its a 235ci engine 56-57. yer the fuel cost was a little high! i came home and changed to a webber from the old carter.
we spat a few fan belts out on the journey...did a rear diff oil change in luxumbourg on a campsite! handbreak broke soon as we pulled on the ferry going!!...had starter motor strapped under the truck as a back up!..it was like a working holiday!!
Thanks for the reply Dano, I was just curious,that's the thing about road trips in old vehicles,it's always an adventure! At least your later engine is a full pressure unit,i'm not sure i would like to try a trip like that with an old babbit pounder!
Mind you,there's plenty of our US counterparts do long road trips in totally stock original trucks,but at least they have a better parts back up over there.
I love your panel,nice patina and it looks pretty solid! The artillery wheels are a nice touch too.
BTW I hope the recent weather hasn't caused you too much grief,I have never seen so many flood warnings! The main motorway near me was shut for hours the other day i've never seen anything like it,I think my next project's going to be building an Ark!
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
thanks jock, an ark is the way i think!...i took the truck to the isle of wight rock festival a few weeks ago and boy did it rust alot! i was madly covering it with engine oil to stop the bad weather..while driving water was coming in from everywhere! even with good seals...90pmh winds didnt help!
yep me trucks solid as hell! got it from a chap who was importing it from hollywood. and purchased it from the docks in london B-)..it was in a state when it came over...just about run...i dont think it has been on the road for years....so set to work.
its my 1st yank...after many nights of thinkin can i handle one!.. took 6 months of every night weekend..ect to rewire...fix the body up and just about re build everything.. it keeps me out of the pub alright.
cant bring myself to paint it at all so this winter going to have a mat clear coat all over to hold the weather back.! as again...im in the workshop 3rd time for gearbox out in a month ..and pleased its raining!! as its knackard until new oil seal goes in!
The salt air wouldn't do you any favours,especially being blown in horizontally! Do you still have the vacuum wipers?
My trucks my first 'Yank' and a Ca. truck too,imagine if ours had spent 60 years here in Blighty,there would be nothing left!
I agree with the clear coat though,it would be a shame to lose that originality,mine had great patina too,but the importer must've had a job lot of red lead paint! Good luck with the seal,I hope you're rolling again soon!
You've got to make the most of the summer.........
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
had a hell of a crap day with the seal going to post some stuff on here in a bit with some photos see if i can get any pointer!!
na the wipers i first got an old car one out of a ford (SPIT!) ka.. and put up with them wobbling like a normal car and not meeting in the centre! was a bit trippy!...last year went over to a proper usa model (electric) for the old girl.!
im bit worried as really want to take the truck to the hotrodhayride in surry...but at this rate 3 bloody day..and bust hands..its not looking good!
would love to bring the old girl up your way! but with this weather...its terrible and just seen the forcast for next week! rain...rain rain rain!...they did put straight 6 in boats!! maybe a better idea!
i had a quick look at your photos..truck looks lovly! dedications what ya need!!!
I would love to go to the Hayride,but they'd probably lynch me for having a 'non traditional' truck!
I'm still faffing about with an Austin Morris wiper set up,i've got the linkage in place and just need to mount the motor,tried at the weekend and the darn motor's toast!
Dano,look on the bright side at least the hosepipe ban's lifted!
Thanks for the kind words on my truck.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
come to the hayride mate! ..i can rub some of my rust off and smear oil over you body!! god that sounds wrong!!
Joking apart Dano, my working week has just been dropped to 28hrs,I'm watching the pennies really carefully just now!
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
yep i here ya mate..i work up your way somtimes and its not good..i work in food packaging as a service engineer and they keep closing places.. NSRA northan meet will come around soon..and if you want somthing like hayride.look at the "tripout" its in bedford so a little closer for you.
It's unlikely i'll get to a show at all this year Dano,my truck isn't on the road yet. I know I could go in my daily driver but as i'm sure you know it's just not the same....
Even the show local to me this year has been cancelled,the owners of the venue hiked their prices to the moon! The organisers are currently trying to find another site. Fingers crossed!
The Hayride's on my bucket list along with Goodwood etc. I'll get there some day.
UPDATE: I was talking to a friend who was at the Americana show recently and said it was a nightmare,tents being robbed and loads of hassle,with lots of undesireables but he did mention the tripout show though. I/we might take a blast down in his daily driver,the last trip 'darn sarf' in his '59 Fairlane nearly bankrupted him!
