BUSY BOLTERS Are you one?  The Shop Area
continues to pull in the most views on the Stovebolt. In August alone there were over 22,000 views in those 13 forums.
| | Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | |
11 members (RBs36, 2-Ton, Charles in CA, Wally / Montana, TUTS 59, Shaffer's1950, JW51, 46 Texaco, niobrarafun, MikeE, Ponchogl),
549
guests, and
1
robot. | | Key: Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod | | | Forums66 Topics126,776 Posts1,039,277 Members48,100 | | Most Online2,175
Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 205 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 205 | After a long run at designing restoring throwing money away and sleepless nights. IT RUNS AND DRIVES!!! After all this time saw the truck today and heard it run for the first time! Still have alot of loose ends to button up yet. Need to finish the exhaust. What do you think tips out the back or tips out behind the wheels? Have a few more pictures take a look and let me know what you think. Merry Christmas. What do you think of my Christmas present? Tom http://rides.webshots.com/album/549600140EXoKSz
48 Chevy 3100 Shortbox 5 window
"The Big Dog"
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Tom: Great looking truck. I know you will have a grin from ear to ear as you drive it out on the road. I would run those pipes out the back to make sure you don't get any fumes coming back in on you. Also out back keeps the noise down. 
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Merry Christmas. What do you think of my Christmas present?
Tom That's looking really nice Tom....I'll bet Santa had a heck of a job getting that in his sleigh and down the chimney! 
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: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | Great looking truck. I myself would be torn between straight back under the bumper or back to the corners coming out behind the rear wheels.
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 131 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 131 | 2 words... "WOW" and "AWESOME". I vote out the back
Merry Christmas !!
1952 Chevy 3804My 1952 in the Gallery The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke | | | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20 | Thats a good-looking Christmas present. My vote would be for tips out in front of the rear wheels, but I like hearing my pipes. I would say go out behind the rear wheels, I think it'll look good.
Si
'71 Chevy K10
'78 GMC K25
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 | Considering all the frame and body stretching that was done, that is awesome. That's a really top shop!
Drew
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 | Looking good!!
It was a long time coming, but well worth the wait!
I vote for out the back. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 66 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 66 | First, that is a gorgeous truck  what are your plans for the exhuast as far as how loud it will be? I am a firm believer that exhuast should be heard and not seen! Tips out the side behind the wheels can look good, but they also can take quite a beating from the tires throwing things up. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 205 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 205 | Thanks guys.... looks like about 50/50. I am considering out the side and behind the wheels. Were going tp talk to the mech on Friday. Looks like the interior guy is ready to go. Talked with him today.
Thanks
Tom
Hey Jock
You should see the size of my santas sleigh. HEHE
48 Chevy 3100 Shortbox 5 window
"The Big Dog"
| | | | | | ZooKeeper Unregistered | | ZooKeeper Unregistered | Great job Tom...
Bet you're going to love that extra leg room....Joe | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 179 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 179 | Tom,GREAT looking truck.I love the colour,think my next one will be blue.My two cents,pipes out the rear.I think they look old school. Roy | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 403 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 403 | Very nice truck and yes pipes out the back like old school!
62Blue
Don
62Blue
62Chevy in progress
You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach3" Paul F Crichmore (Test Pilot)
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 205 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 205 | Hey everyone.
Pipes out the back and curved down. Not really and option. looked at it today.
Tom
48 Chevy 3100 Shortbox 5 window
"The Big Dog"
| | |
|
|
