I will try not to bore you with all the details but we need some history on the truck first. My grandfather (who passed away about a year ago) was a farmer all his life. My dad and his brothers and sister grew up farming. Actually, my dad is the only sibling that does not farm full time but just has some hay and vegetables.
Anyway, we have been cleaning out the farm because the siblings agreed to sell it. Hauling scrap and dividing everything up. Just like most farmers the back field is where they parked the equipment that broke or they didn't use any more. My uncle tells me there is an early 50s Chevy truck in the other back field. He thinks a 1954? Straight 6 with a 3 speed. The bed was rigged up with a hydraulic cylinder and setup to dump. They used it to haul grain and corn.
I asked why it got parked. He said because one day it wouldn't start and they got tired of fixing it so they towed it back there and parked it. He said I could have it if I wanted it and I set off to find it this afternoon.
Unfortunately this is what I found:
Apparently in all the ice and snow we got this winter a limb broke off and destroyed it. The truck was pretty rough before the limb fell on it. Now almost all of the glass was broken and the passenger side cab pushed down a foot or so. Hood and passenger fender mangled too. I did not get too many pics because it was swarming with bees.
I decided to leave the truck to rust in peace (mainly because its location would make removal tricky and the bees) but not before snagging one of those sweet "Chevrolet" hubcaps.
Don't worry it is just sitting there for the pic. I already hung it above my workbench.
Anyway, we have been cleaning out the farm because the siblings agreed to sell it. Hauling scrap and dividing everything up. Just like most farmers the back field is where they parked the equipment that broke or they didn't use any more. My uncle tells me there is an early 50s Chevy truck in the other back field. He thinks a 1954? Straight 6 with a 3 speed. The bed was rigged up with a hydraulic cylinder and setup to dump. They used it to haul grain and corn.
I asked why it got parked. He said because one day it wouldn't start and they got tired of fixing it so they towed it back there and parked it. He said I could have it if I wanted it and I set off to find it this afternoon.
Unfortunately this is what I found:
Apparently in all the ice and snow we got this winter a limb broke off and destroyed it. The truck was pretty rough before the limb fell on it. Now almost all of the glass was broken and the passenger side cab pushed down a foot or so. Hood and passenger fender mangled too. I did not get too many pics because it was swarming with bees.
I decided to leave the truck to rust in peace (mainly because its location would make removal tricky and the bees) but not before snagging one of those sweet "Chevrolet" hubcaps.
Don't worry it is just sitting there for the pic. I already hung it above my workbench.
