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| | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 | Well I thought I might as well just jump in and get this first post over with. I have a 1953 / 5 window truck I purchased from a neighbor several years ago. I always wanted a 53 for some reason but mainly because my Dad used to have a old Chevy. This project has now been on the back burner for some 12 years or better (kids in college, grandkids, aging parents, etc). I started a IFS kit 8 years ago but didn't finish because of frame problems (a total waste of money) and now with the S-10 kits avalible I have aquired a rolling S10 chassis (long WB) and a 4-wheel drive rear end. Plans are for a 350 4-bolt main w/700r tranny. All the parts are on hand. I just need some time to get-r-done! I have found a lots of great advice already here and look foward to getting my truck project started again very soon.  Ron | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 | Good to hear you are going to get-r-goin' now. Welcome to Stovebolt and good luck! | | | | | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 237 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 237 | Sounds like fun... I wish you the best.
Jesus is Lord! Only through the blood of Jesus are you washed clean of your sins. Come see us... Dad's Chevy Our VideoGod bless you! Michael..
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 | Thanks,
Joy I really like the 50! I used to have a 50 several years ago, all orginial bought it for $150 and drove it home!!! It was a good truck and served me well.
Michael, Your gonna have a nice ride if you haven't got it finished already Plus you have some of the best helpers you could ever get! Memories that will last forever!
Ron | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Welcome Ron, good to see that your thoughts on this migrated from the back burner to the front burner and you have something. Sure this site is a big help, you will also get to meet some that may live closer than you think.
I wish you all the best.
Leo | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Hi Ron,glad you've managed to get the old truck back on the go. As the other guys say,you'll get all the info you'll ever need,right here at the 'bolt! Jock 
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,026 | Welcome aboard! Hope you're on the road in no time!!
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | 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 | Kodiaks53: Welcome to the Bolt from a neighboring state!!!
Hey, plan now to join in the Southern Stovebolt Reunion here in Spartanburg the end of May2010.
I understand about kids, college ect. I had to wait for years to really get "into it". Now is your time to shine. Just do a little something on it every day...even for just 5 minutes and you will be amazed how much gets done.
There are other Georgia guys around here. I'm sure they will pop up here somewhere.
Good luck and if ever up my way drop me a line and drop in. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4 | I will try to post a link to a photo of my 53,at least I'll give it a shot. This was before I took it all apart. The photo is small, but its all I got right now. The photo was taken several years ago when a 1.3 mp camera was a good camera....my have things have changed! photohost
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | a little small but looks like a neat truck sort of like the one I sold a couple of yrs ago wish I had it back welcome to the bolt, enjoy the ride
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 | It's a beauty!  | | |
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