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Post by bounce on Jul 28, 2010 11:41:40 GMT -5
I posted this too but it seems gone also so will put it hear.
I am geting two old trucks soon for restoreing.
One is a 1944 Chevy millitary style 4X4 fire truck with 3,658 actural miles. It has ben siting out side though for the last 30 years. Also I am geting a Ford model T truck, I do not know the year yet. I may get them this week yet? but not shure as I must wait till the guy giveing them to me hauls them for me also. LOL.
I checked on tires for the chevy and 6 tires & tubes looked to be around $1500 so this is not going to all be free LOL.
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Post by Jack on Jul 28, 2010 23:02:04 GMT -5
Yikes! Gold tires?  |
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Post by bounce on Jul 29, 2010 2:00:19 GMT -5
Military non diectinal , 6 tires & tubes 700x20 I was guessing the size as I would need to check but the truck is 1-1/2 ton four wheel drive with duals on back. They were also 10 ply.
I agree more shoping is nessasary.
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Post by jmarriott on Jul 29, 2010 19:18:29 GMT -5
Have a friend with a duece and a half. He does the reinactments. His dad bought it for him at believe it or not an army surplus store. He also has a hummer that was a UN issue trainer. Weird to drive the duece.
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Post by bounce on Jul 29, 2010 20:47:07 GMT -5
Had an neighbor who bought a duece & half back in the 70 to put a feed wagon on it, & I drove it once, it was differant and a good tuck for the job he bought it for. I have ben thinking on this ford model T truck also and today got to wondering if my mother could still get a copy of the title to dad old model T Truck ? if so I could restore my dads old tuck as many of the parts will be from his truck. I can remeber as a kid dad was cleaning out old papers and gave me the title to play with as he thought he would not need it anymore and at the time I'm sure I didn't either as dad had made it into a traler and I do still have that and a few other parts from it but not the title. |
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Post by jmarriott on Jul 30, 2010 8:54:21 GMT -5
Those truck are highly sought after. The cars also but the trucks are more rare since they were used more.
We used the duece and a half in parades for the ball team when we were in baseball and it still takes his kids ball team in the parade each year.
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Post by jmarriott on Jul 30, 2010 9:00:18 GMT -5
Of i ever get down south or out in the southwest again I am going to try to get a good old used car.
A 1965-1972 buick Rivera, or maybe a regal of the same years. The rivi had the greenhouse back window.
A buick grand national circa about 1987.
A el camino or an old station wagon from chevy. Some thing different for a good price with no body rust. I can rebuild the rest.
Two much salt around here to find a good deal on anything that is not going to cost a fortune.
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Post by bounce on Jul 30, 2010 10:02:32 GMT -5
It's hard to get a good deal on any vehicle anymore that will not be just a money pit and no reprive when selling it either. Thats why I went to tractors & now takeing a chance on old trucks, As the less bodyworks, electrical, and interior their is the better. Complicated = $
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Post by Jack on Jul 30, 2010 10:42:00 GMT -5
Mention of deuce and a half's makes me wonder. . .
Studebaker made a bazillion of those during WW2. The got used anywhere American soldiers went.
Besides that, a huge number of deuce and a halfs were shipped to Russia- that was the standard truck for the Russian army. I wonder what happened to all those trucks in Russia.
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Post by deputydon on Jul 30, 2010 12:37:31 GMT -5
More than likely they're STILL BEING USED ........
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Post by Bill on Jul 31, 2010 8:33:44 GMT -5
They melted them down and made them into AK-47's  |
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Post by Jack on Jul 31, 2010 9:13:57 GMT -5
Half seriously, I wonder if some are still being used over there. I suspect a collector with some bucks could buy up quite a few of them and ship them back here.
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Post by dovehunter on Jul 31, 2010 10:41:32 GMT -5
A guy I used to work with has one of those 4x4 fire trucks you mentioned. His is fully restored and draws a huge crowd every time he drove it work. I asked him about the hearing protectors that were hanging from a rack in the cab. He says the thing is so noisy at highway speeds that he has to wear the earmuffs to keep from getting a headache. It's a neat rig though and, according to him, will go virtually anywhere.
Regarding the "deuce and a halfs", either the History or Military Channel had a special on them a while back. They showed that many were still is use, particularly in the third world countries.
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Post by bounce on Jul 31, 2010 12:24:54 GMT -5
I was able to track my neighbors duce & a half millitary box he took off to a wagon running gear then to a junk buyer then to a sale in Hartington were I have come to a dead end on that box. Sale price was $75.00 Oh well the fun is in the search!! That junk guyer now has a 1960 ford starliner, I'm still thinking? lol.
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Post by bounce on Jul 31, 2010 18:23:20 GMT -5
I took a 2nd look at the ford Starliner and will pass on it, the more I looked the more it looked like a money pit, money worth while in my trucks.
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