That really looks like a solid old truck! Enjoy it, -4speed

 

At first glance maybe, but the more I crawl around it, the more cancer I find. The right rear cab corner has an old chicken-wire and bondo repair (gee thanks, dad), the grill is pretty much unattached to the radiator support all the way across the bottom, and there are a few thin places in the frame rails where iron termites have attacked it. Could be that I do a frame swap at some point down the road. Dropping the '58 cab and body (leaving it looking just like it is, mind you) on a wrecked 4wd F350 chassis with in a 12v cummins and a 6 speed would be pretty sweet. I don't know... just thinking out loud.

 

I got the engine and trans in!






Only about 500 more things to do before its drivable...

 

With my departure to Alaska for the season looming, I got in high gear and got the ol' rig in good enough shape to drive around. I did a few things I'm not exactly proud of and will have to be fixed before I try to put it on the road, but it moves under its own power for the first time in nearly 25 years!

YouTube - the '58 lives

 

Having Fun? It sure looked like it! Congrates on getting it running!

Shoot with the video the way it was in the begining, I was wondering if "Big Foot" was going to run across the screen or something!

 

it's not bigfoot julie !!! look at dick's pic real close in his avatar Attachment 23396.......................... he's actually the missing link a.k.a bigfoot ............ da--it dck you know i cant resist it with that pic of yours !! just like roger looks like rob zombie's twin , speaking of which wheres he gotten off too ..................

 

What happened to this build?

 

Probably moved to the 57-60 forum when this forum was split a couple years ago.

 

Prolly never find it know.

 

Long story short: Life.

The truck is still down in Georgia but sitting out of the weather patiently waiting for me to continue working on it. I haven't been able to do anything beyond what you see in the video from 2010, but big plans are afoot for getting it back in the road for it's 60th birthday.

 

Thanks for the update, Tom! Good to know you haven't given up on it and it is out of the weather.