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| | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 | Hello All, We wanted to say hello and introduce you to "Uncle Albert". We drove him home Saturday. Picked him up at a farm auction at a great price. We are really excited to have him here. I could go on and on about him, will keep it short for now. I have submitted pics and story to the gallery. We will have lots of questions. Stovebolt has been a great help already. The following link will take you to some distorted thumbnails. The actual pics are much better! Let us know what you think. We welcome all opinions and suggestions!! June and Rick http://www.carrollsweb.com/personal/rshreve/cgallery | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,549 | Hey 48, Uncle Alberts, a Handsome Fella. I especially like that Grille Guard, he sports. Welcome to the SBP ! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | welcome to the garage w/ that great lookin truck! and drove it home!!! very well cared for truck
Bill | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | darn fine lookin rig. Welcome to your new home away from home  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 394 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 394 | big thumbs up.. nice truck.. wish mine looked half that good. maybe someday. welcome, allways good to see another one back on the road..mike j | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 | Thanks for the fine welcome!
We spent the evening making a list of needed/missing parts. Re-checking the serial number info, and looking for the block number. The best # we came up with for the block is right behind the distributor, on a small plate that reads S0814P (?? on the P). Need to wait for daylight to dig deeper on that one!! Rick reports that the brakes need attention. And the entertainment begins!!
June & Rick | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,991 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,991 | Great truck!! Looks to be in really nice shape!! Congratulations!! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 | Plans? Well, the original idea he sold me on was he would be a replacement for a feed wagon that has hauled it's last load of cattle feed. There were 3 at the sale. A 48 without a lift, standard cab. A 48 with working lift, 5 window deluxe (uncle albert). And a 49 with lift, standard cab. The 49 had am amatuer metallic blue paint job, alot of body putty and many missing parts. I could give you the selling prices, but I don't want you to ruin your keyboard when you spit your coffee all over it!!
The plan as of today is as back to original as is reasonable. He will still be hauling cattle feed. Brake adjustment and all lights operational is first on the list. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 | The sell job was to get me and the checkbook to the auction to look!! I've aleady told him, "you bought him, but I claim him!"
(I don't get that "Mam" very often, makes the cheeks tinge a little red.) I always preferred the trucks over the dolls. I'm loving this. I can change the oil, change a flat, etc, and id all the major components, but after that my grease monkey ability starts fading fast. So if I slip on something, Sorry.
June | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 332 Big Bolt Shop Curmudgeon | | Big Bolt Shop Curmudgeon Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 332 | That is one fine lookin' truck! Kansas folk really take care of the things that matter.
Thanks for sharing.
Drivin' down a 2 lane country road in a stovebolt.....cowboy, it don't get no better than this!
1946 1-1/2 ton Chevy
"Ol Blue", or "THE BIG 'UN"
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | In my neck of the woods trucks like that sell for under a grand.. the big square states are fertile with this old iron in solid condition.. folks to the east and west arent so fortunate.
My father-in-law bagged a '73 GMC Big 'un with a side dump at a local auction for $500.. but a little gas in the tank and in the carb, and drove it home.
Uncle Albert is one mighty fine looking truck! Congratulations on the purchase, and welcome to the Big Bolts!
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,144 | Here in Maryland you rarely see the old bolts at auctions any more and seldom in that good condition, development is sqeezing the farmers out.Like gasanaspark we have to curb our jelousy urges when we see something that nice. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,091 Authorized Pest | | Authorized Pest Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,091 | We've got Uncle Albert in the gallery now. Check it out the pix. We may need to get June to update her gallery submission already with this extra info! Welcome! Peg
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery"Success comes in 'cans' ..." | | |
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