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Just so you know, I won't start on the restoration at least until the weather gets better over here. Plus, with economy what it is, money's tight so I may not be able to afford it for a while now. Don't expect it anytime soon. My dad doesn't turn 60 for a year and a half. Had to plan early.
You guys can calm down with the "it's your truck, you do what you want with it" stuff. I understand what you're saying and I agree. My problem is I don't know much about my truck so I'm looking to more experienced people to give me advice on what I can or can't do with it and that is exactly...
It leaks anti freeze. It barely runs. I haven't really messed around with it too much to find out more. What I've said is what I know. What I do know is that I can take it down to Denver and have it rebuilt for less than $1000. That would be the cheap option.
Yeah, well you've only seen the front end. The interior is crap, the paint is crap, there's no cover, the engine's in terrible shape... I could go on for a while. It needs monumental amounts of work.
You guys get ONE pic. With the weather what it is(as you can see, there's snow on it), and me being lazy today, I wan't going to pull it out to get some better pics. Hopefully this will satisfy you guys for now.
Well, I've got a 1951 military truck. I'm trying figure out if it's an M35 or M135. I have books saying it's an M135, but they were printed much later than 1951 so they're not exactly reliable. I'm just looking for some key differences that I can look at to determine, for sure, which it is...
Thinking about this more, it is old, you don't see a lot of them on the road, I'll keep it original. There's still the problem of the canvas though. Where can I get one of those...?
Considering it is even moderately rare, I want to keep it original. My brother has a 1939 Studebaker Champion with SUICIDE DOORS. Those are very hard to find and his is 99% original. Now that I know this truck isn't very common, I'll just have the engine rebuilt, restore the interior, get it...
Hold up, hold up. Did you just say rare? I thought these things were pretty common... In that case, I should just rebuild the original engine right? It's in terrible shape but can be rebuilt.
Well now I can upgrade the braking system can't I? I'm not looking to restore this as close to original as possible, I just want to keep the look it has. I will do anything I can with the internals. (sorry if I sound like I don't know what I'm talking about. My brother handles most of the engine...
My brother and I are looking to restore it for my dad's 60th birthday. My brother says he wants to put a diesel in it. Ours is an A1 (I believe. Maybe the original) and has the 'dinosaur' engine of the M35(not a lot of power, gas). We live in Colorado and go up into the mountains a lot so having...