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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 12 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 12 | I'm new to this forum, so introducing myself and my long time project. I own a '53 Chevy 3100 five window pickup, I nicknamed "Spruce Moose" when my kids were young. I bought it as third owner (father to son to me), way back in 1983 and used it for a daily driver when stationed in California. I got into rebuilding it a few times now at different duty stations, was close to finishing it, then major deployments followed by long separation and eventually divorce. "X" got half of everything (plus house), but I get to keep my ol'truck - just need to get it from (now her) home in Georgia and bring pieces down to New Orleans area where I now live. I know I will have a lot of questions and am part of similar forums for my old Harleys, I found VERY useful. I love to wrench and make something "mine." This truck has special meaning for me since it is like what my Grandfather had on farm when I was a kid. Thank you for accepting me; I am very impressed with this site. I'm not an "Expert" but have a lot of experience to contribute too. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Welcome DJ, so did your grandfather purchase this truck new? I can't access your pictures, just see a Teddy bear. The longer you snoop around on this site, the more you see how much info there really is. I hope you get the truck home and have time to spend on it. Good luck.
Leo | | | | | Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 12 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2016 Posts: 12 | Thank you for the welcome. Not same truck as my Grandfather, but similar to what he had. Picture I tried to add to my signature is a caricature of my on my old Harley - older I get the more I look like that "Baar," (Southern drawl on bear). | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,074 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,074 | Okay, I see you are here, too! You've got a good start to your truck story. The "family trucks" are always special and make for great stories.
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~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery"We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | DJ, your in good hands here on the bolt and we look forward to any input you have to contribute. That is what makes this place so great.....everyone contributes something. As Peggy always says not one of us is as smart as all of us.
See you around the garage...and while in N.O. you may run up on Jake "modelman" who I think is still on the county counsel or something like that. Watch for him.
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