The Stovebolt Site Forums Welcome! Welcome Centre Back to trucks: 1954 1.5-ton - Indiana

Hello All My name is mike and I am coming back to fooling with cars after a long lay off. I recently got back a 54 1.5t I bought and sold 12 years ago and was getting myself all pumped up and ready to working on it when I came accross this fine forum. So Just wanted to say hi and look forward to gleaning and sharing as I build my truck.

Mike

Hi Mike. Welcome abord. I can tell you there is a lot of great folks here with lots of experience.

I will also say, we like pictures, so post a few of your ride. Where abouts are you? The mid west is a large area!

Enjoy

Thanks and yes I love the looking at the photos too! I am in Southern Indiana to be exact right accross the river from Louisville Ky.
I will get some photos up very soon.

Mike

Hi Mike, always good to get one back that got away. Be sure to ask if you need help.

Leo

Mike, don't let it get away this time!! Welcome to the Bolt. Always something going on around here, never a dull moment.

Tanks for the welcome Guys! Here are a couple of photos of when I brought the truck back home. I know you all can appreciate this, my wife cannot.. lol [IMG
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...just tell her its a DIAMOND in the rough

LOL, she would just want to sell it.

Here are a few recent photos. I am doing a budget build and as I said it has been 15 years since I built anything. I was mainly into 54 chevy cars but always wanted to build a truck. I cane accross this one when I had a job that took all over the back roads of Kentucky. It was a very solid farm truck with 23k miles on it. I had just moved into a neighborhood that had a home assoc. and they gave me grief over having it in the drive so I sold it to a buddy. He took it all apart, unframed it and let it sit outside for 10 years. Fro all that it is still a fairly solid cab. I swung the cab up on its back so I could get to the floor. I am not young anymore and the back is not as strong either so made a "bubba" hoist to help swing it up. lol
Anyway I am getting the floor cleaned, making up patch panels and wire brushing prior to using some POR-15. Will post photos as I go along.

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Hey Reddie...just explain to her how much time & money you saved by not having to take it apart.

Welcome too a fellow Hoosier, a few more and we can take over. I have split loyalties, i was born in Md. near Stovebolt Hq. and have lived in Indiana since 1956. Btw my brother lives in New Albany.

Hello from west central Indiana. Small world , I've some cousins down your way. Good luck and as far as the pics , most of us have been there-done that. My wife is okay until the kids come in with grease up to their elbows.

Good luck

Ken

Thanks fellow hoosiers! Look forward to productive winter on the truck.
WE b OLD I used to live in New Albany for many years but live a bit out in the country nowadays. Nice here cept the HOA..


Mike

Can only get my oldest boy to help for about 10 min. untill he gets bored lol.

Wife still can't believe that I can take all these parts and put it together....

your wife sounds like mine in australia she cant understand why people want to take photos of my chevvy all the time your wife will be amazed when you get it on the road. real rough diamonds enjoy the journey

MY wife or should i say ex. wanted the junk out of the yard meaning my 54 and 60 mga so she built me a garage and i still have the house and garage, also the 'junk'.