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| | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 6 | Hello everyone, I just found this site recently. I just bought a 1953 pickup last weekend. This is the first pre 1970's Chevy I've owned, so there's lots to learn! I still have to arrange to tow it home on a trailer about 500 miles. I plan on using it on a ranch where I live and just putting around town. It has some rust, dents and scratches but overall not too bad, and I think I got a pretty good deal on it. I'm glad that I found this great site. Here's a link to a few photos, hope it works... 1953 Chevy BILL Three Rivers, CA | | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 164 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 164 | Welcome Bill, thats a nice truck, I remember seeing it on CL. now you just need an old dog to ride shotgun. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | Hey Bill, welcome! That thing is in quite good shape, hope you enjoy it.
Leo | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 136 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 136 | I like it! Welcome to the BOLT. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 738 | Beautiful truck! Welcome to Stovebolt! | | | | | 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 to the Stovebolt site. Nice looking pickup you have. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 6 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 6 | Well I just finished my maiden voyage and made it from Fort Bragg to Three Rivers in one piece. I drove the new truck home over 400 miles and she ran like a sewing machine through valleys, over mountains, around lakes and through forests. darn good hill climber and granny gear was great for descending my steep, bumpy dirt and gravel, long windy driveway. I only had to add 1/2 Qt oil the whole trip. No leaks, no strange noises, no overheating and no major problems. I hit some light showers, and found the wipers were useless, but it was just sprinkles. My hood popped open on the freeway a little, but I think I maybe didn't latch it down carefully. It made a rattling noise that scared the crap out of me when it came loose. There seemed to be a constant heat from the engine, don't know if there was a heater switch to stop it, so I just kept the windows down and drove through the night. No interior lights, so I kept a flashlight next to me and clicked it on and off to monitor my speed. Accelerator sticks, but acted as a low tech cruise control. Just had to mash down on the gas with the clutch in to get it to pop back out. Vice grips currently operate the driver's window and passenger door. The stereo and CB aren't wired up, but I bet they'll work. There is a fair amount of rust, since the truck was from a coastal fishing town. I'm not sure how bad it is on a scale or whatever, and how exactly to fix it or slow it down. The paint on the bumpers and hubcaps is pretty thick and sloppy, but I can live with it for now. New radials, and an older style spare. Small holes rusted through in a few common spots, surface rust underneath, light rust on lots of parts, and paint bubbling with rust in other spots. New exhaust from manifold back, new water pump. Other new parts, can't remember. Air compressor in back for a LOUD air horn. I scared the crap out of a few tailgaters on the way home. Lots of fun already and got lots of honks, waves and conversation at every stop. Just glad I made it back without the help of AAA. I think the plan will be to enjoy it as is, fix inexpensive things, maintain and improve what I can afford to do. The rust issue has me a little worried, but I think I did ok for $3,500. I really like it the way it is, a work truck and not a trailer queen. Some dents and scratches throughout, but none too bad. I stopped at a motel, and the neighbor had a steady stream of unsavory characters going in and out all night, so I sat up and slept with the curtain open to keep one eye on it all night since the driver's door doesn't lock! Ignition key doesn't fit the doors. If I heard it start at night, I imagined I had plenty of time to get out and konk someone on the head with my mag light before they figured out how to start it. Met one guy in Calistoga who offered me free parts once I figured out what I needed.  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | 10 JQKA firstly welcome.
From your last post,I see the adventure has already begun!
As you have already found out on your travels,these old trucks have a special place in a lot of peoples hearts.
Keep us posted on your progress.
Good luck.
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 2009 Posts: 136 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 136 | Welcome to the bolt, good looking truck!! | | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 33 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 33 | welcome to the bolt bill. Im just down the road from you. will have to get together some time and compair notes | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | nice truck and welcome to the bolt......you are way ahead, a lot
of folks dont get to drive their new buy that quick, I think
your plans are great....good luck from Tx
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: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 Smokey 56 | | Smokey 56 Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 68 |
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
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