If I do decide to go and if you are,i'll let you know and maybe we could meet up for a brew or two...
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
[i'm not sure i would like to try a trip like that with an old babbit pounder!]
Hey Jock, the old splashy is not so bad, I've done several 2000 to 3000k trips in the truck, never hinted at a problem. Included in the daily grind , totalling nearly 90,000miles over the last 15 yrs. I'm pretty sure todays quality oils and modestly careful driving has helped. But essentially , I believe the design to be sound, just needs suitable care and proper maintance.
Hi Dusty. My hat's off to you using '40 as your daily driver,so you obviously know what your talking about then.
I wasn't dismissing the old low pressure system,it obviously worked considering the amount of them still around.
My own (splashy) engine had suffered a catastrophic rod failure and punched it's way out the block before I got the truck so I guess I based my assumptions on that,but then again I can't vouch for its previous 50+ years maintenance schedule.
Like you say,if properly maintained like most things,they can last a long,long time.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
Jock, I'm sorry to hear your old bolt has been thrashed to death, I confess to trying to kill my '39 as a youth, only succeeded in lifting the tops off a couple of pistons was more successful with my mates '39 flathead V8, tossed a rod beautifully
I know,you still hear it today with the young 'uns revving their engines to the sort of of RPMs that makes valves bounce! Nothing changes much,it's roughly the same thing,just cr*ppier cars. I suppose they'll learn the hard way,just like us.......
BTW the guy with the Flattie Is he still your mate?
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
Look forward to seeing it when it arrives on our shores.....
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
all blacks rolling into scotland this weekend they are red hot at the moment just had a draw with australia australia plays the french in rugby union plenty to watch
well i,v been back awhile, so i thought i,d best check in,my new-old truck isnt home yet but i,m back doing research and making plans, just thought i,d try and find out how many ,bolters, are in the uk ???? any idea,???
Hi all of you Aussie Stovebolters comme to Clunes in Victoria on the 10th of March 2013 for the HCVCA Ballarat branch Truck Show Last year we had 150 trucks so where hopping for more this year so come ye all Yours Chrislon
Hi just purchased my big bolt, its still in the States waiting to get it shipped, is there any UK members out there,? i am looking for a NVG4500 5 speed transmission, i am sure the must be some one in UK who has one sitting in there garage, pm me if you can help, Thxs Mike
jaffs, there are more than a few UK members. Here's a few of them: http://www.stovebolt.com/world.shtml#uk I think there's at least 20 or more. Maybe some of them will respond to your post.
Hi just purchased my big bolt, its still in the States waiting to get it shipped, is there any UK members out there,? i am looking for a NVG4500 5 speed transmission, i am sure the must be some one in UK who has one sitting in there garage, pm me if you can help, Thxs Mike
Hi Mike firstly welcome,sorry I haven't responded sooner,I don't check in here as much as I should.
To be honest this forum isn't as active as it should be,probably more so at this time of year as most of us are out there enjoying driving and showing our trucks given our relatively short 'show season'. Me included. In fact mine is pretty much a daily driver these days.
I'm not sure if you partake in other social media such as Farcebook but there are UK specific Chevy truck/American car and parts pages on there. I'll put some feelers out for you,I would dearly love a 5 speed in mine to but finances are a little shy at the moment.
What engine are you mating it to and I assume you will require a flywheel,clutch etc?
There are other UK based sites such as Rods 'n' sods,NSRA,Pistonheads etc that are aimed at the US/collector car market. I actually used a partsfinder site to locate a small block and transmission for mine. I got a response within 12 hours from a specialist breakers in Wigan and have since clocked over 3000+ relatively trouble free miles on my 'cut out' engine and box from an '81 Corvette.
A 3 or 4 speed auto gets old quick,we 'Brits' are too used to stirring cogs!
What 'Big bolt' are you awaiting?
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1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More 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.
Hi there everyone. I have just joined here and also joined the ranks of the Chevy Truck owners. I have a 1938 Chevrolet Utility. A full resto is needed but I'm sure I can handle that OK.
Info I have is there were only 6 of these built. The NZ Air Force commissioned Chevrolet to build 6 in rhd and ship them to Christchurch NZ in late '38. Still trying to get a bit more history on them. I have never seen any like this anywhere else.
was more successful with my mates '39 flathead V8, tossed a rod beautifully 
