moronthethrottle
Cross Member
I'm another new guy wanting some opinions on which way to go with this '48 Chevy 1 Ton. It was a freebie gift from my wife's Grandpa who used to be a mechanic. Since I was a racer, he wanted me to have it because in his words, "he gets it". Grandpa is a man of few words. Cool though-being Dutch I'll never turn down anything free! I'd like to keep it as original as possible, drive it as much as possible, but yet be able to turn heads.
If you're like me, the story behind the vehicle is a big part of what makes the vehicle unique. This truck has spent the first 60 years of it's life as a farm truck-certainly not babied! She has her dings and wrinkles, but amazingly is relatively rust free for an Iowan truck. The coolest thing I found about this truck was when we were cleaning out Grandpa's house before renovating it and moving in, was a 1934 Chevy truck sales brochure that had one page full of Grandpa's notes for every time he replaced the engine, re-ringed an engine, including clearances, specs, etc. I'll have to add on to the page the specs for the 350 that will be replacing the straight six in it now. Anyway, here are some pix that were taken in the low light of the machine shed. Sorry they're not very good, I'll post new ones this summer when the snow melts and I can get the barn doors open.
If you're like me, the story behind the vehicle is a big part of what makes the vehicle unique. This truck has spent the first 60 years of it's life as a farm truck-certainly not babied! She has her dings and wrinkles, but amazingly is relatively rust free for an Iowan truck. The coolest thing I found about this truck was when we were cleaning out Grandpa's house before renovating it and moving in, was a 1934 Chevy truck sales brochure that had one page full of Grandpa's notes for every time he replaced the engine, re-ringed an engine, including clearances, specs, etc. I'll have to add on to the page the specs for the 350 that will be replacing the straight six in it now. Anyway, here are some pix that were taken in the low light of the machine shed. Sorry they're not very good, I'll post new ones this summer when the snow melts and I can get the barn doors open.