare engine that I got along with it that came out of a '55-'57 model truck is definitely a 261.
Here's a link to some pix.
