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Dec. 28,
2003 - Well, I spent part of the day taking pictures of the two parts
trucks I brought home yesterday, and the rest out at a local small
salvage operation, where there were four '67-'72 Ford pickups, taking
some more shots there.
Just to keep
you up to date: I bought a '51 Studebaker pickup in bad shape last
summer. I was planning on mounting the 'Stude body on a '82
 Chevy
Silverado CrewCab dually Camper Special chassis. I gave away all the
'Stude running gear, bought the CrewCab and stripped it down to the
rolling chassis and was just barely getting started widening out the
rear fenders to accommodate the duals...but then got sidetracked with
other things. When I found out a couple months ago that I was going to
be a daddy again later this coming summer, it was decided it was time to
get rid of some of my projects. The 'Stude is making the supreme
sacrifice, as well as a '72 Pontiac Luxury Lemans. The Pontiac has been
stripped and many parts sold on E-bay so far, with more in the works. I
tried to find someone willing to take the 'Stude project off my hands,
but got no takers.
This small
salvage operation nearby is where I've been taking the carcasses of the
trucks (and cars) I've been stripping. It's where I took the CrewCab
body after it was removed from the frame. The owner has a full-time job,
but dabbles a little on the side with salvage parts, but mainly he
accepts junk cars from local residents who simply want to get rid of
one. When his stockpile builds up to a point, he has a crusher come out
to deal with the rejects. Anyway, when I happened to mention to him
about 2 months ago that I was looking to get rid of the 'Stude project,
he expressed an interest in the dually chassis, and after doing some
talking about it, we decided that I'd try advertising a bit more to sell
the 'Stude project, but if I still made no progress, then I'd bring the
whole lot out to him, in trade for some Ford truck parts.
After taking
pictures today of my latest parts trucks, I decided to head out to his
place and see if he was still interested in the dually chassis, since
there's been no progress on selling the 'Stude. He was still interested,
so I spent some time checking out his parts trucks to see what kind of
goodies I'd be willing to swap for. When I first brought this up with
him today, he asked me "So what would you want for the dually chassis? A
couple of parts trucks?" At first I thought about it, but decided to
look around first, mainly because I didn't know if I really wanted more
parts trucks right now, and so by the time I left, we'd agreed on the
following list:
- one good
Ford 390
- assorted
parts from a '67 F100 - rear styleside bumper w/brackets, hood
emblems, hubcaps, heater control cables and knobs
- one set of
original Ford Jr. West Coast mirrors and brackets
- one
complete dealer-installed auxiliary fuel tank setup (from a '70 Camper
Special)
- one
complete front disc brake setup from a '75(?) F-100
- one
complete set of 3-point shoulder harnesses from a '78 F-100
- two '70
F-100 power brake boosters
...plus I
made him promise to keep his eyes open for a '78-'79 tilt column for me.
The pictures
on this page were shot at his rural lot, mainly just to let me refer
back to what he had. I decided to post the pics here just for the hell
of it. And before you start sending e-mails, let me tell you that 98% of
the sheetmetal on these trucks are rusty, and probably not worth trying
to save.
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