The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk Drove the truck on the road for the first time.

Got to drive my truck ten miles yesterday. What a blast. I am about ready to prime it. I am going to prime it at my Dad's shop which is about ten miles from the house. I currently do not have a trailer big enough to haul it there and it does run so why not. I drove the truck with no windshield. I had just enough plexiglass to tape in place over the rear window and the side windows to knock a lot of the air down. It was 34 degrees when I left the house but I didn't hardly notice because,

Shoot I was driving my truck.

It was porbably a good thing that it was so cold, I don't like bugs in my teeth from smiling the whole way there. I am having so much fun. I posted another picture in my slideshow below.

Very cool !! I like the videos and the trucks

I checked out your slide show. Both trucks are looking real nice!

The drive to your dad's must have been fun.

34 degrees? at least there wouldn't have been too many bugs in your teeth!

Keep us posted.

Jock

Way to go!!! There is nothing like the feeling of accomplishment when you drive your project for the first time!!!

Congratulations!!! You've come a long way!!

TWO "Great Trucks"!! I just love all that steel!!!

I think I understand about the big grin.

That is too cool! I'd be grinning too.

Welcome to the club!

Getty up bud....know how that feels and it feels sooooooooooo good!! Good luck, Steve in Idaho

congrats on getting the ole truck to move. i am not even close yet but i bet it feels great. so does it drive like a new truck or a old truck???....
mine the s10 frame and the 53 cab are about 100 feet apart with tons of snow between...spring is a coming for sure...cant wait to have that same feeling...
good luck in the future with both your projects

I drove the truck again today. I took one of our old neighbors, Mr. Tyner, for a drive down the road. Mr. Tyner has been retired for several years now and he has a 48 chevy 1/2 ton that he has restored along with two chevy cars I think a 48 delux and a 42 something. He has been a good source of local knowledge. He really liked the truck and said the body work looked really great.

Since I had the truck out I actually drove it down the road a mile or so to the local salvage yard to try to find a primary hood latch pin and spring. This is the same yard that I bought the truck 6 or 7 years ago. The salvage yard owner was impressed. He was actually going to give me the part that I needed but he didn't have one. He said if I can't find one then he would turn one in his lathe. Most of the local yard have crushed all of their stock within the last few years due to the increased scrap prices at the time. He actually only had one 48 1/2 ton withno hood and one 58 big bolt.

Oh Mikec4193, the truck drives like the mid 70's to early 80's trucks which is just the way I like them. It has enough rigidity that you can feel the road but enough cush that you don't feel beat after driving. I grew up driving a 78 chevy and mid 80's fords and I have always liked being able to feel the the terrain through the steering wheel and the pedals. I currently drive a 2002 dodge and when I first started driving it I had a hard time feeling the terrain. You will spin the tires more with the newer vehicles in soft terrain like a pasture field, just my experience.