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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 | Hello everyone!
I have been lurking for about a year now and finally decided to join as I will actaully begin my restoration project of our truck that a friend gave to us.
It is a 1951 3100 1/2ton (20JPB3159)Feb 1951. I think it has a 235 although I am not exactly positive. More on that as I get into it. It does have a Manual trans on the floor with a PTO as well. The story I have on the truck is that originally belonged to the SanDiego School District and they are the ones that ordered it with the PTO. It is mostly intact, with a little cab rust on the pass right front side wall below the dash, a bad dent in the left rear fender. Other than that it looks like it is mostly complete. It is missing the original rear bumper. This truck needs a ton of work but I am looking forward to it!
I have learned a great deal from all of you Stove-Bolter's in the past 6 months just by reading the forum and website. I really look forward to getting some more advice from people that "have been there and done it" and will be happy to share this project with you all!
I will snap some pics of the truck in the AM.
The truck was on the road in 1990 but has been sitting ever since...my hope is that it will start once I go through the
steps to get it ready.
Thanks for the great website and forum!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | Welcome to the Bolt, sierra51. Mine is a '51 half-ton too but no PTO. Yours sounds like it's in pretty good shape... let's see those pictures.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 684 | Welcome to the Bolt, and we do like pictures.
Cleon | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 183 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 183 | Take lots of pics and share with us!! Welcome to the bolt! Ed | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,067 | Welcome aboard. Your not a "newbie" really. Just "new" on this site.
52 GMC 3/4 ton pickup
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 | Welcome to the Bolt sierra51 !
Some people are like Slinkies, Their not really good for nothing... But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. 1951 3100 350 TBI Gallery Toddzilla... "$old" | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 | Here's the truck... sierra51 Chevy 3100 pictures Thanks for the nice welcome. According to the 2 bolt valve cover am I correct in thinking I have the 216? See you around the forum!
Last edited by sierra51; 02/15/2008 1:38 AM.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | Rich,
Yea, it looks like a 216 but don't go by the bolts holding the valve cover on... you can modify a 235 quite easily to use the two bolts on top to hold the valve cover on. There are distinct features on a 216 like the pushrod cover on the right side. On a 216 it goes up to and around the spark plugs.
Your valve cover is an Offenhauser or Wayne?
Start gathering books and catalogs and make yourself familiar with your truck before you buy anything. You're about to embark on a long and rewarding journey fixing up your truck. Don't get discouraged... expect things to go wrong at every turn, but that's part of the "joy"... figuring out how to make things work.
Don't believe the crap in the parts catalogs, for the most part there is nothing that fits perfectly and if they say it "bolts on in a couple hours", or "comes with detailed instructions" you know you're in trouble. As much as they would like you to think otherwise, it still takes skill, creativity and determination to restore an AD truck.
Woody | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 | Hey Woody,
Valve cover is an Offenhauser...is that good?
I love "comes with detailed instructions"...I just love that! I run across that often in my line of work.
Thanks for the advice and appreciate the tips!
Rich | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 166 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 166 | Welcome to the Bolt Rich! Great looking truck and it sure would look good in the Gallery!
Send in a write up!
...Lori
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS "Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan 1966 Fleetside SWB Webshots | | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 70 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 70 | Rich welcome the the site nice looking project you got there. Later Earl | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 346 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 346 | Welcome to the bolt sierra51.  Nice truck! My '51 had a 216 in it. It's going to a 327 in it when I get done. 
Terry K.
1951 5 window 1/2 ton
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Welcome. Looks like the pickup is in good shape! Your in good hand here. But watch out for Achipmunk. He's kazy. | | |
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