cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
early chevy?
what did i find? help truck identifying masters.
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cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
1933 chevy?
RoddingRon
A man in his natural habitat....a Studebaker
32 Chevy Truck
Possibly 30 or 31 also
Possibly 30 or 31 also
Old Iron
Well-known member
Back of cab is too round for 30's so cab is from the 40's
cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
as far as i can tell its all one truck though... doesnt appear to have a cab swap... and it was last registered in 51 lol
GJunktionMike
Something's wrong with that boy!
Looking at the cab I would say it started as a sedan and was cut down into a truck cab, from the picture it looks like some pieces are welded in on the roof and at the door jamb. This happened alot during WWII for gas rations. going with 1930 chevy sedan cut down.
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dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
Can't really tell from those pictures. But the cab looks like a 1936 up cab, the front fenders and grille early 30's.
Gus
Banned
WOW just take all the parts you can,look at that grill the head light cans..I keep a battery powered saws all in my pocket for that reason.
cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
A good find for sure.. Trying to determine ownerships... Seems as though it was on a friends grandfathers land when he bought the land and while replacing all the fences he found the fence was about 15 feet too far south so when he built the new fence 15 feet north it put the truck on the other side of the fence -- he didn't bother to move it bc he didn't think anyone would ever evn think twice about it piled up in the brush like that .. Just an old broke down truck... But as it sits it's on the wrong side of the fence and gpa doesn't wanna start any issues with the neighbors since its on their property now but those folks don't live there and come around only from time to time... And apparently don't answer or return phone calls either ...
cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
It's odd you bring this up ... I didn't take the pictures my friend did .. But he was curios aero why there was no sign of a bed .. I didn't know - ill have to ask him if he saw anything that might suggest this ... Wouldn't that be something else ... A true piece of American history
Charley Davidson
Well-known member
Move the fence back, uproot the truck, move the fence back
GJunktionMike
Something's wrong with that boy!
See if he can get a side shot of the cab.
Bamamav
Well-known member
Probably had a wooden flat bed that has long since rotted away.....
Dr Crankenstein
Rocket Surgeon
Grille is '31 Chevy car.
I think GJunktion has it figgered out, a cut sedan.
I think GJunktion has it figgered out, a cut sedan.
cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
He said yup looked like a v was cut into the roof and the lip was folded over the windshield frame and rivoted on like that ... You guys are amazing at this lol he thought that ration thing was the coolest thing ever - small historical lesson of the day I suppose
GJunktionMike
Something's wrong with that boy!
Here is some reading on the rationing, This is why a car in framing areas got cut up into a truck so you could get more gas. http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm Just think what would happen if that was going on now.
cantwell.colton
Rat Rod Philosopher
i had read up on that before -- crazy that we stumbled across one
and it seems to be that they did an alright job on it as well .. as far as rivots go.
and it seems to be that they did an alright job on it as well .. as far as rivots go.
Neverdone
He's not done yet...
you cut apart whole cars like that..........???? Aren't they all????? In any case it looks like you found your next project. I would push and shove all I had to so get that baby on to my trailer and out of there.
