So I have a friend who is an executive of a local car club and when he heard that my truck was going to get here on Wed he begged me to bring it to the show. Spent every spare minute tinkering and I even paid a guy to detail it because I just didn't have time.
Well it was super fun and all the guys there were great. I got a couple trophies too!! First was from the carshow. the old Spartan got "Best Beater". Kind of disheartening but it was all in good fun I think. What was really amazing though was that a group of local guys who have a classic hot rod/rat rod group make a couple trophies to give away and I got one. It was super cool. Needless to say I had a ton of fun and I will be entering in more car shows, not to win anything but to rub shoulders with some fellow wrenchers and classic car guru's. All the old boys gathered around my truck and we talked about it and we all learned a thing or 2. I had people crawling all over it for a while and they all noticed some cool things.
Anyway here is a pic or 2. Check out this trophy- its really neat.
34 Years. Now with a '61 261, 848 head, Rochester Monojet carb, SM420 4-speed, 4.10 rear, dual reservoir MC, Bendix up front, 235/85R16 tires, 12-volt w/alternator, electric wipers and a modern radio in the glove box.
Love that truck! Get those cab lights working, they give you a lot of prestige on the road! What a hoot to go to a car show already!
~Charley 1954 Chevy 3100 with 235 “Bud” Follow along in the DITY 1963 Chevy half ton stepside short box 230 1954 GMC 3 ton 302 And several more Chevy camper and work trucks 1979 1987 1996
About half of them work, I just didnt have the switch on. I stopped by NAPA today to see if I could get new orange lenses for the broken ones and they didnt have any though
Someone put in more time on the trophy than I have in my whole truck!, just kidding. Way to go. I might make a couple of local shows this summer, I've got it pretty road-worthy but now need to start on sheet metal.
1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy
Car shows are really fun when you get to spend hours talking to other people about your truck! I really hate it when they want to talk about their truck though.... ;-)
Awesome win for you Spartan. You'll need that truck to haul that trophy around.
Craig
My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
Yeah, love the trophy pretty good stuff there. Looks like you are off to a running start on your new truck.
1953 Chevrolet 3100 261 cu inch, sm420, 3.55 rear, torque tube still,omaha orange, still 6 volt, RPO green glass, side carrier spare, all done In the DITY Gallery Video of the 261 running
1964 GMC 1000 305 Big Block V6, sm420, the next cab off restoration
That's a pretty big truck to haul groceries. You packin' it in for the apocalypse or sumpthin'?? Congrats! The first of many fun times. My first show there were only two in the class and I got second place. But nobody really wins because it's like "oh, you got first place out of two trucks? big deal." haha
Matthew 6:33
1952 Chevy 1/2-ton 3100 Late '55 235/SM420/torque tube 3.55 Dalton Highway survivor (using original 216) www.truckwithaheart.com
