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Pics in Gallery
I finally found the pictures and got them loaded.
I have wanted an old truck (55 or older). Dad sold his 54 C***y about 2 years before I fell in love with old trucks.
I ran across this truck while visiting my wife's grandpa. It took me several years to ask to buy it. Then 8 years to get him to sell it to me. When he turned 95 he decided that he wasen't going to get around to restoring it.
Currently out of money and time, so progress has stopped.
You may not know it, but you guys have been a great help in getting as far as I have since I know nothing about rebuilding a truck.
I'm not going to do a frame off restore, but I want to get the engine back together and be able to drive it as I work on the cosmetics. (Yes I will fix the brakes before I try to drive it. Well, at least before I leave the driveway
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I'm a stocker by the way. So, Earl's dad and his web site have been wonderful.
Joe
I have wanted an old truck (55 or older). Dad sold his 54 C***y about 2 years before I fell in love with old trucks.
I ran across this truck while visiting my wife's grandpa. It took me several years to ask to buy it. Then 8 years to get him to sell it to me. When he turned 95 he decided that he wasen't going to get around to restoring it.
Currently out of money and time, so progress has stopped.
You may not know it, but you guys have been a great help in getting as far as I have since I know nothing about rebuilding a truck.
I'm not going to do a frame off restore, but I want to get the engine back together and be able to drive it as I work on the cosmetics. (Yes I will fix the brakes before I try to drive it. Well, at least before I leave the driveway
)I'm a stocker by the way. So, Earl's dad and his web site have been wonderful.
Joe
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The plan is to make it look like it did when it came into the family. My wife and her sister would probably be upset if I did anything different. They have good memories in that truck.
I want to make it a daily driver for the most part. Probably won't drive it to and from work too much since it is a 50 mile round trip. (Gas mileage will limit that some)
The grain bed will be extremely versital when it is finally completed. Even in the shape it is in it is easy to convert from flatbed to grain bed to stake bed.
It is going to be a slow process because of lack of money and lack of knowledge. It has been fun so far. I need to get some new pictures of the engine. The top half looks new.
Joe
I want to make it a daily driver for the most part. Probably won't drive it to and from work too much since it is a 50 mile round trip. (Gas mileage will limit that some)
The grain bed will be extremely versital when it is finally completed. Even in the shape it is in it is easy to convert from flatbed to grain bed to stake bed.
It is going to be a slow process because of lack of money and lack of knowledge. It has been fun so far. I need to get some new pictures of the engine. The top half looks new.
Joe
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Joe
The series of pictures in your gallery say it all.
Take your time, it will come along.
You and Grandpa will be together in the truck for as long as you own it.
PS Glad you pointed out which one was "Grandpa", sure is a "Spry Ol' Coot"
The series of pictures in your gallery say it all.
Take your time, it will come along.
You and Grandpa will be together in the truck for as long as you own it.
PS Glad you pointed out which one was "Grandpa", sure is a "Spry Ol' Coot"
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PS Glad you pointed out which one was "Grandpa", sure is a "Spry Ol' Coot"
Dick,
See what kind of shape you could have been in had you taken a little better care of yourself?
Welcome aboard Joe,
That's going to be a neat truck. Keep us posted on the project.
Dick,
See what kind of shape you could have been in had you taken a little better care of yourself?
Welcome aboard Joe,
That's going to be a neat truck. Keep us posted on the project.
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Joe
Truck is great and good memories to go with it. Going slow is the best route because you have time to enjoy each step. If you have the bucks to pour in all at once you miss a lot and the way you feel about the truck is different. Keep plugging away and keep posting pics.
Bill
Truck is great and good memories to go with it. Going slow is the best route because you have time to enjoy each step. If you have the bucks to pour in all at once you miss a lot and the way you feel about the truck is different. Keep plugging away and keep posting pics.
Bill
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Penn Dick,
Don't you pay 'fenders no nevermind.
Only the good die young (so you got nothin to worry about).
Later,
Don't you pay 'fenders no nevermind.
Only the good die young (so you got nothin to worry about).
