The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts any westerners - hailing from Washington state

well i see that most of ya are easterners so i figured id help represent the westerners. im a new bolter and new to forums entirely so pardon me on my posting etiquette. the link is of my sweetest project. its as far as i know a 52 chevy 4400. a saved it from being cut up for scrap. i had to beg my parents cuz i already have a 79 camaro project, or to them "lawn ornaments." i so badly wish for it to be in a drivable state. id be driving it everywhere.

Welcome to the Bolt, thats a nice truck. its always nice to see a big bolt get saved.

Gotta love those Big Bolts! Welcome to the forum!

Plenty of us on the board out West. I'm in Spokane. Enjoy your project.

That is a good looking truck. Doesn't really look like a big bolt though, you sure it isn't a one-ton.

well i used the vin decoder on this site and and it confirmed its a 52 4400 161 wheelbase and built in kansas city, MO. ill post a pic of the sideview. i just took the seat out today. it seems it was a motel 6 for the mice. but for siting for 20 years its in a pretty good state. there is a small hole in the roof so the inside is pretty rusted up. but theres hardly any dents. the other trucks on the property dont even come close. especially since they're cut up. if i would have know about this site beforehand, i would have stopped them from scrapping them. its a shame

im in the tri-cities so ur not to far away in spokane.

Welcome to the bolt. We are from all over the country and some from other countries. I like the looks of your truck. What are your plans for it?
Jim

well i want to keep it as original as i can except for the brakes im going to update to a split system for sure. im going to try to make it into a snowmobile hauler. i want to put an auxilary fuel cell on the right side desguised as a utility box and the other side will just have the utility box. that way i wont have to haul gas cans. here in the tri-cities we have a couple car shows and after i completed my build id enteer it in a couple dozen times to make sure everyone here new what an advanced design truck is. and since it was a farm truck i figured it deserves to run in our local fair parade at least once. nothing of course is set in stone and it will be a long way off anyway. i love dreaming about it though.

hey, it would appear that we are both from the west, new to this site, and we've just purchased big bolt chevys. i found a 41 chevy 1.5 ton long wheelbase that had been sitting for over 50 years on a ranch. got it cleaned up, now the work begins. good luck to you.

Hey Fletch ; Did you really tow that big bolt with a Honda?

i had to use a semi to get mine home. i wish it could of came home under its own power though.

Congrats! Im just across the mountains and west of Seattle. Theres plenty of us out here.

Jeff

I am down in Tenino, south of Olympia. It's been a fun adventure thus far with my big bolt.

I am in Roy south of Jeff and north of Fred

Those are all good looking trucks! My big bolt is yard decor, but dang, it sure looks nice! :-) Good luck on your projects!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_7La8d1tWyTs/TdXYb2wxZ4E/AAAAAAAAB1Y/KxxVsJVuOIc/s144-c/TRUCKS.jpg

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Arlington here. Haven't been on here for a LONG time. Registered when I bought this....

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1951 Chev 4400 series 1 1/2 ton Flatbed
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...;title=1951-chev-4400-series-1-1-2f2-ton

Hopefully one of these links gets you to pics in my ad. Shes 4 years and maybe 300 miles older. and not quite as pretty since it's been out in the weather.

and she is now for sale........


http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/2567454048.html

I am from Moscow, ID. That puts me just south of Jrpontiac.