The Stovebolt Site Forums Welcome! Welcome Centre 1956 3100 Task Force - "Chuck, the Truck" (NYC)

Hello all. Sfizio here, aka Thomas.

I have a '56 3100 Task Force. A California car, mostly original, 235, four speed, minimal surface rust but a quick sale paint job. Red leather interior, nicely done. Someone added electronic ignition.

I've had it for a few years. Runs well. Immediately added new tires, oil change, brakes done, rebuilt steering box because I had a lot of play in the steering.

It lives on the mean streets of Brooklyn, NY, right outside the second floor window of my apartment so I change my oil by driving one tire up on the sidewalk.

I've paid mechanics for work done so far, already spent too much with labor rates at about $150 per hour in this part of the country.

I had power steering installed because it's impossible to parallel park in NYC without it. Time, tools and experience are the the three things that always kept me form doing my own work but now that I'm retired, I'd like to work more on it myself.

I think I have a transmission leak and need to check the fluid level. Still trying to figure out how to do that, which brought me here. Want to change to stiffer shocks. I frequently bottom out on the bumpy BQE. I'm good with electrical and body work. Planning to clean up the rust spot a bit and clear coat, leaving a patina look. Want to refinish the wood in the bed.

Happy to have found Stovebolt. I'm going to need it. Thanks for reading.

sfizio, Welcome to the "BOLT"! You have come to the right place to get answers for your questions. Take a few minutes and cruise though the forums and get acquainted with what is going on. You have a great looking project, I'm kind of partial to the Task Force series myself. Welcome.

Welcome to the Bolt and enjoy the ride

Start a thread on your transmission leak and the guys and girls will give you a hand.

Wow, Sfizio! I think this is the first time I've seen a Bolter in the city! A big city at that! Unlike the problems for a shade-tree mechanic, you have some special challenges. Not only working on an old truck but also "mean streets." Yikes.

Glad to hear you are facing this head on!

I see you have posted a few times in The Shops Area, and also connected with the New England Bolters.

You may want to post that question about the transmission leak in the Driveline. We've got a Making a Stovebolt Bed forum for those questions, and Paint & Body can help with the rust questions. That's for starters.

I believe the Stovebolt Collective will be more than willing to help with your Task Force!


Welcome to Stovebolt.

Welcome Thomas!

Looking forward to seeing and hearing more about your truck.

Definitely post your questions on how-to's and such in The Shop Area forums that best match your topic. If your not sure, post in the General Truck Talk (GTT) forum and we can move it to the best spot as needed.

Would also suggest you take a bit of reading time (if you haven't already checked it out) and go through our very own Tech Tips page that has a whole bunch of existing knowledge and info available at your finger tips.

Catch you in the forums!

Dan

Welcome to the ‘Bolt! Nice truck! We would love it, if you could tell us a bit about your truck, it’s history, your goals and what you have already accomplished on restoring your truck.

And of course we ‘Bolters love pictures, so please post some more. Again, welcome to The ‘bolt!

Thanks all for the warm welcome. Looking forward to learning more and it's cheaper than therapy. I'm an eclectic car collector and got into trucks with an old gf. She left, the truck's still here. Go figure. Took a road trip from Phoenix to San Diego looking for one. I started out looking for 40's era but when I saw the Task Force series I was hooked. Found this one in LA. Here's a few more pics.

Thomas, welcome to Stovebolt. Consider yourself at home. Seems you been reminded, more than once, to post guestions in most appropriate forum and we'll do the rest. See you around the garage.
Nice truck!

Is THIS IMAGE from on the street where you live?

Some of the others had some interesting city views in the background. One I thought was oil rigs in the background and then realized it must be construction cranes. A regular in big cities, I guess.

Thanks for adding more photos.

Your truck seems so familiar. Do you have any history on the truck, like who did you buy it from? Maybe it's the door art that looks familiar to me.

Glad you are here.

@Peggy M - That particular shot is in Manhattan at a motorcycle repair shop. Chuck, the Truck, sports a '66 Ducati cafe racer in summer. Gets him great parking spaces at car shows.

Chuck came from LA where he lived life as a farmer. Obviously, a flip project but well done and I got it at a fair price. OF course, being from the west coast, he was lowered, had raised white letter tires, beauty rims and a red leather interior.

I have since had the rear axle brought back down under the frame, returning Chuck to his original stance, flipped the tires, ditched the rims and added the vintage logo.

The leather was a quality job so I kept it.

Yes, it's prob the logo that makes it familiar.

Those are actually cargo cranes in the background. Brooklyn is a big city unto itself with an active commercial waterfront, although only one of five boroughs in the greater City of New York.

Chuck now lives here in a neighborhood called Red Hook, a seaport town looking out on the Statue of Liberty and, in that night shot, Manhattan island and the World Trade Center.

I have checked out this site before but now that I have more time to work on Chuck, I see it will be a great resource.

Thanks again for the warm welcome.

Sfizio,

Wow. That's a lot of good info on Chuck, the images, and the city. Must be a really nice view from your place in Red Hook. Thanks for taking the time to explain it all.

Glad you are here and thanks for the comment on the site. The Stovebolt Collective has been providing "resources" (like their intel and experiences) for a very long time!

Sfizio,

I found it!! (The door art!) Just so happened, early this morning, we got a reply to Matt Harwood's 1950 3600 Tow Truck that's also in the DITY Gallery. Another fun story.

Welcome to the 'bolt.. nice truck.

I used to stop in Sinclair, Wyoming on the way to Washington... There is a great greasy spoon there, not to mention a Sinclair Oil refinery.