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She's definitely rough, but I can see my $ 400 in parts if she can't be revived.

41-46 e-bay truck

That truck does'nt look to bad at all. Ive seen vehicles alot worse then that get fixed

congrats and good luck

Joe,
you gotta love the old girl, just beggin for a good home! I can see her rolling down the road some day. You just added to your teasure chest!

sweet!

Trucks follow men home like puppies follow boys home. Great buy.

That is really cool - Congratulations!

Yea, i'll bet you have $400 worth of parts there, easy.

Looks like it was an old 76 gas station truck.. which is kinda cool, too.

Looks like the hood has been off for quite awhile.. I wonder if people were picking parts off it, or maybe they had engine troubles at one point and then just said the hell with it?

So didja put a $500 deposit on a $400 truck?

Great truck,mine was in a lot worse shape than that when we dragged it out of the field in a snow storm 5 years ago. enjoy it. it will be fun

Haven't seen it in person yet. I expect the 216 is probably a boat anchor. The way I understood, the bell house crossmember has been cut when some was trying to get the tranny, but they never got it out. No $500 deposit made on the $400 truck. Asked if I could just bring cash when I pick it up Monday and he agreed.

$400 is a steal take it, its in a lot better shape than my original, but my spare parts shed is in a lot better shape now than what it was.
How many 216 motors do you want?

Zacca

Good score.

Keep the old iron goin'

Nice buy. Looks like the windshield frame is still there that alone if it is ok will make up for over half of the price. Grills not to bad, could be repaired. Good luck and let us know how it progresses.

My'n was in about the same condition and I'm slowly getting it restored. Just takes a lot of time and patients. If not there's a lot of valuable parts there but you should be able to restore it. Bob T

Got her home tonight. Long trip but kind of nice. Went through a half dozen sleepy little farm towns on the way there. Saw a lot of old trucks rusting away in the fields. It turned in to a bit of an ordeal getting her out of their yard, but we finally got her on the trailer.

[img]http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/homeward.jpg[/img]

Looks mighty nice sitting up on the trailer with air in the tires! Had the seller bothered to pull it out and snap pictures on the driveway with the hood on it and air in the tires, i'd guess it would have sold for more!

Did you get any history on the truck?

I really like the styling on those trucks.

Looks like a very GOOD DEAL my friend, Take her and run.
can't wait to see her in the gallery.

Cliff59

Nice truck Joe.

Yeah Fumblin' I fully expected to get out-sniped again as it was. Also if it had been more than a three day auction, it may have gone for more. For some reason, it didn't turn up in my regular searches either. On a whim, I went to "parts cars" and sorted them by nearest first. There it was, near the top with less than a day left. I've seen a few of his auctions before and they've always been to high on the opening bid to interest me. I guess patience pays or maybe the truck gods were just pleased with me one day.

The truck spent it's first life in Heber, Utah as a mobile welding truck. It was set up with racks on the left running board for oxy-acetyline bottles and rack for welding leads on the right side. Apparently it was based at a Union 76 station as you can still make out the logo on the doors. The down side is a section of the bedside roll was cut off to accomodate the welding racks. Luckily, last month, I traded some parts for a trailer made from a '39 or '40 bed. I think the sides are the same but I'll have to measure to be sure. It appears to be a '41 going by the one remaining park lamp housing and what the seller told me. I'll have to run the VIN# through the de-coder to be sure.

Hey Joe, you already got your moneys worth just getting to pull her down the road!!!!What a steal,shucks,I would just leave her on the trailer and park it in my front yard!!Nice truck.

Boy, you've got me pegged! Got home with it late yesterday and unhooked the loaded trailer right in front of the house. It will probably sit there until Saturday since I need to work extra hours to make up for ditching work Monday to go get it.

Looks like you found nice project there. Way to go.

So what did you do with the thing you got from me?

When I first started looking for a '41 thru '46 1/2 ton, I saw a few real hunks of crap sell for $1,000 to $1,200.. no rear axle, no front drums, no motor, no tranny, body in worse shape than your latest aquisition.. don't know if it was shill bidding to drive it up or just two guys decided they wanted it, lived close enough to pick it up, and went nuts.

I've seen alot of good trucks sell cheap on eBay and i've seen alot of crap trucks sell for crazy money.. sometimes there dosen't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.

I'd say on average, you got yourself a solid $800 to $1000 parts truck for your fuel and time to get it and your $400 winning bid.

Being a Utah truck, i'd guess you should have little to no rust thru.

Hello, Jolly. Haven't done much with the one I got from you yet other than get some small parts from it and cover up the openings on the engine once I discovered it was loose. I've been pre-ocupied with the '59 lately but I'm hoping to use the engine, transmission and rear end, if they look to be serviceable, on other projects when I get to them. I want to re-build a 250 or 230 for either the '40 or the '41 I just bought so a 350THM will bolt up. I don't think my better half would care to drive a "crash box" and I would like to build a truck for her. I'm thinking I'll be pretty 'antique' myself by the time I get near the end of my 'projects'.

hay if you want i will give you your money back for it

Joe,

I paid $500 for my 46 half ton and it was in worst shape than that. I am still looking for rear fenders both of mine are really bad. Luckily I have time before those are going to be an issue.

Good luck and let me know if you come across an extra set of rear fenders. Great potential
Brian

Did you get to see all the other vehicles in his yard

It sure is a cutie

Sure glad it got a new home. I'll bet you can fix 'er up nice.

Sabrina

The original owner of this yard has been online quite a while. He still owns a lot of the inventory. He's a little pricey on some stuff and not always up to date on his page. His url:

http://www.rodsandantiqueautos.com/catalog.htm

The new owner has another yard as well. He brings in more of his own inventory plus he is selling the previous owner's inventory for him. He is more flexible on price with his own inventory. His url:

http://www.classicautoprojects.com/catalog.htm

I took some pictures of the yard while I was there.

http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale1.jpg
http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale2.jpg
http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale3.jpg
http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale4.jpg
http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale5.jpg
http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale6.jpg
http://www.etv.net/users/jmcneel/glendale7.jpg

Sorry about the small pictures but e-Bay pictures have my server space near the limit.

I wish I could find a pre WW2 pickup in that good of shape for $400