Projects My 46 GMC

Here's my get in and go project. Lot of history with this truck. My dad acquired the truck when he was 13 for cutting weeds. Got it running and drove it around a few years until he got it stuck and blew the head gasket. He got it back together but never running quite right. So time goes by and marriage then I come along so it sat for 30 years or so. A few years ago I decided to bring it down off the mountain with hopes of driving it. It sat at my house another 5 or so years until I got the urge to get it going. So new intake exhaust gasket, new points, coil, plugs, and cleaned the carb and it was good to go. After got it running found more bugs and changes the radiator and water pump. Gas tank began to leak so set another one in the bed and got a new master cylinder. Some wire replacing and now it's my weekend cruiser.
The truck itself belonged to a big name local contractor in the 40s-60s responsible for our court house and many local high schools and much of the downtown and east side curbs. It's been a great conversation everywhere I go.
Help from my grandpa getting it free from the hillside.

Putting it to work

 

My dad in his modelling days.

 

I LIKE it!!!!Bruce.

 

Perfect patina! Great family history! Nice truck!

 

super cool truck

 

Here's your twin, minus the patina. Good luck!

 

Love it when a vehicle is considered part of the family, specially a truck.

 

...cool story, cool truck, don't see many of those jimmies, have fun...

 

Love all the gmcs popping out lately¡
Cool truck

 

Awesome truck and story to go with it! I love it!

 

Thank you.

 

Thank you

 

Thank you

 

Great looking truck. Still have the 228?

 

Yea it's been around a while. Haha

 

Thanks

 

Yea they're little more interesting than the chevy to me.

 

Thanks

 

Yes, the red one still has its 228- a great little torque monster. And it also has its original 4-speed trans, which taught me how to double-clutch! Slightly larger tires, 6:50-16's, boosted its comfortable top speed to about 60mph.

 

Thats absolutely awesome! Family treasure for sure.

 

Cool story and truck, I'm a GMC fan also. Is your dad Jim Carey?

 

Great Truck and the car on the trailer thanks for the pictures

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Haha thanks. I'm not sure I get the punch line.

 

I thought your dad looked like Jim Carey in his "modeling days".

 

GMC's are what Chevy's want to be when they grow up. I have better grills if your interested

 

That is cool!

 

I thought the difference was a gmc has lock washers and a chevy doesn't.

 

I like it! My father-in-law has a '46 GMC he and his Dad restored in '80. In the past few years, he built a 270 with dual zeniths for it and is now in the process of putting a T5 behind it.

 

Nice.
I've got a t5 I keep thinking about putting it in. Time will tell.

 

I may be interested. I'm not looking to change too much of the appearance though. I would like to restore the interior and make it a little more distance capable.