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| | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 | Hello , my name is dennis m, live in mid west Mich.I am new at the Forum . I have a desire to meet and converse guys of like interest's. I have had my 49 1/2 ton for 40 yrs,since I was 13 and from there have added a few more , I have a 49 !/2 ton panel and a 48 1/2 ton panel ,plus a 51 3600 as well. The 49 panel is my daily driver from the last snow to the first snow,I use it for every thing,dirt roads to highway's,around 10,000 miles a year, the 49 pickup does not get used much now because the panel suits all my needs better.I am reworking the 48 panel now in hopes of getting it road worthy this summer.I do all my own work . The trucks all have altererd drive lines and all have inline engines
Dennis M
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 461 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 461 | Welcome to the Bolt' Dennis! Sounds like you have a lot of experience with these old beasts. I am sure you will find the site informative and entertaining as well. There are some really good folks here to share your thoughts and project ideas with. Take care and have fun  Hank | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 | Welcome to Stovebolt! We would love to see some pictures! You sound real handy!  | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 154 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 154 | Hey Dennis, Where in Michigan are you located ??? I am near Zeeland Michigan, west of Grand rapids maybe twenty miles.
maybe we and get togather. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 | Hello guys, as I say I am real new at the forum stuff.Thanks for the hello. I do have a lot of fun with these old trucks. I am very much waiting for the snow and salt to be gone so to get them out of the barn, then we can get some pictures out there.
Dennis M
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 | If the blue truck is yours in the picture with the wood in the back, good for you. I use them as well but do not beat them up. It is great to see them in use and people just love to see them out in the REAL world. Dennis
Dennis M
| | | | | 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 | Dennis, did I welcome you earlier?? If not then Welcome to the Bolt!! Great info/folks here.
Michigan? Wow, I remember the COLD days back in 66/67 when I was stationed at the now closed K.I. Sawyer AFB up in the U.P. Man, it was cold. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 10 | Wrench fetcher, well I have tried three ways to send this to you,I am lost !!, so to answer your guestion, I live between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, east of 131 about 12 miles.If I get some help I will try to send out a note to you. Dennis
Dennis M
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Hi Dennis,welcome from Scotland. Quite a few of my relatives settled in Detroit Michigan back in the 50s. They worked for F*rd,Packard and Oldsmobile.... everyone but the most important one! 
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: Oct 2006 Posts: 339 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 339 | Hello Dennis, I too am a Michigander...I live about 40 miles
west of Port Huron and 5 miles South of I-69, the thumb area...
I owned a bump shop for several years then sold and went
GM Tech.Center Chevrolet Engineering until I retired
In 1998...Welcome to the Stovebolt, lots of great people
here....Bill B. | | |
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