My 1935 big bolt is used as one every day. Grandpa bought it in 1940 (from his cousin who used it since new as a Texaco truck) and farmed with it. My uncle bought it from him in ‘64 and used it every day to feed silage. He put it up on blocks in ‘87 in the old chicken house. Several years ago I bought it just to keep it in the family, but have ended up using it to farm every day as well. I feed cattle with it, haul bales, check pastures, and drive between farms with it. I drive it the five miles to town to pick up base when I grind feed. Lots of folks have taken its picture in front of the elevator, but everyone in this immediate area is just used to seeing it do it’s work everyday. During the summer I take the driver’s door off to make it easier to use, but it doesn’t set out at night or get used in the rain anyway.
It still has the original engine although my uncle had it rebuilt in ‘67. It is still six volt and charges with the original generator. She even starts up to do chores when the temperature hits zero, but I retard the timing for cold weather to make her spin a little easier. It was originally white but my grandfather had it painted red (with a brush) when his cousin put the grain box on it in 1940 from a wrecked truck. When I bought it my uncle was 80 years old and finally selling out and moving to town. He was sure to tell me that it would haul 110 bushels of wheat if I needed it to (nevermind that my combine itself holds 200). I didn’t have the heart to remind him that no elevator had a sling anymore and she doesn’t have a hoist. That’s ok, I wouldn’t want to fill it with wheat and have my thigh muscles give out before I got her stopped. I wouldn’t say I have had more than four thousand pounds in it at any time and I hate to do that heavy a load. After all, this is her retirement.
My 1935 big bolt is used as one every day. Grandpa bought it in 1940 (from his cousin who used it since new as a Texaco truck) and farmed with it. My uncle bought it from him in ‘64 and used it every day to feed silage. He put it up on blocks in ‘87 in the old chicken house. Several years ago I bought it just to keep it in the family, but have ended up using it to farm every day as well. I feed cattle with it, haul bales, check pastures, and drive between farms with it. I drive it the five miles to town to pick up base when I grind feed. Lots of folks have taken its picture in front of the elevator, but everyone in this immediate area is just used to seeing it do it’s work everyday. During the summer I take the driver’s door off to make it easier to use, but it doesn’t set out at night or get used in the rain anyway.
It still has the original engine although my uncle had it rebuilt in ‘67. It is still six volt and charges with the original generator. She even starts up to do chores when the temperature hits zero, but I retard the timing for cold weather to make her spin a little easier. It was originally white but my grandfather had it painted red (with a brush) when his cousin put the grain box on it in 1940 from a wrecked truck. When I bought it my uncle was 80 years old and finally selling out and moving to town. He was sure to tell me that it would haul 110 bushels of wheat if I needed it to (nevermind that my combine itself holds 200). I didn’t have the heart to remind him that no elevator had a sling anymore and she doesn’t have a hoist. That’s ok, I wouldn’t want to fill it with wheat and have my thigh muscles give out before I got her stopped. I wouldn’t say I have had more than four thousand pounds in it at any time and I hate to do that heavy a load. After all, this is her retirement.
Since 2005, once all the mechanicals were put back as they were when it came from the dealer in 1950, I put Old Blue back to work....light duty though, she's seen enough heavy lifting in her 68 years. A sheet of ply wood, a stack of 2x4's, a load of softener salt....and like last night, a trip to the Ice Cream parlor. But that's all she's expected to do now a days and for the next 24 years. Denny Graham Sandwich, IL
I added front tube shocks to my '38. When I rebuilt my truck, the lever action shocks were rusted and frozen. I put it back together without any front shock absorbers. Needless to say the steering was quite twitchy at speeds above 50 mph.
I took it for a test drive and the steering is solid, even at 65 mph.
What a huge improvement. I guess the engineers at GM knew what they were doing.
I used shocks and upper mounts for an AD truck.
Wayne 1938 1-Ton Farm Truck -30- Stovebolt Gallery Forums When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it!
