My 51 Chevy Pickup (56K Beware)

stumpuller454 · 07-12-2009, 02:33 PM

Robert (merlin5577) has been buggin me for pics, so i decided to take her out of the garage today, once i threw a new rear wheel cylinder on the drivers rear(was leaking) i fired her up and puller her out of the garage and gave her a rinse. got a few pics here, just starting with the ones i took today. I have a bunch of photos scanned into my computer of her restoration, but the files are much to large to upload on my cheap *** home internet. so stay tuned, as monday morning i hope to get them on here.
this is my 1951 Chevrolet 1420 Pickup (3/4tonHD) Shes fully loaded with every factory add on (minus factory radio and sun visor, which i have a visor but don`t like the look)
My dad and I seen this truck originally on the trans canada hiway outside of hinton probly 4 years prior to actually buying it, for some reason it sat there for sale year after year, I loved the truck and finally one summer we stopped in and took a look, we couldn`t beleive it! she was completley original and running, actually legal too! the guy had been driving it to work on sunny days! I beleive we ended up picking her up for $2500 bucks, (was orginally $6500 when first seen it)(i`m going to call my dad, not sure if this is correct amount, but it was a good price.) It had around 58000 original miles. as you will see in the pics to come on monday it was in pretty good shape, no holes from rust, but some surface rust indeed. It was late sept. 1999 when we got it and it took 1.5 years to full restore. In 2001 (as in some pics to come monday) I drove it to school regulairly and took my wife to graduation in it too, and a few other places...:naughty: but any ways today when i rolled her out of the garage she has 60708miles (see pic) its starting to look like it needs some body TLC (Its been nearly 10 years i guess so!) in a few places. pretty minor really. the motor runs just like new (well after completing the resto we decided it smoked too much so we rebuilt it.) maybe i will get a clip of the engine running we`ll see how it goes today.
OKAY PICTURES!!!!
about to fire her up...

about to rinse her down, (gets dusty even under a cover....:dunno

an engine pic, shes still dusty, need to polish her up a bit....

the cab, yup dirty too...shheeesh.

and the mileage!

remember more to come tomorow! :thumbs:

stumpuller454 · 07-12-2009, 03:15 PM

Okay i found away around the large file thing, for some reason they load really easily to facebook, so id did a little shuffling and here we are, hope fully they are decent enough to see everything...
here we are picking up the truck, driving it around the farm and some dissasembly...

the bed before, and sandblasting stuff, the leaf packs painted...

the paint assembly area we had going...

some assembly...

pic before and after paint shop, me and my dad working in the cold...

final touches..

final product!

some old randoms, grad 2001....

stumpuller454 · 07-12-2009, 03:51 PM

here is a pic of the wood in the box...

Kennyray · 07-12-2009, 04:10 PM

I would love to have something like that, But I think I would have done it as a resto mod with a modern drive train and suspension, but leave the body stock.

stumpuller454 · 07-12-2009, 04:27 PM

if i were to do another, i`d do that, black and chrome, low to the ground and of course a big block...

batty1214 · 07-12-2009, 04:46 PM

sweet truck there stump...... but im for the resto-mod

ThunderDawg09 · 07-12-2009, 06:56 PM

That is a beautiful Chevy!!!

stumpuller454 · 07-12-2009, 09:08 PM

bumpitybump

semocoachworks · 07-12-2009, 09:12 PM

Man Stump, every time I see that truck, it makes me want to hurry up and get my 53 done!!! That is one beautiful truck. I absolutely love that body style.

gmctrucks · 07-12-2009, 11:13 PM

That's a nice looking truck stump. I looks good enough to be in a old movie like in a old Lassie show.

