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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 10 | About time I joined in and got a little more serious about my truck and getting it back in better shape. What I have is a 54 3600 that used to belong to my father. My father passed back in 2005 and at that time I bought the truck from my mom. It was rough but drive-able then. Time has gotten away from me and while I have always had the truck insured, the last card I actually had in the truck was from 2008 and I had not even started it since then.
The bright side.. I pumped all the old gas out here a few weeks ago, installed a new battery, ran some emery cloth against the points and with a little hint of starter fluid it started right up! Aired up the one tire that was low and drove it from my house where it sat outside all this time to where my wife and I live and it's now very welcomed on our drive. I have since changed the oil, fixed the brake light switch and am currently looking for new wheels and tires. We start it and drive it around the neighborhood every few days.
Hopefully I won't be outcast here due to the fact that this truck had been modified some. The deal is my father had done some work for a company in the little town where he lived and in trade this company put on a hydraulic flat dump bed. Pretty dang handy to run brush to the recycle center and just hit the switch, dump and go.
So it's been somewhat trying to find just what wheels fit "properly" ... but I think I'm getting close after finding more information online today.
I see that pics are not allowed for insertion into posts and I have a ton of pics so I'll select a site to upload to then make a post or gallery in the appropriate location so others can look if they like.
Got to say the wife (7 years senior to the truck) and myself (6 years younger than the truck) are tickled to drive it around even though there's not much comfort in it right now.
I had a guy that really wanted this truck and would leave notes in it regularly and I even considered selling it but my wife (bless her heart) has always convinced me to hold on to it and now we are glad that I did.
Sorry to be so long winded with what should of been a simple "hello to the forum I'm a newbie" but hey there's always a story right??
Looking forward to sharing what I can and of course extracting some grey matter from the gurus <grin>.
Dan
1954 3600 with dump bed
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,185 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,185 | Welcome Daniel, don't worry about the modifications. We even have a forum on modified trucks here. We just had our annual stovebolt gathering in KC, MO at the all truck nationals. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 | Welcome, and kudos to your wife for not letting you sell the truck. You'd have never forgiven yourself if you had let it go. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 321 | Hi DanielB
Welcome to the craziness...a great bunch of folks on here.....the knowledge database of it's members is almost scary...
MikeC
1951 Chevy 3800 1-TonHoward KnappIn the Stovebolt Gallery1948 Chevy 1-Ton (sold Nov 2017)1953 Chevy 1-Ton (sold 10/1/2016) | | | | | Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,061 Big Bolt Forum Moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Moderator Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,061 | welcome to the site! X2 on the kudos to your wife for telling you to keep it! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 10 | Many thanks for the welcome guys! Really sad to see we just missed the recent gathering and in KC of all places (banging head on fender)
I guess we watch for the next one.
1954 3600 with dump bed
| | | | | 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 | Daniel, mark the calendar now. Somewhere around the first weekend in Sept. Depending on how the days fall next year!
Keep us posted. Some pics, when you can, would be nice.....and oh, did I say Welcome to the Stovebolt. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 10 | Thanks for the welcome and note on next year. We'll definitely be watching for details when that time rolls around. I tried to make a post in the gallery with a link to my photos but it didn't seem to preview with the link text so I just placed the link manually. Here is the same link which seems to work. Hope this is done correctly and not a violation of site protocol... 1954 3600 with dump bedDaniel
Last edited by Daniel B.; 10/05/2017 3:40 AM.
1954 3600 with dump bed
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 | Great looking Truck Daniel. Vicki and I look forward to meeting you next fall at the Stovebolt Reunion. It's always has been the weekend after Labor day. https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/forums/56/1/stovebolt-reunion-kansas-city.htmlOh, and welcome to this great site of knowledge! Don KIng
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery'46 2-Ton grain truck | '50 2-ton flatbed | '54 Pontiac Straight Eight | '54 Plymouth Belvidere | '70 American LaFrance pumper fire truck | '76 Triumph TR-6 Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | |
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