The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts my first old new truck

ve been in love with these 1.5/2 ton trucks since being a kid I think I over paid for this one and kind of lookjng for decent opinions of where to take her shes a 1946 1.5 ton pretty muchn all original minus the seats and sone floor pans has few rust holes round the back cab band and lil bit of rust in the cab/fender corners amazing part is she runs drives and hydraulics work was quite a treat cruisin her around the block my question is what should I do I haven t really triec to restore anything and have no idea where to start with the rust my few ideas are leave her like she is get some plates and put her around town 2 is take on several year project of truely restoring her or 3 rat rod just want to know if you guys think its worth it ill get skme more pics this weekend but for now only have three

by the way this forum is pretty awesome database of information am very impressed with this communitynglad to be a member nnow

and as far as what I paid is traded a 42 coe that was chopped and channeled and pretty rough with some cash for this one I have about 3500 in it did I pay way too much??

thanks

Welcome to the Stovebolt

It's hard to say if you paid to much or not. Are you happy with the deal? That's really all that matters.

As you probably already know you don't buy and trade big trucks to make money, you do it because it makes you happy. If the tires are all good and it runs and stops, plus has a clear title than $3500 could be a far price. The big money pit on these old trucks are tires ($1000+ for 6 tires) and brakes (about $1000 for all new parts with you installing).

Looking forward to seeing pictures!

Mike B

If it were my truck I would restore her, but really it whatever you think would be the most fun, If restoring it seems like a big under taking then leave it the way it is for right now and just use it for cruising/ conversation piece, just my 2 cents.

Howdy & Welcome! --- Sounds like yet another Texan has caught BigBolt Fever. Excellent! Sounds like a pretty decent deal to me. These days it's getting hard to find one of these old gals that can move on her own for that price. And while I'm not a fan of "Ratting" anything that can be otherwise put back on the road, do it YOUR way. But...whatever else you do...put some pix up!

album of trucks

here is the start of photobucket album I will get some more detailed this weekend
Youll see the coe I traded as well

thank you for all the warm replies going to do a few things to her over the weekend guna see if I can get some fresh plugs in her and take for a spin around the neighborhood try and assess the brake situation I know downfall already is she needs tires they are all kinds of dryrotted but all hold air please let me know what you guys think and by the way it has been convertec to 12v already thanks again for the warm welcome :chug

I would restore it and save a piece of American automotive history. I just looks awesome, but its yours not mine you do what you want.

Welcome,Pbotexas! Nice truck!! A guy here in Iowa wanted $3500 for one,and it doesn't run,and the hoist hardware is all missing. The right fender has a hole you can drop a basketball through. I think that being said,you did O.K. I drive mine quite often,(in fair weather),and do a different project during the Summer,as time/money permit. Take your time,and make sure you rebuild your brakes,and replace your tires first. This will insure that you'll have a safe and reliable "driver". The cosmetics will get there eventually.If you need help/advice,you came to the RIGHT place! ENJOY!!

Well after some nasty weather and the never ending honey do's I got to give a little of my time I had to install an idler pulley to temsion up on the v belt to keep the
Pulleys spinning I couldnt get some of the old hardware out of alt where its got bracketmto the bblock and did not want to break it I drove her around the neighborhood several times today fixed my over heating problem rsn close to 2 hrs driving with t stat working correctly would come up to about 180 then drop to 170 only other issue I really had was front brakes are dragging smoking wondering where can I find drum brake parts for this old beast o havent taken apart to asses the situation hopefully ill be lucky and able to clean and free componets up had a blast In her today will get some more pics up