The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk its here!!! the bolt arrives!!! link to pics added

my 51 5 window was plucked from the field this am and i followed the slide truck 40 miles to its new home nice clean dry garage... still trying to get the wife to have VISION.. but heck she let me keep it in the garage so cant be all that bad.... next step is to look her over really good see what im going to need and where ill start, more i look at the 2 ft fenders think ill have to replace them dented too bad i think, when i was loading her up then guy said there was a old panel out back it was a rust bucket but I SCORED A ORIG. FRAM OIL FILTER... FOR FREE!!!! stay tuned more updated pics to follow soon in gallery

Keep us posted, we all love these startin-up projects. Have lots of fun, I know you will.

Hey DBone! I just got mine home last weekend! It's kind of overwhelming at first, but don't ever give up, just take breaks along the way. And yes pics are everyones favorite thing to look at! Good luck with your bolt!
Dano

DBone

Congrats on the new project! Have patience with your lady -- she'll see it in time.

Now you're on the right track to go slow and document. Also, be sure to check out our Tech Tips and Features -- lots of good knowledge in there, especially for Getting Started . Also, if you don't have it already, be sure to get a copy of Tom Brownell\'s How to Restore your Chevrolet Pickup .

And welcome aboard!

Regards,
John

I have a 51 as well. Somewhere, I was told that the 51 should have the 3100 below the Chevrolet on the hood. But yours and every one I see on eBay has just the Chevrolet, so I now believe that mine is as it came from the factory.

WOW... an ORIGINAL fram oil filter.. priceless!!!

congrats.. and have fun.

The Korean War necessitated the dropping of the 3100 from the hood badge. Saved on chrome and metal. BW

You are probably correct. GM documentation states that the 3100 was below the Chevrolet on 49 through 51 models, and the 3100 was dropped in 52. However, there is a lot of evidence from many original 51's that the changeover took place sometime in the 51 model year production for the reasons given by R. Wyant.

Here's a web page on Hood Side Emblems that you can find on my Advance Design website .

Thanks for the info and the link Jeff. Mine is a very late (August 1951) 51 model year truck. I have found that it has chrome window crank knobs, a plastic widshild wiper knob and painted grills on the dash. So they made some changes as they ran out of parts.

good deal dbone.

I wish you the best of luck.


Cliff59

Looks like a long but fun project.Wish you well and keep us all posted. Try to keep a picture trail so that you can show what you have accomplished as you go along. Most guys end up with a book that is the pride of the coffee table.

now.. i just could figure out how to find the un number of my pics so i can post them.... still trying

Good luck with the project, I am just about twelve months into my restoration,and I have the chassis rolling. Take some digital pics as you start to strip out various parts,it helps on the re-assembly a few months later.
I only have the chevrolet badge on my hood ,Its a June 1951 vintage.

dbone,

Are your pictures posted on a picture hosting website? If so, which one is it?

update the engine in my bolt is a 46 i think 216 that was stored right, plugs were out, oil is good in it, i think ill get a set of plugs, points, and wires and try to start it see how it sounds, it turns over by hand easy... if it runs ok, ill have it torn down update rods bearings and hardened valve seats. more to follow.... body man checked her out said everything closes and fit is perfect on the doors.

Hey D. Took 12 years for me to finish mine.Got it out this Feb.Told my wife I was ready to start another restoration.She said"You bring another truck home you'd better find you another wife." I said," how you going to like living with another woman",she didn't think that was funny at all.Good luck, my restoration on my 3100 was a blast took something off fixed it to origional, boxed it and went to next item,no ryme no rythem,what ever I wanted to work on I worked on it.Get flustered drink a beer and work on something else,mostley drink beer.P.S, Mines all origional.

What GREAT day! You have a wonderful truck to fix. My only advice is to beg, borrow, or rent a pressure washer and clean everything. Working on a CLEAN bolt
is just heaven.

congrats... we want pics...



-W

I just hauled in my 51 last Sat. I'm still trying to get the tranny unstuck ( it's in 1st, so it just scoots the rear tires, engine is stuck and the clutch won't release, fun, fun, fun!)

