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Have a 27 with a 15? Year old restoration

Paint wheels tires very nice

Hasn’t run in 6+ years per my friend the widow I’m trying to help out

Her husband was pretty particular how he did things

Has the original style fuel pump

Guessing it’ll have issues

Rolls over fine except that clutch pops up every revolution???

Questions

Is the fuel pump worth fixing to preserve value or go electric?

What is this truck worth

Needs electrical work lights etc don’t work

Going up for sale

What’s up with the clutch?

I think it’s a very well done restoration back in the day

Dark red

Black fenders

Stake bed

No idea if it’s a 1/2 3/4 or 1 ton

Thanks all

How about some pictures???



Mike B

I'll grab some hopefully tonight.

Relocating it.

Any idea what the shift pattern is. Need to use the engine as a brake in case the brakes don't work.

Thanks.

Jack - Below is a screen grab from a sold on ebay Chevrolet Capitol Series A A Instructions, Operation, Care Manual Jan 1927 that shows the transmission shift pattern.

I saw several original used and reproduction manuals that can be had for relatively little money that would go a long way in helping you gain answers to many of your questions. Just do a web search and they'll be easy to find.

I'm not sure how much difference there is between 1927 and 1928 Chevy's (fellow early Bolt owners will hopefully chime in), but you can find a 1928 Chevrolet Motor Cars Instructions manual here to help in looking for answers to your questions. It covers Cars and Trucks and the transmission shift pattern diagram in this 1928 manual is the same as the one from the ebay screenshot.

Definitely post some pictures as they will help us help you.

Thank you so much!

Looking forward to those pictures. So this will be going up for sale your saying? Any idea where the price will be at?

David1927 - That's a question best asked through a PM to Jack please and thanks.

Hey guys no problem

Sorry have not checked the forum in a while

As I mentioned before selling for a widowed friend of the family

She thought we should start at $15k so that’s where we’re starting but guessing the final price will be somewhat lower

Any questions please ask in the 1927 Chevy for sale ad in the Swap Meet Forums.

Thanks

That's a great looking truck! ;-)

It is a 1927 one ton truck, Model LM. This should jibe with the information on the Car Number plate that is on side of the passenger's seat. I can see the plate in one of the photos but can't read it. If you post the info from that plate, we can give you more info about the truck.

Some things I noticed in the pics are:

- There are six wheel keeper nuts on each wheel rim (the 1/2 ton truck have only four), which makes this a one ton truck.
- The engine does not have push rod covers (those were on the '28 motors).
- The engine has a single-port exhaust manifold (in '28, there were two ports).
- There are no brakes on the front wheels, which further supports that this is a '27.
- The transmission is a four speed because it has the reverse gear unlatch lever on the shifter. The four speed transmissions were an option in '27 and then became the standard tranny in '28. The four speed shifting pattern is an H. To get into reverse, pull the little latch up and shift all the way to the left and pull back towards the seat. When you don't pull the unlatch lever up, you can only go through the four forward gears, in the H pattern.

I would use the original vacuum tank fuel delivery system. I've been driving '27 and '28 trucks for over 30 years with the vacuum tanks and have only had to open one up and clean it out once in all that time. Chances are that all you have to do is prime the tank with some gas to get it operational. I put a 1/8" NPT plug in the inlet gas line for priming purposes and use a modified Coke bottle to do the filling. To fill the bottle, I installed a valve under the gas tank. See the pics below. If you let the truck sit for quite a while, the gas evaporates out of the tank and the tank will need priming the next time you try to start the truck.

You might open up the top of the vacuum tank and check to see if there is any crud at the bottom of the tank. Also, there is a small brass screen inside the gas inlet to the carb that might need cleaning. I ran into these issues in 2021 with my '28 Canopy Express. Here's that story: Fuel Problems with my '28 Truck

Cheers, Dean