Projects Family Affair...resurrecting an AD Chevy

Never really done a build thread. I guess this will be more of a post build thread. The truck is on the road, but not done. So here goes......
This is my brother and me with the truck around 1971.

The truck never spent a day inside until about '93 when it was put in the barn. This was first daylight in many years.



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Always enjoy seeing a family piece brought back,,keep us posted. HRP

 

HRP, this truck has been in the family for nearly 44 years. Here's a pic of Dad using it as a scaffold while painting the house in about '74. It still has specks of white paint all over it.


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Dad was on the tractor and my son did the steering.




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Cool. '51?

 

http://www.cs.siena.edu/~lederman/truck/AdvanceDesignTrucks/AdvanceDesignTrucks.html

• Outside door handles are still turn-down type. Only year with vent windows and turn-down handles.


Nope.

 

It's a '50. I learned to drive in this old truck. When my Dad first talked to me about doing the truck, I agreed under one condition: the truck would remain unchanged on the outside. I wanted to keep battle scars and all. Only structural rust would be repaired. I wanted the truck to look like it did when I was a kid.


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Pulled up to house to start tear down.

Dad working on tearing out bed.

Dad handled tear down to cab and chassis.

Loaded and headed to my shop.



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You are very Lucky to have your Dad and son to help you with the truck.Keep us posted Lucky

 

..I like your Ford too!

 

nice! Lets see the rest!

 

Mom even got in on the tear down

Arriving at my place

Dad and my son stripping the frame

Me unbolting cab



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1lucky1, I AM very fortunate to get to do this with them.


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Lifting cab


In this pic we're starting to see just how bad the cab was

My son cleaning all the junk out of the cab



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I love it, that's a great project!

 

Nice work! I sure miss my 54' 3100.

 

A little rust can give a truck character. This truck has a lot of character.
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The front floor, kick panels, inner and outer cowl, and cab mounts were completely gone. What was still there would literally crumble up in your hands.
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I don't know why those pics didn't post. I'll try again.





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First thing to do was build a support structure for the cab and then repair the bottom of the door post as it was gone from the hinge down on the passenger side. The door would drop an inch and a half when opened.

In this pic you can see one 2x4 leg of the support structure.




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Cool! Wish I had my dad helping me, too busy I guess...anyway, been there done that. Seems like you know what you are doing, but if you have any questions let me know, or see my build thread...subscribed!

 

looks mostly intact tho ....

i ll be enjoying this build


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Inner cowl panel clamped place

Me cutting out the rest of the passenger side floor

Test fit of kick panel

First test fit of passenger side floor



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Awesome that you can do this build with your son and dad. All three of you will be proud of the time spent together and most likely have some good stories to share afterwards.
Good luck.

 

Passenger side floor, kick panel, inner cowl Installed

Cutting out drivers side floor

Here you can see the rig I built to support the cab while replacing floor

Driver side floor cut out and inner cowl in place




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This is great. Always liked these trucks. I learned to drive in a 50.
Later Dad and I installed a 261 in it. Would scoot along for then.
There were several of us who drove to school under 16 ,who would race on the dirt roads. They always wondered why my 235 ? was faster than theirs. Never told them.

 

Looks a lot like my 51 with all the rust damage, but you're moving along faster than I am. Nice work. I'll be watching this one.

 

willymakeit, I learned to drive in this very truck. In fact, four generations of my family have driven this truck. To represent my Grandfather, who is no longer with us, we're going to letter the doors with the name of the company he used to work for.


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Floor pans, kick panels, inner cowl panels installed. You can see where the rust extended above the pans.




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On to the frame. My son grinding rivets out of the frame prior to pulling engine and trans

Dad disassembling frame

Me welding a stress crack

The frame was rusted completely into behind the cab on the driver side, so another frame was located which was damaged in another area. We decided to use the best of both. That meant completely dissecting the frame.
Grinding rivets.



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Nice!! I'm subscribed. Keep up the good work.