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| | | | Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 | My husband has a 1930 1.5 ton Chevy in pieces in our barn. Affectionately (well, most of the time anyway) known as "The Money Pit" (and HOW!!!), it has been a work-in-progress for about a year and a half. Because I'm the forum user in the house, it's my task to relay his questions to you good folks. I'm not too knowledgeable about this stuff, so I'll mostly be regurgitating what he tells me without really understanding what I'm typing, so please bear with me. Thanks in advance for your help! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,441 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,441 | Welcome to the 'bolt. That does sound like a fun project. Please scroll through the various forums and ask the questions that pertain to those particular forums. This way, you will get the best answers.
Another quality post.
Real Trucks Rattle
HELP! The Paranoids are after me!
| | | | | 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. interesting project but don't feel bad. I've spent 5-6 years on each project I've had.
We're here to help and don't be afraid to ask questions....just be sure to ask them in the garage forums. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Welcome to the Stovebolt madness. There is no cure! 
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)
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 | Hi and welcome! At least it ain't a boat- - - - - -"Break Out Another Thousand!" The early 30's rigs are fun, but as you've probably already learned, finding parts can be a challenge. Is he going for a "restoration", or are some newer major assemblies like the engine and transmission be considered? Late 1930's or newer parts can be adapted without a lot modifications.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 843 | Watch out for 2-Ton he frequents that neck of the woods .Havebeen with him to the Ozark lake lovely area to be in welcome from keeping the dream alive
57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
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57 3200 pickup 265 V8 with service tray
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 | Hi and welcome! At least it ain't a boat- - - - - -"Break Out Another Thousand!" The early 30's rigs are fun, but as you've probably already learned, finding parts can be a challenge. Is he going for a "restoration", or are some newer major assemblies like the engine and transmission be considered? Late 1930's or newer parts can be adapted without a lot modifications.
Jerry Thanks! We went through our boat phase about 25 years ago. Nothing fancy, just a little Chipmunk sailboat (The sail was way too big for it, so we had the most fun dumping ourselves into the lake), then a little 5-seat Pipestone Princess (I think) with a 50hp Merc outboard. Just enough for us to waterski. So far, he's doing a frame-off resto, I guess. The frame and some other parts have been powdercoated. He replaced the radiator. New tires, plus some brake work. Our mechanic does metal fabrication on the side and is working on a hood. He had planned to rebuild the engine, but ran into the head being cracked in 13--yes, unlucky THIRTEEN--places. The local engine guru recommended swapping it for a '54-'62 235 so we have the benefits of a more modern engine, but we don't know if it will hook up to the bell housing without modification. I posted my question in the Big Bolt and engine forums. He's a woodworker, so he's most excited about getting to the point of being able to rebuild the bed. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Noticed you had posted the same question in two different forums. That is not acceptable on Stovebolt.com. May I suggest you hop over to the General Truck Talk Forum and read the “Sticky” thread at the top of the page about why things are moved, modified and edited. Lots of good information there about how to use the site.
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)
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 | Noticed you had posted the same question in two different forums. That is not acceptable on Stovebolt.com. May I suggest you hop over to the General Truck Talk Forum and read the “Sticky” thread at the top of the page about why things are moved, modified and edited. Lots of good information there about how to use the site. Oh, sorry. I didn't know whether to put it in the Big Bolt or generic engine section, so that's why I did both. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,598 | Welcome Money Pit! Ignore that old Kiwi (TPR57C). He is hard to understand. We are currently on a road trip together and you can read about it here. https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1305141/1.htmlWhat part of the Ozark are you located? I live outside of Mokane in central Missouri and get to the Lake of the Ozarks a lot. See ya around the garage! Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,063 Big Bolt Forum Moderator | | Big Bolt Forum Moderator Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,063 | | | | | | Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 8 | Welcome Money Pit! Ignore that old Kiwi (TPR57C). He is hard to understand. We are currently on a road trip together and you can read about it here. https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1305141/1.htmlWhat part of the Ozark are you located? I live outside of Mokane in central Missouri and get to the Lake of the Ozarks a lot. See ya around the garage! Don We're in SW MO, down in twisty country. So while my husband toils away on the Big Bolt, I go have fun riding my motorcycle!!  | | |
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