The Jalopy Journal
Drawing to a close on this thread....I'll probably post some pictures of the truck at the farm and with the farmer's family when I get a chance to...
I appreciate the compliment. I've always loved to write and when the subject is something that I love like this old truck, it's a pleasure. In...
Depending on the timeline, if the 261 made it to Arkansas, I could likely get it to Hemmings headquarter the first week of June. It's looking...
No sir, sometime 40 years ago, it was converted to an SM420 granny four speed in the floor. When I began refreshening it, I took the liberty of...
Well, progress the last two weeks has been in increments. But after ordering new headlights, and new Chinese-ium headlight trim rings, then...
I know the history of my '52 Chevy truck with a certainty to the '60s... but having known the former owner, I feel confident that it's more like...
I thought it was somewhere around that. But I figure the last 40 plus years of torment have caused a few of those horses to leave the stable so to...
Good to know, I'm sure that WOULD make a difference.
I've driven it around a couple thousand miles before I tore into it to freshen the body up and haven't driven it alot in the last two years;...
I have no idea of the weight of my old AD truck- but it's currently powered by a 235 originally in a '53 BelAir PowerGlide car that I suspect only...
I know it's been months since I posted- and to be truthful, I haven't worked alot on Sam. Got kinda annoyed at the old boy and went off to sulk....
In Arkansas, the plates have to be approved by the DMV. It cost an extra $30 or so a year but you can run them just like regular plates. It was...
Dave,I gotta look at the luggage rack. I've got the exact trunk for my '30, needs paint of course like everything I see, but the standard A rack I...
If anyone tells you I can paint or even know a paint gun....slap them for they are surely a liar. Time has not been my friend as of late and after...
Well, I initially thought to paint the fenders off the truck, and the body, then mount them. Realized pretty quick during test fitting that if I...
Well..it's Petit Jean Swap meet time. And while i had zero intent to buy anything for Sam, well, things happen. I NEEDED to have my butt at home...
It's really not healthy for me to reread this thread. I love the Merc and want to see it together, but I keep looking at that pretty little Chevy...
I've been sanding it down to bare metal, wipe it down and seal/prime it. It's a long painstaking process, and I usually look like a brown version...
I'll remember that. LOL. And "week"? If only. I suspect that it will be multiples of that time frame....
Oh, many of them went to bolt heaven, I promise. I've had a distinct lack of time lately. Dr. Dave was amazing and delivered his gift of a valve...
Since the last post, I managed to get the other fender and the grill off: [ATTACH] Approximately a gazillion more bolts...and they, too, were...
It's been a long winter. This week, I managed to steal a few minutes to work on the old truck, since it has warmed up . The job I have dreaded has...
It still amazes me, Dave, that you can build a masterpiece of an office that is known worldwide relatively swiftly, but one little Merc......and...
As much as I love the 235 six cylinder and the original car-I gotta say this is awesome. Especially the smile on your grandpa's face driving it....
Lord. Well, they aren't perfect. Little bit of trash, and I have another small run, but it's down low enough it's not super visible. But not bad...
Thanks! I'll be sure to do that when I spray color on them...and may I say that I much respect those of you that do this for a living. I'd go...
Well, since my last post, I sprayed the other fender and had a terrible oops. Apparently, I thought I'd grabbed a clean tack rag, but wound up...
I'm another that never got to meet Pat, but have read his writings since my youth in various magazines, and lately his blog. I will miss finding...
That's an awesome idea. Unfortunatly my engine stand is occupied too. LOL. I have way too much going on right now. I'm ready to get this bed...
Well, Sam's Monday report. Another coat of paint on the bed. Sprayed a fender, but got a bit carried away. The curved surface threw me a bit and...
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