Later,
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Joe
I'm sorry that the Two Widgets above hi-jacked your thread, I've been busy with some other stuff for the past couple of weeks and I guess they have missed woopin' on me.
Just pay them no attention, nobody round here really does, (They drive them Woose Three-O-Two's and got K-Car suspensions).
If ya think about it they're both tryin to make up for some personal inadaquacy, One's in the Army and plays with big guns, the other is a Canuck that lives next to the French border.
I'm sorry that the Two Widgets above hi-jacked your thread, I've been busy with some other stuff for the past couple of weeks and I guess they have missed woopin' on me.
Just pay them no attention, nobody round here really does, (They drive them Woose Three-O-Two's and got K-Car suspensions).
If ya think about it they're both tryin to make up for some personal inadaquacy, One's in the Army and plays with big guns, the other is a Canuck that lives next to the French border.
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4tl8ford
Hey, with a 8 and 4 year old and a wife that loves to talk. I wouldn't know what to do if something I did or said didn't get hijacked.
5356f100,
Yeah, It is fun sharing the times with the kids. When I put the heads back on the engine a month or two ago. Elizabeth and I were inside the engine compartment. (Loads of room without a radiator) I was tightening the bolts, Elizabeth was reading the torque numbers and my dad was holding the head in place. Can't get much better than that.
'fenders,
"Spry Ol' Coot" is right. When he was down early this year, he said that he wanted to fix the bumper. Of course I took it off and sent it to his farm. I don't expect a 95 year old to actually get it done, but I sure won't deny him the opportunity. He was planning on getting his son (about 70) to help.
You ought to hear his stories on how he learned to drive a Cat in the depression. Amazing life. I hope I'm half as sharp as he is at 70 let alone 95 (96 this week)
Joe
Hey, with a 8 and 4 year old and a wife that loves to talk. I wouldn't know what to do if something I did or said didn't get hijacked.
5356f100,
Yeah, It is fun sharing the times with the kids. When I put the heads back on the engine a month or two ago. Elizabeth and I were inside the engine compartment. (Loads of room without a radiator) I was tightening the bolts, Elizabeth was reading the torque numbers and my dad was holding the head in place. Can't get much better than that.
'fenders,
"Spry Ol' Coot" is right. When he was down early this year, he said that he wanted to fix the bumper. Of course I took it off and sent it to his farm. I don't expect a 95 year old to actually get it done, but I sure won't deny him the opportunity. He was planning on getting his son (about 70) to help.
You ought to hear his stories on how he learned to drive a Cat in the depression. Amazing life. I hope I'm half as sharp as he is at 70 let alone 95 (96 this week)
Joe
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Joe,
Congratulations for getting a family truck. Of course you are going to keep it original looking, just like it was when your wife's grandfather had it! Your story sounds similar to mine. see my gallery at:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...?&albumid=2619
I bought my grandfather's truck in 1977 after he retired from the farm. I had the engine rebuilt in 1979 but did not get it painted until July 1998. My only regrets are that I did not start it sooner. Grandpa died in August 1998 at the age of 100 (like your grandpap he was in good health). I wish he had seen the finished result. My other regret is that I do not have a picture of him with my truck, nor can I find a picture of him, my relatives, or me with the truck when it was on the farm. We all pitched in at tobacco harvest time. There are pictures of us on the John Deeres but not with the truck....
Enjoy, and good luck,
abe '54 F-100
Congratulations for getting a family truck. Of course you are going to keep it original looking, just like it was when your wife's grandfather had it! Your story sounds similar to mine. see my gallery at:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...?&albumid=2619
I bought my grandfather's truck in 1977 after he retired from the farm. I had the engine rebuilt in 1979 but did not get it painted until July 1998. My only regrets are that I did not start it sooner. Grandpa died in August 1998 at the age of 100 (like your grandpap he was in good health). I wish he had seen the finished result. My other regret is that I do not have a picture of him with my truck, nor can I find a picture of him, my relatives, or me with the truck when it was on the farm. We all pitched in at tobacco harvest time. There are pictures of us on the John Deeres but not with the truck....
Enjoy, and good luck,
abe '54 F-100
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