The cab comes off!!

Naked - cont'd

Gosh she's almost NAKED!!! YIKES!!

Tonight when I got home Jerad had already torn the doors off and I barely got a chance to take pictures and when I went back out, he already had the bench seat removed & the transmisison coverplate pulled out. I said "slow down...I can't keep up with you!" I wanted to post some before and after photos side by side....apparently even being a photographer I can't remember where to stand to take pictures. So I'm going to post a few from earlier tonight and then I'll add additional ones in another post. It will only let me put 4 pics per post I think. Had to get some shots of Dayton. She has not left her Daddy's side while he is out there working. Sometimes she helps, sometimes she makes messes in the garage and sometimes she just rides her bicycle in circles!!!! I'm sure my car will have a scratch from a bike before too long. By the way - have you noticed how little room is left in my garage? All these old Chevy pieces are everywhere!!

I took a picture of the piece Jerad bead blasted and primed so it's pictured as well. The hood, Dayton, etc...just some pics of everything that has exploded in our garage!

Jerad's hot buys!

Jerad lucked out last night. When he called to inquire at a local supply store about a cherry picker they did not have any in stock. However, the clerk did! So he picked up a cherry picker, engine stand and some sort of lift for $180. He said the cherry picker alone was over $300 so somehow "someone" knew what he needed and made it all work out. I've captured a few shots of his new tools of the trade!

Piece by Piece

She's coming apart! Jerad and Dayton once again have hit the garage the last couple of nights and are dismantling the old Chevy. Jerad got a cherry picker today and he now has the bed off the truck and some other miscelleanous pieces. They have also pulled some more stuff off the front end. I wasn't home tonight to witness all of this, but I took pictures when I got home.

First things first

As much as we'd like this to be an overnight project it's not!! But Jerad & Dayton both have spent a few hours the last few nights in the garage pulling parts off. Jerad already has one piece bead blasted and primed. I forgot to take a picture of it. Dayton has helped take bolts off and keep them separated into "good" piles and "bad" piles. She originally stayed perched upon the fender, but as you can tell their gone now. We think the front fenders may be able to be sanded, primed and painted. However, the underneath was not as in good as shape as we thought. So we'll have to see on that.

Jerad's plan is to get all pieces off the main the main chassis and then begin re-building springs and parts and build it back up. Anyone have a cherry picker? We are going to try to locate one to pull the old engine out. We will keep the original engine so that we have the parts, but will replace with another engine. We have located a few online vendors that have parts for the truck. So once we get down to the bottom we will start adding pieces at a time.

I'm wondering if we should have a poll to chose the color. We have discussed original green - chevy orange - my personal fav seafoam green and a host of others! Of course we are a long ways from having it ready to paint, but you gotta dream right?

Here are a few more pics from Dayton and Jerad's work the last few nights.

Old Chevy - LIKE A ROCK!

The old chevy made it to the garage this week. I took several pictures so we could document how it looked upon arrival. Dayton came a hollering in that Dad brought "an old, old, old old, truck in the garage!!!" We told her it's going to be her first vehicle. She's ok with it now. We'll see how she feels in 12 yrs bout driving the old truck. I'm sure that will change.

The truck has been passed around a bit over the last few years. It was originally purchased by my Uncle Bob as a restoration project for himself. Sadly, the good Lord called Bobby home before he could start his project. The truck has had a few resting places between the first day Bobby got it and where it sits today. Collecting a little dust and rust along the way. Grandpa Les and my husband, Jerad, discussed the truck and restoration project many times over the last few years. I'm guessing if they had worked on it as much as they talked about it -it'd be near completion by now!!

Confused upon the year of the truck, title says 1951, VIN indicates 1953, and we thought it was a 1952. Would be neat for it to be a 53' as that is the year my folks were born. I think that might be why Bobby originally purchased the truck b/c of a birth year. I'll have to re-visit that with Les sometime.

We are honored and thankful to have the Chevy resting here awaiting restoration. We have a lot of family who have generously supported this transition and we thank them all!! We hope in time to make Bobby smile that his project is underway!

Just a couple of pictures of the truck after pulling in garage. I took several of each angle, but to spare everyone I've just posted a couple so you can see.