It started in 1980 just before I graduated from high school. Some friends of mine used my dads shop to do a quick restoration job on an old farm truck. While they were working on it I thought it was a very cool old truck. After it was done in primer grey and decent wheels, I fell in love with the look of the Advanced Design Chevy truck. A little time passed and sometime after graduating from high school in 1981 my big brother Mike (always wheeling and dealing) told me about a 1948 Chevy truck he knew of that was for sale so I jumped at the chance to have one for myself...traded my 1970 Opel Kadett and $300 bucks and drove home in my 1st Stovebolt. My soon to be wife was at the house and said my dad laughed when I rattled into the driveway. Apparently, he did not understand my excitement. Well, long story short, that one ended up getting sold to a movie guy in California for $1000. New wife and baby and no money, so the truck had to go. So, moved back to Eugene Oregon and found another one that I had to have...took it back to California, another baby, still no money and again the truck was the casualty. This time about 18 years go by and the boys are all grown up we have computers and E-bay...this is where this 1952 Chevy project starts. I spent about a year looking at trucks on e-bay to find one near home and not too expensive. Finally, in 2003 a decent looking truck in Grants Pass Oregon for a good deal. I sold my Saxophone and bought the truck. Of course, it needed allot more work than I had anticipated, one thing lead to another and I find myself doing a complete frame off restoration, modification in my 2 car garage. Updated the drive train, suspension,etc...Well, it's 8 years later and we're getting close. I can't wait to have my truck on the road.
Gary Wallace
Salem, OR
Fast Facts
1952 Chevy Truck
250 L6
Clifford Intake
390 cfm Holley
Tom Langdon's cast iron headers
3.73 gears Ford Torino Rearend
Color: Hugger Orange
2004R Trans
Photos:
http://s751.photobucket.com/albums/xx151/ggnawall/