YouTube - 1953 chevy truck

07-12-2009, 02:33 PM	#1
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,043	My 51 Chevy Pickup (56K Beware) Robert (merlin5577) has been buggin me for pics, so i decided to take her out of the garage today, once i threw a new rear wheel cylinder on the drivers rear(was leaking) i fired her up and puller her out of the garage and gave her a rinse. got a few pics here, just starting with the ones i took today. I have a bunch of photos scanned into my computer of her restoration, but the files are much to large to upload on my cheap * home internet. so stay tuned, as monday morning i hope to get them on here. this is my 1951 Chevrolet 1420 Pickup (3/4tonHD) Shes fully loaded with every factory add on (minus factory radio and sun visor, which i have a visor but don`t like the look) My dad and I seen this truck originally on the trans canada hiway outside of hinton probly 4 years prior to actually buying it, for some reason it sat there for sale year after year, I loved the truck and finally one summer we stopped in and took a look, we couldn`t beleive it! she was completley original and running, actually legal too! the guy had been driving it to work on sunny days! I beleive we ended up picking her up for $2500 bucks, (was orginally $6500 when first seen it)(i`m going to call my dad, not sure if this is correct amount, but it was a good price.) It had around 58000 original miles. as you will see in the pics to come on monday it was in pretty good shape, no holes from rust, but some surface rust indeed. It was late sept. 1999 when we got it and it took 1.5 years to full restore. In 2001 (as in some pics to come monday) I drove it to school regulairly and took my wife to graduation in it too, and a few other places...:naughty: but any ways today when i rolled her out of the garage she has 60708miles (see pic) its starting to look like it needs some body TLC (Its been nearly 10 years i guess so!) in a few places. pretty minor really. the motor runs just like new (well after completing the resto we decided it smoked too much so we rebuilt it.) maybe i will get a clip of the engine running we`ll see how it goes today. OKAY PICTURES!!!! about to fire her up... about to rinse her down, (gets dusty even under a cover....:dunno an engine pic, shes still dusty, need to polish her up a bit.... the cab, yup dirty too...shheeesh. and the mileage! remember more to come tomorow! :thumbs: __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! 450hp and 600ft/lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ27RJHfJKE "sailing with Captain Morgan often!"**

07-12-2009, 03:15 PM	#2
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,043	Okay i found away around the large file thing, for some reason they load really easily to facebook, so id did a little shuffling and here we are, hope fully they are decent enough to see everything... here we are picking up the truck, driving it around the farm and some dissasembly... the bed before, and sandblasting stuff, the leaf packs painted... the paint assembly area we had going... some assembly... pic before and after paint shop, me and my dad working in the cold... final touches.. final product! some old randoms, grad 2001.... __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! 450hp and 600ft/lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ27RJHfJKE "sailing with Captain Morgan often!"

07-12-2009, 03:51 PM	#3
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,043	here is a pic of the wood in the box... __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! 450hp and 600ft/lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ27RJHfJKE "sailing with Captain Morgan often!"

07-12-2009, 04:10 PM	#4
Kennyray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 648	I would love to have something like that, But I think I would have done it as a resto mod with a modern drive train and suspension, but leave the body stock. __________________ On a quiet night you can hear a Ford rust

07-12-2009, 04:27 PM	#5
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,043	if i were to do another, i`d do that, black and chrome, low to the ground and of course a big block... __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! 450hp and 600ft/lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ27RJHfJKE "sailing with Captain Morgan often!"

07-12-2009, 04:46 PM	#6
batty1214 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vernal Utah Posts: 1,135	sweet truck there stump...... but im for the resto-mod

07-12-2009, 06:56 PM	#7
ThunderDawg09 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 301	That is a beautiful Chevy!!!

07-12-2009, 09:08 PM	#8
stumpuller454 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Grande Prairie, AB Posts: 2,043	bumpitybump __________________ SUPERCHARGED 454 K2500 GMC! 450hp and 600ft/lbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ27RJHfJKE "sailing with Captain Morgan often!"

07-12-2009, 09:12 PM	#9
semocoachworks Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: rapid city, sd Posts: 429	Man Stump, every time I see that truck, it makes me want to hurry up and get my 53 done!!! That is one beautiful truck. I absolutely love that body style.

07-12-2009, 11:13 PM	#10
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 4,035	That's a nice looking truck stump. I looks good enough to be in a old movie like in a old Lassie show. YouTube - 1953 chevy truck

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