I just picked up a '49 3600 (
sorry, I misidentified this one - feel free to move the thread), aiming to have it on the road by summer. Runs and drives, have some brake parts coming for it. ALMOST torched a stuck drum off before I realized how difficult they are to come by. Thankfully I checked into that first! Not my first vintage Chev, but it is the first vintage Chev truck for myself and the first 1 ton, and realizing there are some differences I'll have to be familiar with. I'll put up some photos as I can.
Appears to be a four speed with a factory floor shifter - and oddly enough has what looks like a splitter switch on the shift lever, but only a single speed rear end. Seems to hooked up to something still on the top of the trans, not sure if she has an aftermarket OD there or what that is; If anyone has an idea what that might be, I'd be interested - of course, it is very possible it originally had a 2 speed rear axle that has been swapped out. Part of the fun here is figuring out a vehicle's history over the past 70 years
This isn't my only project on the go right now, but this one is generally ready to roll other than brakes and needing some new tires. Oh ya I have to make a bed for it as well, like almost every other Stovebolt truck project right? I won't paint this one just yet, the patina is growing on me.
