Steve,
Howdy! It's good to get someone else young on the list (not that there's
anything wrong with older guys)! I'm gonna be doing a similar thing with my
truck (1951 Chevy 3100). I'm going with probably a 305 or 350 engine and an
auto trans. Being a young driver, (16) I want it easy (power brakes, power
steering). Don't be afraid to ask the list anything! These guys are great
and will answer any question, no matter how stupid you think it is.
Questions about automobiles in general, practical truck work, questions
about oletruck history... they know everything. If you want to know
something, some body out here has probably done it!
Good luck,
Andy Johns
'51 3100
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven C <podunkjr@netscape.net>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 12:58 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] I'm new here
> Hey everyone! I just signed up for the mailing list. I just thought I'd
give
> everyone a little introduction to myself and my truck. My name is Steve
and
> I'm currently 15 and living in CA. I own a 1951 chevy 3100 1/2 ton pick
up.
> I'm in the process of rebuilding it to use as my daily driver. The truck
was
> given to me at the age of 7 (in 1991) by a friend of my grandfather. It
was a
> complete truck that needed a lot of TLC. It was all stock. It ran (barely)
and
> had several patches of rust here and there, but the only bad places were
in
> the usual lower cowl spots. Currently the truck is dissassembled with the
cab
> still on the chassis. I am planning on installing a stock/mild 350 in it
> withan EFI system of somesort on it. I'm still debating on whether to put
a
> manual or automatic in it. If it was an automatic it would be a TH400. If
it
> were a manual it would be a muncie 4 speed rockcrusher. I am updating the
> front suspention with a bolt in set up out of a later 70s truck and the
rear
> axel will be replaced with the unit out of the same truck. I plan on
> (eventually) painting the truck it's stock dark blue. (What is the exact
name
> of the color?) The truck will appear to be relatively stock with the
exeption
> of tires and rims. I intend to keep the interior partially stock with the
> exeption of a tilt, telescope column and use a different upholstery
fabric.
> Thats about it for my truck. The whole reason I got it was because I love
the
> AD chevy trucks primarily because my father has owned a 1953 chevy 3100 5
> window for 20 years. His truck needs some work to make it opperate a
little
> better. (He origionally did a drive train restoration when he first got
it,
> but he never got around to getting it painted) His truck is mostly stock
aside
> from the 235 engine in it. It also has a side mount spare tire. His truck
is
> nicknamed Podunk because when he got it, it reminded my grandmother of an
ugly
> old dog she used to have named Podunk because the truck was an ugly site.
The
> name stuck. Thats why my usrname is podunkjr. I'm looking for a good
nickname
> for my truck. Any ideas or recommendations? Thanks for listening. (or
reading
> in this case)
>
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