First time out of the barn in 40 years
Posted: January 23rd, 2011, 5:24 pm
New member here, been reading my way through the posts from the begining and have found lots of good information and it has been pretty entertaining at times.
Thought that I would share some pictures of "Bill" my new truck and how I came about finding him.
First thing first.
Thanks Neil for all of your excellent advice!
I was on my way home from bow hunting and on a whim decided to take a detour on some back roads to see if I could find a new place to hunt. Stopped in to an older farm set back on a long lane to ask for permission. While talking to the owners I noticed a 1949 F-5 grain truck that had been parked off to the side for quite some time. They said they might be interested in selling it so we went out to kick the tires. While looking at it the owner mentioned that he had a 29 AA in the barn and wondered if I would be interested in looking at it. I replied "OF COURSE I WOULD!" Turns out his dad bought it in 1945 from a neighbor for $350.00 they used up until 1960 and then parked it in the pasture until 1970. He then backed it into the barn and that is where it stayed. I went back a few days later and we worked out a deal and on December 30th I brought Bill home.
All in all he is in pretty good shape. Pulled the pan and cleaned out the sludge and took a look around inside. Went through the oil pump, new points, new condensor, re-set the timing, put in some water and found that he starts runs quite well.
The previous owner had done a bit of work on it while it was in the barn. He started to replace the wood on the roof and replaced the bed with plywood. The roof work is none too good so that will need to be re-done and the plywood in the bed will definitely need to go but all of the metal bed skid plates hardware etc... is there and straight. He had the mirror bracket, visor, tail light the rest of the hub caps in a different work shop. The drivers door has rust at the bottom and he got a door to replace it many moons ago. Problem is that he stored it upside down in a shed and it sunk into the dirt and the top of it is now rusted. Oh well. Got him up on blocks right now and the plan is to get tires on and go for a spin to see how things work.
I'm thinking that I might for the time being fix him up as an as is truck and leave his work clothes on for a while. One can always restore a truck all the way but then you can never go back.
Dave
Hope the pics come through.
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0158.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... 0180-1.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0183.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0193.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0198.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0195.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0199.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0200.jpg
Thought that I would share some pictures of "Bill" my new truck and how I came about finding him.
First thing first.
Thanks Neil for all of your excellent advice!
I was on my way home from bow hunting and on a whim decided to take a detour on some back roads to see if I could find a new place to hunt. Stopped in to an older farm set back on a long lane to ask for permission. While talking to the owners I noticed a 1949 F-5 grain truck that had been parked off to the side for quite some time. They said they might be interested in selling it so we went out to kick the tires. While looking at it the owner mentioned that he had a 29 AA in the barn and wondered if I would be interested in looking at it. I replied "OF COURSE I WOULD!" Turns out his dad bought it in 1945 from a neighbor for $350.00 they used up until 1960 and then parked it in the pasture until 1970. He then backed it into the barn and that is where it stayed. I went back a few days later and we worked out a deal and on December 30th I brought Bill home.
All in all he is in pretty good shape. Pulled the pan and cleaned out the sludge and took a look around inside. Went through the oil pump, new points, new condensor, re-set the timing, put in some water and found that he starts runs quite well.
The previous owner had done a bit of work on it while it was in the barn. He started to replace the wood on the roof and replaced the bed with plywood. The roof work is none too good so that will need to be re-done and the plywood in the bed will definitely need to go but all of the metal bed skid plates hardware etc... is there and straight. He had the mirror bracket, visor, tail light the rest of the hub caps in a different work shop. The drivers door has rust at the bottom and he got a door to replace it many moons ago. Problem is that he stored it upside down in a shed and it sunk into the dirt and the top of it is now rusted. Oh well. Got him up on blocks right now and the plan is to get tires on and go for a spin to see how things work.
I'm thinking that I might for the time being fix him up as an as is truck and leave his work clothes on for a while. One can always restore a truck all the way but then you can never go back.
Dave
Hope the pics come through.
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0158.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... 0180-1.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0183.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0193.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0198.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0195.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0199.jpg
http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h33 ... C_0200.jpg