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Tons 'o funners: its much too quiet in this forum. Here's a picture of my 1950 3800, a WIP. I'm just about ready to start the re-assembly process which is when the real fun begins (and the missus stops complaining about the dirt). Hows your project coming along?

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Mine has been coming along.. Ive got the frame assembled.. the passenger side has all new panels (tack welded in with mig). All my panels to do the driver side came in last week. Saturday i got the old panels cut out and braced.. Winter showed up this week and havent seen the sun since sunday. maybe this weekend will be nice and i can get some panels fitted.. then i will tig weld it all together and and start doin a rough assembly and fire off the motor just to make sure everything is ok and inline before paint and body work when it warms back up come spring time.. I also need to update the photobucket album.

that motor looks pretty nice, almost a shame to start it up. What kind of paint did you use on that? I noticed too that you replaced the spring shackles - was that a tough job? I've been thinking I should do it but the replacement kits aren't cheap and truth be told, I'm kind of lazy.

thanks! Truth be told that is Ford grey from O Riellys.. Turned out nice though. The shackles werent bad at all.. Just got a hammer and beat them out.. It did take some good blows to move them at first. I had to replace front and rear shackles and all bushings. With axles off you could move the springs side to side.. They were almost past the point of worn out.

Have not worked on my 1950 3800 much since the summer, but I've been having driving it until last week when the snow came to the Twin Cities. So I think it's in the garage till spring. Hope your enjoying your truck.

Glad to hear the 3800 was on the road. You have the whole winter now to work on it. Gotta love those Minnesota winters.

Been driving my 46 GMC 252 around after working on it for 14 months. Too much fun and lots of thumbs up and "what year is that truck"? What else would you drive in Miami but a Art Deco truck.Just found a replacement rearend today,i,ll post an update if it works out the 513:1 gears just don,t work well for a driver on todays roads.I thank all who have helped me here to bring this old truck back to life. Hope all have a wonderful holiday season and a great new year. Regards from warm and sunny south florida,Andy

You're killin' me Andy. Its 18 above in Minneapolis right now, and tomorrow promises to drop down to a blistering 3 degrees. Take a drive for the rest of us that have our toys locked away until spring.

I was driving my 49 3800 around quite a bit, until a rear wheel cylinder puked. I ordered both rear wheel cylinders from NAPA and installed them. On the test drive to check the brakes, the water pump gave up. Back to NAPA for the water pump. It came in the other day and I installed it. Back on the road now.

Mine isn't licensed so I run around the farm here with it. '47 3800 with GMC 248. I love the fact that even in the cold, I pull the choke, pump a few times, and hit the starter.

I love the work you've done on your truck. I'm starting a 49 3800 panel this week and plan to do strip it down to the frame soon.