I swapped carbs, the old was was too wore to properly adjust. Runs great, still had a shimmy, replaced a front wheel bearing, will go for a test run soon.
If ya can't use it and get it dirty, it isn't really a truck is it?
with my '65 c10, I've pulled a trailer with a car on it... hauled some appliances, some furniture for some folks... brought things from the hardware store.
The biggest load was probably a couch and a bunch of household things like that.
When my dad was still around he used it a few times to get things for the yard when my mom was off in their lil s10 somewhere.
I've been pondering a load of dirt to fill in some holes around the yard.
Then again, my '65 is beat up and scratched anyway... so, it makes it handy for those sorts of things.
that is mostly what I do with my truck, I mean it's my truck, I use if to haul pretty much anything. Within its limitations of course. One of my favorite experiences was once I was hauling the lemonade stand to someones house so the kids could set up shop. But as I was driving down the street, there was a little kid on the corner, just losing it. Many kids really like the truck, and to have the truck with a lemonade stand in the back was just about more than the little fella could take.
What was the original intent for the End Gate (Clam Shell)? Scott
The end-gate (cutely called a clam shell) was used on early "station" wagons? The term "station wagon” probably pre-dated motorized vehicles.
Here are a few hints: - what types of businesses/people used used station wagons? - what did they often carry in station wagons? (follow-up questions will be posted upon reasonable/humorous replies being posted here)
Just getting a chance to post... took truck to vintage wheels and wings show at the Canadian Warplane Heritage museum last week. A show with old vehicles and planes from 20 years old to 80. Get to browse the vehicles and museum. If you like planes, especially old Warplanes it is the place to go! Sorry for tease, but picture is actually last year's as I haven't received this year's from the Mrs yet...
Adjusted the valves on the 49 216 and giving Ultra Gray and a new cork gasket a shot at stopping the ever present valve cover oil leak.
While I had the VC off I verified oil flow through all 12 rockers weep holes and adjusted the center section overflow pipe to dump directly down the oil return hole in an effort to decrease oil puddling at the rear of the head.
Been documenting the ‘62 C-10 build over on the 60-66 Forum so I haven’t been adding to this thread much. Trying to do something every day. Today was a bit of wiring on the lockup system for the 700r4. ðŸ›
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
My kid recently bought a '52 panel with a 350/350 combo. The seller told us that we would probably need to install an electric fan as the engine could get hot in slow traffic. He was out in a more suburban/almost rural area. Well, traffic in the big city can get very slow very quickly and there was an issue with overheating. So we installed an aluminum radiator with an electric fan attached to a shroud. The install seem to fight us all the way even though the radiator and shroud were made for a '47 to '53 AD. A couple of examples: The fan was too close to the engine pulley so we moved the radiator a little more forward in the radiator support. Clearance good. The original lower hose was 2 inches at the water pump and 1 1/2 at the radiator. The new radiator is 1 3/4 inches. Finally tracked down the proper hose. Now works very well, keeps things cool and looks good.
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.
Looks good? Well how about some pics where we can see the work. I had the same problem with my 350 and the radiator. It seems the 350 can be about 2 inches too long for using the stock radiator mounts. I bought a Walker Cobra radiator fit for the 51 mounts and discovered I needed to do a bit of fabrication to make it fit.
It's just a pull fan. Engine runs at 190 to 200. Our temps here have been around 86. No over heating issues. Lots of road construction so traffic can get backed up.
It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.
Replaced the gas tank and fuel lines.. Was finally able to drive around the neighborhood a few times this weekend... Have a whole new list of todo items now but that's part of the process😄
After several months I finally got around to working on my horn. I thought it had failed after 64 years of service. Turns out it had just lost a good ground which caused an open circuit. I ran a jumper wire to from the horn to the frame and it works like a champ.
After 13 months she is running again. Rebuilt 1960 truck 235 engine & rebuilt Hydra-Matic transmission, radiator tank cleaned with new core, new water pump. Thanks to all that have helped answer my questions to get to this point...
