A friend of mine had been wanting to buy my 1952 GMC 470 series COE for some years now. I had always told him mine wasn't For Sale, but I'd do all I could to find him one like it. The 450, and 470 series GMC COEs are pretty Rare, so it took quite a while to find one, but I finally did on Fb Marketplace. I told him about, he purchased it, and my wife, and I went to State College, Pa. this weekend to pick it up for him.
Last edited by spanky; 06/23/20262:21 AM.
Spanky Hardy Collector Of Fine Old G.M. COE Trucks & Antique Holmes Wreckers
I'll 2nd that! These are some really cool rare finds. Spanky - please tell us your friend is going to join the Stovebolt community???
~ 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)
Does it still have a Stovebolt 6 engine? Or is it big enough to sport a Detroit Diesel of some sort, since it's also got air brakes? What an amazing find!
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400 "The Book of Thor" Read the story in the DITY 1960 Chevrolet C10 "A Family Heirloom" Follow the story in the DITY Gallery '59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting)
If you don't like driving yourTruck, you won't drive yourTruck..| Living life in the SLOW lane
A '54 GMC 470 will have a gasoline GMC 302 six cylinder engine.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12 '52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
One of my neighbors has an early 1950s big Chevy or GMC cabover stashed away in his equipment shed- - - - -with about a 12 foot flat bed on it. He's also got an elderly D-4 Cat bulldozer parked beside it. I've been trying to buy both of them for 20+ years, and he always says "Talk to my widow once I'm gone!" He's somewhere in his late 80s now, so that just might be the only way to go! 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!
