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Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
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| | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | After 28 years the 54 is on the road again !!! Also 1 st time for me to drive it on the road... This was the 1 st vehicle I drove way back in the mid 60's... With a few minor bugs to work out it did pretty good... Thanks for all the help, will need more to work out the bugs... Got my 1 st rubber necker at a stop sign... Got like it !!!
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 |
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,263 | Very cool
Did you have some flashbacks after so long?
enjoyed your pics. That is a what comes to mind when I think of a California Truck.
We had the same mirrors and rear bumper back in the day.
Enjoy
It only gets better
| | | | | 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 |  two thumbs up way to go. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 698 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 698 | Congrats, I know you had a big smile on that first drive.....
My Fleet: 19411953195919651966 1953 Willy's Pickup John Vegetarian- old Indian word for bad hunter
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | It been a long process that started 22 years ago... Like many here time and $$$ prevented progress... The biggest factor was the forums help and resources... My father was a great resource for these old trucks, for he was an old school mechanic... Before he passed away five years ago he gave the 54 to me...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | It been a long process that started 22 years ago... Like many here time and $$$ prevented progress... The biggest factor was the forums help and resources... My father was a great resource for these old trucks, for he was an old school mechanic... Before he passed away five years ago he gave the 54 to me... You just can't beat that first drive......I'm sure you're Dad would be really proud.
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: Sep 2010 Posts: 695 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 695 | Congrats! Great story and ride! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | Update: checked my points and distributor cap, points were a little tight so I reset them ( Dwell is 36 ), the cap had a fry mark on one of the studs , cleaned it... Noticed that the heat riser on the manifold was staying open, fixed that... It runs better now... Got to learn how to drive it with the Hrydra-Matic, getting easier each time I driver it on the roads... Might need some transmission linkage adjustment so it shifts better... It seems it shifts through the first three gears pretty fast... Even if I have it in the 1-3 range... Other that that, it only stalled once today when I took the wife for a ride... When we got back home she said " now that was an experience " !!!
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: May 2011 Posts: 49 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2011 Posts: 49 | My first drive in my '54 I ran out of gas...lol I drive mine year-round and I always have folks talking to me, giving me high-signs on the road, honking horns, waving and taking pics. Love it all. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 | After 28 years the 54 is on the road again !!! Also 1 st time for me to drive it on the road... This was the 1 st vehicle I drove way back in the mid 60's... With a few minor bugs to work out it did pretty good... Thanks for all the help, will need more to work out the bugs... Got my 1 st rubber necker at a stop sign... Got like it !!! Right on ! Thats too cool, Nice looking Truck.
Some people are like Slinkies, Their not really good for nothing... But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. 1951 3100 350 TBI Gallery Toddzilla... "$old" | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Great tribute to your Dad, he would be very proud of you. There aren't too many better feelings than driving an old truck and the smiles from people who's memories come back to them when they see you. Good Job, man.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | Thanks for all the comments... Drove it last night for the first time, all the lights worked fine, generator kept the lights nice and bright... Most of the bug issues are resolved...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 725 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 725 | Too COOL!!! Keep on Truckin'! | | |
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