I’ve been lurking for a while now and decided to formally introduce myself!
My name is Robbie and I live in East Nashville currently.
When I was a kid, I helped my grandfather rebuild a 1934 Chevy Master 1/2 Ton, and he ended up giving it to me a few years ago right before he passed. He was an awesome guy, master carpenter, worked as a machinist for Campbell's soup factory in New Jersey before moving down to South Florida to build houses. I miss him a lot!
When I got the Chevy, it wasn’t running. Here’s a list of what I had to do to it:
- Fixed the starter armature. The copper windings had gotten loose and jammed the starter. Found the armature on eBay! - Babbit bearing was disintegrated. Found a reconditioned federal mogul rod on eBay. Dropped tie rod, oil pan, and lowered the piston to BDC to expose the wrist pin. Replaced the rod and did the feeler method with the crank to re-shim all the bearings with some OE shims from eBay. - New radiator fluid - New Rotella T4 oil - Replaced headlight bulbs with 6V LED's but kept the original bulbs. Was plug and play since the generator is DC! - Greased all the zerk's - Had a door key made from a local locksmith! - Made a custom floor board for the inside - Adjusted all of the valves - Probably more but I forget!
Anyways, it’s been a blast driving this thing all around Nashville and I think my Grandad is smiling down on me with a huge grin seeing all the fun I’m having - haha.
Everything on the Chevy is original from 1934 and has a 207ci Stovebolt in it :-)
Here’s a picture of her in Shelby Bottoms. Oh, I named her Shirley after my grandmother as well.
Happy to be here and love having an appreciation for the antique vehicles.
Much love from Nashville, - Robbie
Last edited by Peggy M; 05/11/20265:53 PM. Reason: Adjust title
Welcome to the ‘bolt. That looks like a nice truck. I hope you are able to drive it a lot. Please post more pictures. If you have specific questions, please ask them in the applicable forum.
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A wonderful thing to have helped your Grandad with the truck, keeping it in the family and sharing it with us here. X2 for Rusty's note to "Please post more pictures." The one picture looks great and look forward to seeing and hearing more about your truck soon.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100 Follow this story in the DITY Gallery "My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine" 1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
Shelby Park railroad bridge over the Cumberland river in the background, right? I grew up a few miles from there on Greenwood Avenue, and attended Bailey elementary school back in the 1950s. Now I'm down near the Alabama state line and I-65, with a hundred acres to hide my junk! Let's get together for a BS session soon!
My grandparents owned two almost new 1934 Chevy 1 1/2 ton trucks in the late 1930's, set up as tractor-trailers to haul beer from Milwaukee and St. Louis to Nashville- - - - - -mechanical brakes on the trucks, and NO brakes on the trailers! I'll bet their drivers had a few white-knuckle rides on some of the poorly maintained 2-lane roads they had to run!
Edit: I've got a set of reconditioned connecting rods for a 207 stashed away somewhere in case you ever need to do more surgery on that engine. 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!
