Take a laptop with wireless and document it through out the trip so we can go with you. Here is my trip -- link at the bottom in my signature line "Triple Dog Dare".
these trucks were made to go the distance...hey can you spell adventure.....you wont forget it,im sure....ive done a few of these trips and they always seem to work out.....good luck traveling....kev
Your story brings back memories about my experience 50 years ago when a friend and I drove a stock unrestored 32 Ford coupe from San Diego to Illinois. You will always remember the adventure. Have fun and I wish you well. Steve 53Movinon
even if you end up putting it on a transporter to get it home. So what, you will still get thumbs ups and people sayin "nice truck" even on the trailer.
Bob may be to busy planning the trip to check back in. Taint heard a word from him since the first week in Dec. With all this time to think about it I hope he didn't talk himself out of the drive. Maybe we'll find out when the snow goes out in the spring.
Well at least a bunch of us got to talk about our personal adventures. Now that my 216 and the rest of the driveline is as fresh as a daisy and she's had her 3,000 mile post break-in run this fall, I'm looking forward to a few week long trips in 2012. Might just make them if I can tear Pete the workaholic away from his latest project. I'd feel a lot more secure if we had a pair of ADs making those trips just in case. I just switched my insurance from Farmers who I'd been with for 40 years to State Farm because the later would give in road side service coverage and unrestricted use of the '50. So, I'm ready to go on that end.
Hope you still plan on making the trip Bob, and come on back and let us know how your plans are coming along.
June is still a few months away. Might be a fun adventure but would be easier to just have it transported or drag it on your own trailer. If Bob climbs out of his hibernation, maybe he will apprise us all of his recent determinations about this epic trek. In the mean time, let's continue to imagine the fun and share our stories...
Thanks to everyone for all the advice and encouragement. Sorry about being MIA for awhile but things got crazy at work for awhile(annual inventory)
Well it looks like the trip wont be happening this year. The logistics are just not coming together and the more we talked about the trip the more it became obvious that dad was not quite ready let it go yet. That's OK,the 40 will be there next year too.
Well it took nearly ten years but the '40 is finally in Colorado Springs. In the beginning, as you all know, I considered driving it home.
When the time finally came, it just wasn’t in a safe condition to make the trip so we had it delivered. It had been parked since 17. The carb was randomly flooding badly with gas pouring out and we found the master cylinder empty so decided to have it hauled home.
It’s going to take some effort to get things back in shape and I’m sure I’ll be asking for more than a little help.
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)
Welcome back.. but sadly that ole truck is past its prime... you should just have it hauled up to Loveland and set it in front of my garage. Congrats on getting it home. My father and I road tripped from Southern California to Grants Pass Oregon to pick up my 39 back when.
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Thanks everyone. Well I’ve got the carb off and torn down. Turns out the float was dropping too far and the needle was getting cocked to one side and not closing consistently. The carb is all cleaned up, just waiting on the rebuild kit with the new float etc. so I can put it all back together
Hello I've also been blessed with a 40 1ton, haven't been able to work on it for a while but hope to soon,might be able to answer some of your questions. Thanks Karl.
Hi everyone, So I've got the 40 running and I'm staring to think about driving it more than a few miles from the house. I have a spare mounted under the bed but can't find a jack or tire iron. Does anyone have a reference for the correct type and storage location for the jack, jack handle and tire iron for a 40 pickup? I have looked in the reprint owners manual and shop manual I have but haven't found this information. Thanks
My 46 has a short stubby mechanical jack with a long rod which folds in half and stores behind the seat. Also the truck should have a hand crank which is inserted in the grill 'crank hole' engages with the harmonic balancer in addition to the lug wrench. My friends 37 pickup found the factory tool kit under the seat in the GM box, lucky devil.
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Thanks for the info. I've had the seat out replacing the gas gage sending unit. Directly under the seat is the gas tank but there is some space between the back of the seat/gas tank support and the back of the cab but there is nothing back there. I'll need to come up with a box or something to put it in because I didn't see any type of fixture to secure it. Kind of inconvenient to get to because the back of the seat doesn't fold. It has hooks that hang on slots on the back wall of the cab. Your buddy with the 37 really was lucky!
Later model Chevy trucks say 1960s and probably lots of years, came with a small bracket with a short coil spring that wrapped around the jack keeping it from getting lost or rattling around. These were mounted to the floor or some place inside the cab. The '40 Chevy truck is one of my favorite body styles, enjoy.
just found this jack off a new Chevy pickup very similar to the old time jacks, these are all over ebay, check it out.
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Thanks for the info. I'll look for one of those jacks on ebay. I'm very partial to the '40. It was my dad's choice, my grandfather drove one when he worked as a summer forest ranger and dad had fond memories of spending summers with him in the mountains.
I store a modern bottle jack similar to whats pictured above under the seat of my '50. Very compact to store away along with it's crank handle. Most importantly, works great.
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.
Bob, These photos may be of interest to you. These,as best as I can determine, were used in the 42-46 trucks but may well have been a carryover from the late 30's to 42. Atool list from a GM publication shows you what was furnished by the Mfr. I have also attached a drawing of the hand crank (another bolter gave it to me). It looks as original as you can build. Good luck locating your jack and tools. Harold
Harold, Thank You! Great info! The pictures are very helpful! I had wanted to get a crank to help with turning over the engine while doing things like valve adjustments. Now i have the info to build one! Thanks again, Bob
Hello Red4TBob- Please post a picture of the spare tire mount underneath when you can. I've got some dangling hardware underneath the bed in my 1959 GMC 100 and thinking it looks like it would pin up a spare tire somehow. I've got the wide side 8 ft bed and doesn't seem like there was ever a spare tire mount in it. Going to get a spare tire and hoping to get it stowed up under the bed.
