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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 2 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 2 | This is my story. I tore apart my truck when the 216 went bad, bought a 235 from a guy in wisconsin, never changed an engine before, but love old chevy trucks, dad had two 54 half tons. put the new/used motor in, fixed brakes, rewired the whole truck, (never did any of this before). did alot of this work in very cold weather, all of it with no help, everyone kept saying it would never run again, ran up a fat credit card bill buying parts (which were all great from Jim Carter's). Here's how it turned out. Truck runs good, but I'm gonna have an old mechanic I know fine tune it (along with the brakes). still needs glass, some patching on the body, weather stripping, and then it will be a solid, everyday truck. what I got out of it was a confidence in myself I never had before. If any of you have ever rewired under the dash of one of these trucks, you know what I mean! I wanna do it again. Thanks for the opportunity to express myself, my friends and family kinda don't get it except my wife, god bless her. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 332 Big Bolt Shop Curmudgeon | | Big Bolt Shop Curmudgeon Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 332 | What you have experienced is called a "Stovebolt Moment."
Drivin' down a 2 lane country road in a stovebolt.....cowboy, it don't get no better than this!
1946 1-1/2 ton Chevy
"Ol Blue", or "THE BIG 'UN"
| | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 1,159 | Well Perch. Congratulations. With a motivating story like this ... have you sent us pictures for the gallery? hmmmmm???
Peggy
~ One of many.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Welcome Perch. One question, where's Goose Lake at?
Scott | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 | Way to go, Perch. That's the way to get initiated. Jump on in head first. Congratulations.  | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 34 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 34 | goboy!
Olde Coes up here in Vermont! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,112 | That is a very nice story. Yet another person shares the Stovebolt addiction! | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 124 Member | | Member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 124 | If your wife is on your side you dont need those other folks. Some people just like to be negative. I say well done.
I like old trucks
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1 | Enjoy it now, man...you earned it!
danny :p | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 102 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 102 | Nice going! Your story is very similar to mine, no real experience at all, but you learn in a hurry. I have a sinking feeling that once this truck is done I'll have to get another one. What have we gotten ourselves into!?
Great job PERCH, keep up the good work!
1948 3600 thriftmaster
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,132 | Perch Good goin' and Gecko amen brother. When this ones done I'm going to need another one too. Weeds | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 476 | Another Iowan! Way to go Perch. Even if you've done it before people are quick to say it'll never run. All the more motivation in my book.
Don't lose your head to save a minute,
You need your head, your brains are in it.
Burma-Shave (1947)
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