Many thanx, Nate, as always. The pics thru the windshield over the steering
wheel were taken with you in mind as you have admired them in the past.
Larry Kephart
1955 1st 3100 Chevy (BillyBob)
1991 Jeep Wrangler (Renegade)
1993 Chrysler Concorde (BettyLou)
Boca Raton, Florida
-Original Messa
My response was a polite attempt, as a moderator, to remind everyone
that this list is (quoting from the Group Charter devised by the list
owner Rob) "Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of stock
1941-1959 Chevy and GMC trucks. KEEP IT STOCK!" Although not expressly
banned from discussio
Oh yeah ~ I only wish I could do the same as I travel far and wide
in my old '49 Shop truck , AD's are very pleasant drivers as you
know . I bet you guys would love some of the pix I could get .
I still want to drive it to Oatman , Az. as that's a cool place and
the ols gas station on the back
You might want to try over on Robert Baird's yahoo list :
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Old_ChevroletGMCTrucks/messages
Or on Chevy Duty's BBS as there's lots of guys making hot rods there
too .
I think the InLiner's also support V-ate jobs .
But , why ? to make it safe , you'll need
You hit on a cool idea, take the AD's to Oatman for a
truckers get together, then even drive on Rt 66 to
Kingman to see the Rt 66 Museum, on Andy Devine
Avenue. It would take me about five hours from
Phoenix to get to Oatman, at 50 MPH, average. If you
get the bug to do the Oatman thing, let me k
Good point, Allen. We do tend to wander sometimes. Thanks for keeping us on
track. If anyone wants to check out info on NON-stock old Chevy trucks, the
"Oletrucks" list is probably the place to be. You can check 'em out at
http://www.chevytrucks.org/resources/lists.htm Lots of good fo
I am fortunate to have 2 trucks. One has a 6 cylinder / 4 speed, and the
other one I am contemplating the V8 so that I can take it on 4,000 mile round
trip visits (driving 10 hours / day) to see my family.
I do not have faith in my 6 cylinder that I could do that at today's highw
When I was growing up that is all we had .
Went on 1000 mile vacation to Florida one way .
That 6 in line never let us down . I remember it
smoked so bad every time it started it looked
like we elected a new Pope .But during winter
when no one could get their new cars started we
jumped the neig
Things were a slower, and people more patient. Had to make do as it
was after WWII and money was not plentiful. We had a 1948 Willis Jeep
station wagon with a four-cylinder motor that was SMALL. My mother
drove that from the middle of Oregon to LA in 1954 ...with three kids
on board and no grea
You are correct no need for butchery, GM did the engineering for you starting
in '54 and both 55's. We use these factory mountings even when installing later
6's. When using automatics side mounts are recommended as used in the 60's.
Lee
Prosser WA
- Original Message -
From: bull bea
Nate
If you find a good coffee holder, let me know. My poor truck is in storage
right now, being the cold Canadian winter and all. I love to go garage saling
on the weekends in the summer, because my truck can take larger items home on
the spot, and I get a lot of comments, AND find a lot
About three years ago a friend of mine moved from near Seattle to near Denver
about 1600 miles one way. As part of that move we drove and towed some of this
cars to his new home. That was as much as 14 hours in one day and our only
vehicle problems were lights that failed.
One of the cars we
you guys and all your high power inline sixes.
i'll take my chevy II with it's 194 6 anywhere, anytime.
the only other engine offered that year was a 152 4 cyl.
(this is humor, do not take my post too serious)
Kurt
58 3100 Apache project
the "Duracell Project" it keeps going... and going...
At 63 YOA, I can attest that the old stove bolt flat
six Chevy engines have made my family scrapbook full,
figuretively. Beginning with driving to AZ from WI in
1948 in a Chevy to driving my 52 3100 currently; the
Chevies have always gotten us there and back home
again. My 52 3100 with a smoker 2
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