As mentioned before, WE WANT PICS! LOL
Good luck with your truck however you decide to go with it.

what an easy way to attach pics to this page????? have several already

Post your pictures on a free hosting site (my personal favorite is Yahoo! - that's where I'm keeping all my pictures as I go through the process), then put a link in your post for all to see. The other thing is to send Peggy the information and pictures that you want in the gallery (see http://www.stovebolt.com/submission.htm for more information) so the pictures and your story can be seen by all 'bolters.
Hope this helps.

dbone,

Please put links to the pix and not the pix themselves. Meaning, hit the "url" button below and not the "image" one.

Thanks,
Peg

todays update guys, i scored big time, a friend of mine that lives 15 min from me said he had some extra 50 chevy truck parts i could have if i hauled them off.

not knowing but when i was finished i scored 2 fresh air orig, heaters with control valves, complete seat, oil bath aircleaner and a extra rochester carb, a chrome bumper guard and a cattle catcher heavy steel grill guard, it was awsome... best part??? all free!!!! he has a suburban that was a locksmiths truck still with writing on its side, and a carry all 56 hard top and a 48 3 window. 2 gmc 51's parts trucks.... WAS A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! think i found a name for it, MARCELL LEDBETTER from jerry clower my dad use to crack up over this guy

congrats on the new purchase...

more progress on the ol bolt, turned the kids loose with putty scrapers and the old dirt/greese went a flyin. there mom freaked out but all had tons of fun, still need to find the time to get a pic folder set up, stay tuned guys getting new ft fenders picked up tomarrow

OK... go to www.photobucket.com and search dbones51 there are pics posted there and will be updated weekly on the build, i located a complete fresh air heater with all knobs brackets cables as well as a 51 seat with adjusters, oilbath aircleaner, and a perfectlly srtight grill for her, daughter loves "dora" cartoon and she has a blue bull on the show called bennie the bull so thats a poss name for it still unsure... morer pics to follow

how did you link photo bucket to a search link??
I have gotten as far as the link to thread but the search thing eludes me for my page in photobucket ......
EVERY time i try and do the same it ALWAYS asks for a password (when anyone tries, including me)!!!!!!

go to the page, look in upper right corner type in "dbones51" search they will come up

dbone
Go to the website for you pic's. and when you can see on you screen the thumbnail pics, then look at your address bar at the top of your screen rt. click and copy the addressl. If you cant see the pic's. we can't see the pic.'s
Then before you post the link preview you post and click on the link you just made to make sure it works. I have had to monkey with the links to make mine work sometimes.

debone
I typed in the additional info and the truck looks like a great find. Is old blue yours also?

no i got the ol blue finished pics from a truck off ebay that was forsale, but mine will look just like it when done...

nice pictures! glad to see Texas will get another old stovebolt back on the roads. best of luck!

lookin' good, nice project!

I have a truck from May 1952 with the crome 3100 under the chevrolet on the hood. Truck is all original.

no that's not what i'm asking
i get ALL that
I'm asking because I have photobucket and the only way i can share photos w/ you guyz from it on any thread is by giving out my password.

you on the other hand simply ell visiors to pull up he phoobucke web link and type in dbone

that's what i wish to know how to do .... w/o giving up or having anyone type in my password

my early 51 - 3100 has the 3100 in the hood.

update: still plugging away on the 51... starting to unbolt the old dented up ft fenders and switch them out with the perfect used pair i scored, as well as sent the money order off this after noon for the perfect stright original grill already sand blasted... stay tuned.. more to follow incl pics...next plan to get her some new shoes... as in tires after i get the rims bead blasted and painted gloss black

sounds like you're having way too much fun! Remember to take lots of pictures as you take it apart because speaking from experience, it's easier to take it apart than it is to put it back together

dbone, have fun and rember that once you are on the path you are almost there
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yeppieee the new grill arrived this am as well as the original plastic fuse cover.... ill get the grill primed and post pics as well as ft end soon as i get the chance to finish swaping out the ft fenders and new grill