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| | | | Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 3 Moderated | | Moderated Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 3 | Hi everyone. Wanted to share my new purchase & learn about big bolts. Gave a new home to a 53 Chevy 4400 rack body. She is as old as I am but shows her age better. Has great patina that I don't plan on removing and painting. The stake bed looks to be original, wood deck rotted but metal strip still in tack. Body has only two rot holes, drives cab corner, sheet metal riveted over quite a while ago & section of floor in front of battery box. Run & drives doesn't stop. Master cylinder frozen & not sure about the rest of the brake system. Mice got into the seat & headliner, need replacing & may see about just polishing the interior to clean it up. no plans to repaint. Going for the aged look. Just plan to get her mechanically sound & have fun driving. Also we have a wedding venue & will make a great looking lawn ornament to go a long with my 56 Case 311B tractor. | | | | | 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 | Welcome to the Stovebolt page....and remember, your not the only one "olderthandirt  Congrats on what sounds like a good buy and love it that you will maintain the truck for what it was intended to be. Not many of us run up on vheicles that haven't already been stripped of the good stuff or just plain rusted away. Be sure to stop by the Big Bolts forum and introduce yourself to those guys and I am sure they can help with any questions you may have. We believer "Knowledge is the Best Resource" and there is plenty of it here. Thanks for dropping in at the welcome centre. | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,740 24601 | | 24601 Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,740 | Shoot, 63 is middle aged around here  Always good to have another Mainer on board (I claim Kennebec County, or at least that's what my DD214 says is my Home of Record). These old trucks are very popular props for photos these days so I'm sure yours will do quite well.
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 3 Moderated | | Moderated Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 3 | Thank you both for the response. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Welcome to the site. Imagine that, finding mice in the headliner and seat. You're not in the minority, quite common actually. Sounds like a good plan you have, hope you can stay with it and get her going again. Be sure to check in if you need anything. Good luck!
Leo | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 667 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 667 | Heck, mine is a '46. And it is younger than me! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 | Welcome! My 53 1 ton is a few years younger than I am, but I sometimes feel like I am lots older than I am. They say you're only as old as you feel. This morning that would have made me about 105. The important thing to remember that this is a fun project, that you are doing it because you enjoy it. I keep telling myself that as I'm lying in the dirt with rust and crud falling in my face and blood leaking from my knuckles.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road. Tim
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,095 | I was almost a teenager when my 54 3100 was born. welcome, I was in the northeast a few years back lovely place. I am actually from Maryland.
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | I was asked by an old drunk if I bought my truck new. I said yes. Then shot him! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 3 Moderated | | Moderated Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 3 | I have an aunt that is s 92, I tell her all the time she just a your girl compared to me. I am 106 year old. She laughs.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | Welcome to the 'bolt, you are in the right place. -W p.s. my truck is older than me...  | | |
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