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Old 08-30-2015, 09:46 PM   #21
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I'm not a Chevy expert, but those holes on the cab behind the doors could have been for "grab handles" or "assist handles".
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2X on what 40cpe says and is what I was thinking.
That's what they said on ChevyTalk. Hopefully I can find the handles he took off of there before painting.

The sad thing about having those assist handles is that the running board is just painted, no rubber. So, to keep the paint nice, one has to step over the running board to the floor to get in. Assist handles wouldn't help much if not stepping on the running board.
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Thanks to everyone for opinions on value and sales appeal things like the wheels. When advertising the truck I will include picture of the original rims and tires so anyone wanting stock can know they'll get it.

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The metal for the seat bolts to the seat stand under the bottom cushion. You will have to take it up to see. Stovebolt forum has all kinds of info on these trucks. The holes were all added for one reason or another but not standard that I know of.
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Old 08-31-2015, 09:14 AM   #24
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Mike, I'm puzzled... those 4 speed trans' are used in numerous off-road, rock crawler Jeeps. We even have one in my family. By the time the 420 finds its way into a Jeep, there is NO 'lockout'. Was there one, originally? What did it look like? I can't envision a 'switch'.

I should have said "Lever", not switch, you lift the little lever up to get it in reverse, the newer transmissions didn't have the lever, i/e starting around the 50's some time.
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The 42/46 types are desirable since they have a unique front end. My uncle still has two 3/4 ton 1946 models and one was even that same color originally. My older brother and I shared a 53 1/2 ton Chevy and it had the 216 stovebolt with a 3 on the tree. They are very reliable as long as they are well maintained. Many folks put the later 235 6-cylinder engine in them to get the modern bearings. My Pop inherited a 1939 COE that was the first dump bed truck in the county I'm from in Kansas. We used that truck right up into the late seventies before the complicated shifter mechanism started wearing out and my Pop parked it. I wished he had kept the thing. It had been changed to a 235 engine but it pulled a load just fine with the 6 cylinder.

One of the problems you have to watch for is that the motor had the VIN number stamped on and GM didn't stamp the frames. You have to make certain that the title still matches the engine number or there can be trouble getting the title transfer.
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Old 08-31-2015, 11:36 AM   #26
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One thing I learned in my first experience at selling a classic car (the 51 Custom) that I actually expected: The success in selling the vehicle is not it's general appeal to the masses. At least with the 51 Custom, I didn't think it really had any "mass appeal". All of the real passionate interest I had were people for whom the car meant something emotional because of its connection to something emotional in their lives such as the car they once had and all of the memories of that. That turned out to be exactly the buyer that bought it. He was a millionaire in Michigan whose father drove a car exactly like that one in the 50's and was killed in it in 1958. He and his brother had been looking for one just like it ever since as sort of a memorial to their father. They were very emotionally involved with this car and bought it for the asking price and arranged shipping to get it there for a family gathering on the 3rd.

I expect the truck will sell the same way, not just to someone who wants another "toy" but to someone with some emotional passion about it, at least I hope that's the case. Of course, someone that wants to just by it to resell for a profit may also make a low ball offer for it. Who knows. We might even sell it to someone like that.
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I know this is an old post... but this is the kind of truck I want for my daily driver...
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i can say one thing for sure they don,t over heat
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I would mount those bias ply tires and the primered split rims on it before I drove it in public. Once home I'd paint the wheels black with silver lock rings like expaver's and look for some correct caps.
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This thread is two years old and I have to assume you've sold it by now. What did it go for? It's a NICE truck!
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This thread is two years old and I have to assume you've sold it by now. What did it go for? It's a NICE truck!
This is my dream truck.. about 6 years ago, I found one for sale for 10k... all original and restored.. but didn't have the scratch!
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Hi; There is always H.A.M.B. The 8 lug trucks are slower to sell. As mentioned. I'm working for two estate sales now and the heirs want BARE walls now! Property is almost immediately For Sale, sad for the friends. Newc
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This thread is two years old and I have to assume you've sold it by now. What did it go for? It's a NICE truck!
It sold for $15,000 to a really nice guy in Phoenix who drove his car hauler all the way to Utah to pick up the truck and back to Phoenix. About a year later he sent me a picture of it with the stock tires and rims on it in place of the customized wheels that were on it.
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It sold for $15,000 to a really nice guy in Phoenix who drove his car hauler all the way to Utah to pick up the truck and back to Phoenix. About a year later he sent me a picture of it with the stock tires and rims on it in place of the customized wheels that were on it.
Thanks for the good news!
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