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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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| | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 | Here`s a guy forwarding the crimes committed against classic trucks. This video is of a 1949 Chevy truck. The work should be noted of what NOT to do. Good paint skills but ..book and its cover. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GKpwQokNvQ
~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
1958 Apache Stepside
1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,512 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,512 | Great video, thanks for posting!
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 | Some of that looks unfixable to me. Once you start down that rabbit hole.
But like the guys says , to fix a truck up right , there is no way to make money on a flip.
~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
1958 Apache Stepside
1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,875 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,875 | It looks like they hired Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder to do the welding! Building in a bunch of square corners on the frame like that is an open invitation to a catastrophic structural failure from stress risers. We learned that the hard way on the round track cars when "boxing" frames- - - - -the laws of physics aren't "suggestions"!
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: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 | Probably not Ray or Stevie. Bet the same person that painted... "fixed" the frame.
You gotta wonder what the body looked like if the frame was so bad it had to be pieced together on each end.
You might have a speedy or jesus on this botch..
~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
1958 Apache Stepside
1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,512 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,512 | Judging by the quality of work done on the chassis, I wonder what that shiny paint job is hiding?
Last edited by Phak1; 12/10/2025 9:27 PM. Reason: Clarity
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 1,973 | That seems to be the common denominator...a really nice paint job.
I`d bet with todays technology, someone could do remote inspections.
Help these folks out that show up to buy a truck and get blinded with paint.
~ BD.
"You won't find me in an old folks home" Pioneer Florida Cracker
1958 Apache Stepside
1958 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
1959 Apache 1/2 ton Panel
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