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To: "Kevin & Deana Brown" <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] New acquisition - 51 Chevy]
From: "Steve Hanberg" <Steve@OldSub.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 17:18:02 -0800
I was too busy enjoying the pictures and wishing I could find a deal like
that to worry about spelling...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin & Deana Brown" <MGTRAutoXr@sprintmail.com>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] New acquisition - 51 Chevy]


> Hi gang,
>
> Now everybody knows I can't spell! :-)  I guess that spell check doesn't
> look at the subject line (like it does on our Lotus Notes email program
> at work) In case you missed the subject line should read: acquisition
>
> Kevin
>
> Kevin & Deana Brown wrote:
>
> >Attached are a links to a few pictures of our "new" '51 Chevy that I
> >dragged home last night.  The truck was set up, probably 10 years or so
> >ago, with a 283 V8, 4-speed tranny, Ford 9-inch rear end, independant
> >front suspension, bucket seats, tilt stearing, aluminum wheels, etc.  It
> >was put in storage in '95 when the motor was blown.  The guy I bought it
> >from purchased it a couple of years ago, before he got married and now
> >didn't have the time to fix it up.  As it stands now the body, including
> >the bed, is solid, just needing repainting, plus I've got the hood
> >(which was stripped to bare metal) and rear bumper which aren't in the
> >pictures.  It looks as if the glass and rubber seals were replaced when
> >the truck was first fixed up so they are in great shape.  The truck also
> >came with an early '80s Chevy 305 V8, an '86 Oldsmobile 307 V8 and turbo
> >350 transmission, bell housings for the both the Chevy and Olds engines
> >(the truck originally had the 4-speed in it) and a bunch of misc. parts
> >including power steering pump and AC compressor and lines for the Olds
> >engine, GM HEI distributors for both engines and a set of "rams head"
> >exhaust manifolds that must have been on the original 283 which I
> >imagine would bolt up to the 305 and the exhaust sytem on the truck.
> > I've got to figure out what engine to install, the 307 looks to be in
> >the best shape, but is wider than the 305 and I only have a flywheel for
> >the 305 if I want to stay with the 4-speed (I have a flex plate and
> >torque converter for the 307) plus I need to figure out what all the
> >parts are that I have for it - sort of like a surprise package!  At
> >least I figure that it should be worth the $900 that I paid for it, plus
> >it was located only 5 miles from where I live - even though I found it
> >on eBay.
> >
> >Here are links to the pictures.  The first shows the front of the truck
> >(I have all the headlights and chrome that aren't shown), the second
> >shows the back (the truck has a hard cover over the bed which is
> >partially open because of the box of parts in the back) and the 3rd
> >shows the engine and some of the other parts that came with the truck.
> > Now all I need to do is move the '48 Dodge pickup out of my garage
> >today (after moving the '50 Dodge 1-ton out of the way of the back
> >garage door - all with my '49 Chevy wrecker) and stick the Chevy in so I
> >can go to work
> >
> >51 Chevy Front
> >
> >51 Chevy Rear
> >
> >51 Chevy Parts
> >
> >
> >Kevin Brown
> >Odessa, MO
> >'51 Chevy 3100 Street
> >'49 Chevy 3600 Wrecker
> >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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