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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 60 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 60 | Here is my new truck and also a picture of what I want it to look like when finished. I plan on keeping the original running gear. Do you think that would be a good idea, or should I upgrade the rearend and transmission? The bodywork and paint I can do myself, so it's not an issue. link to photo Here is my goal, not sure I can do it, but I will try. The wife is all on board. link to photo 2 image posting policy - Stovebolt.com | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | nice....looks like you got a good one to start with.....dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 324 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 324 | Very............nice. I had a look at this dream truck online yesterday and thought it was one of the nicest colors I'd ever seen on these old trucks. Your truck is the perfect candidate to create your dream. I have a friend who has a 53 and he just recently installed patrick gears and is very pleased. She runs along much quieter and he can keep up with everyone on the freeway. Last fall, after 6 years and approximately 4000 hrs my dream has come true. Sometimes I would get discouraged, but the guys in my car club kept telling me to do some little thing everyday towards rebuilding her. Its sure worth the effort, as we have seen from your sample dream picture. Wish I lived in your area it would be fun to help out with some of the restoration. Good luck!! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 200 | Very nice! I guess it depends on what you want. Do you want all original or modern highway speed? Trans can be rebuilt and if you want it to go faster than it did in 51 you can swap the ring and pinion. Is the engine original? My 51 is all original. I didn't want to go fast. I wanted it to be like it was in 51. It's your choice. No wrong answers here. Do it like you want it.
Mark
1951 Chevy 3100
Some days you get the bear. Some days the bear gets you.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,877 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,877 | Nice truck, you have a lot of work ahead of you.
Be sure to visit the links and tech tips section, linked up above.
Also, get familiar with the Swap Meet section, listed in the forums directory.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 237 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 237 | very nice i tcan be done. on my 38 truck im keeping all the original truck, i dont plan on doing much freeway driving and if i do i drive with a caravan of 12 cars so we all keep it at 45 mph | | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 60 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 60 | Very nice! I guess it depends on what you want. Do you want all original or modern highway speed? Trans can be rebuilt and if you want it to go faster than it did in 51 you can swap the ring and pinion. Is the engine original? My 51 is all original. I didn't want to go fast. I wanted it to be like it was in 51. It's your choice. No wrong answers here. Do it like you want it.
Mark I have not run the numbers on the engine yet, but the rest of the truck is very original. It currently has a manual 4 speed in it. I would like it to drive at least 55-60 if possible without changing everything out (I mean transmission or rearend). I don't mind changing internal stuff. Here is a picture of the last two car I restored for my buddy. [IMG] http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo195/mykcode/63%20Corvette/download.jpg[/IMG]
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,410 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,410 | Here is my new truck and also a picture of what I want it to look like when finished. I plan on keeping the original running gear. Do you think that would be a good idea, or should I upgrade the rearend and transmission? The bodywork and paint I can do myself, so it's not an issue. link to photo Here is my goal, not sure I can do it, but I will try. The wife is all on board. link to photo 2 image posting policy - Stovebolt.com
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,159 | In my NOT-SO EXPERT opinion,I'd go with "Patrick's" gears. They're a great bunch to deal with,and they are NOT out for the money! They're fellow "Bolters",and they stock everything from complete rear-ends,5-speed transmissions, springs,brakes,as well as an assortment of stock engine performance goodies. Go to the link page,and e-mail them for a catalog. You'll be glad you did! I wanted to do an oil-filter installation/up-grade on my 261,since it is an origional "S.C.O." engine. No oil filter.(Oil is filtered through the oil-bath air cleaner). Instead of trying to "Sell" me a filter-installation kit,they actually talked me out of it! That saved me over $150.00!! I like these guys!! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,262 |
wetwilly,
What is a 261 S.C.O. engine?
What oil is filtered through the oil-bath air cleaner?
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,159 | Hi,tclederman! Happy New-Year!! My truck (as you probably know),is a '55-2nd-Series 6500. The engine is a 261,and I was COMPLETELY baffled,when I inspected the truck before I bought it. No sign of an oil-filter! I brought a friend out,to take a look,and he was really impressed! He said that I have an "industrial" Chevy engine,usually found on fire-trucks,(which it was),of that era. They were called Self-Cleaning-Oil,or S.C.O.'s. He explained that the engine-oil is channeled through the oil-bath air cleaner,then siphoned back into the block,through vacuum. not quite sure how it works,but it works!! In the "Gallery",Jeff Bradshaw HAD a "55 Task-Force G.M.C. 450,with a 302 S.C.O.,and it WAS a County Maintenance truck. Un-fortunately for Jeff,the truck WAS equipped with a "Micro-lock" brake switch,and he didn't know those things can "Bleed-out",after a time-span.Pic's are worth a thousand words. I change my oil every 1,000-miles,just to be safe. She has between 35-40 P.S.I. when warmed-up,and doesn't use ANY oil. Hope this helps.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 60 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 60 | Well it's just a dream. I have priced out the bed and I need $1500 to get all the parts I need for that. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,576 back yard wrench turner | | back yard wrench turner Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,576 | Well it's just a dream. I have priced out the bed and I need $1500 to get all the parts I need for that. PM sent
Wayne1938 1-Ton Farm Truck-30- Stovebolt Gallery ForumsWhen I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it! | | |
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