Always a good day when you drag home a new-to-you vehicle

[Gumball]

Okay, okay, so it's a Chevrolet... 1950 C3600 to be exact. I couldn't pass it up, though. It was part of a local fourteen car collection that was being sold off by the widow of the owner. I actually went there to check out a '47 Ford with a '53 Mercury flathead V8, but fell for this one, instead. Originally a pretty solid South Dakota truck with a ten-plus year old restoration that's holding up fairly well, given that it has lots of miles on it since then. The lettering on the door is vinyl and I was thinking of removing it, but I sort of like how it fits with the vintage work truck looks. It's really a nice driver and 10 footer that I plan to use to haul stuff around, pull the Cobra on a trailer every now and then, and take to cruise nights. It's equipped with the "Thrift" six engine and a four-speed on the floor. The 3600 is their 3/4 ton truck, so it's got a useful payload. For a 63 year old truck, it drives really well - tracks nice, pulls great, and is fairly comfortable (at least on a cool spring day). It's been sitting for around a year, so it needs some maintenance, but should be up and on the road regularly in a week or two - just in time for nice weather.

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/CCRsAC/FrontThreeQuarterDriver_zps67dda33c.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/CCRsAC/InteriorPassSide_zpsda7849c6.jpg

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab15/CCRsAC/EngineDriverSide_zps051ba3fd.jpg

[Movieman]

Very nice..Very, congrats!

[Jeff Kleiner]

Love it!

Jeff

[MRSQSL]

Ooooooh! That's a gorgeous truck! Congratulations!

[Pastenseverb]

THAT is awesome! Congratulations.

[Lynnhowlyn]

In the immortal words of people on the Garage Journal when some scores a really good deal ... "You suck!" :)

Seriously - looks like a great truck, and in really good shape considering it's age and so on. I know you'll have fun with it.

Reminds me somewhat of my "next-in-line" for after the Cobra is done ... the '53 Ford F100 I drug home last fall.

Mine needs a bit more work than yours, but it has real promise. 6 cylinder, automatic, was sitting in a covered shop and not registered since 1993.

Like yours, it's destined to be a semi-daily driver, "grocery getter", and etc

Lynn

[AC Bill]

The lettering is cool.
I'd leave it, or add something new of your own, but the lettering adds to the already beautiful truck..
I'm envious..lol

[Gumball]

Lynn - that F100 of yours is sweet... I really love the patina of an original unrestored truck. Hope you only do mechanical stuff to it and keep that time-worn look.

[Cobradavid]

Beautiful truck! Congrats on a great find.