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Project "Popeye"
My diligence has paid off...it's exactly what I was looking for; clean title, original-ish paint, decent body and pretty much unmolested. The previous owner stored it in a garage for 19 years which stopped the rust monster but not the mice. I found a small amount of rust in the driver floorboard and some small holes in each cab corner and the bed has a couple issues but nothing unexpected. The doors, front clip and the cab are in great shape. I didn't poke around too long because I knew it wouldn't last at his price so we came to terms and I'm picking it up next Saturday.
My vision includes preserving the body, MII front end, 4-link/c-notch rear, 5.3L/700R4, steelies and wide whites, wiring, gauges, seat and maybe some weatherstripping and such then drive her wheels off! We have a baby due in March and I'm finishing a Harley project, so nothing will happen for a couple of months. But when the bike sells and the homelife settles down game on! Here are some cell phone pics: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/...68c7d531b1.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/...330254a3f3.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2779/...8e30f054bc.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/...e9c65fa81e.jpg |
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nice find. great start to a fun project
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looks like a 52 or a 50
nice what did you pay for it? GT |
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I wish any of the three that i bought would have been in that good of shape. You look to have a great starting point and i am anxious to see this take shape. Good luck!!!!
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Okay, I just got sentimental thinking about my Grandpa, he always loved these trucks and he wanted me to have one. He gave me a die-cast model of a '48 that sits in my office. Lots of people called him Popeye because he was short and had huge forearms. So the truck now has a name - "POPEYE". |
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That looks like a great start! Be careful cleaning up the mouse poop, that stuff is bad for you.
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sweet, looking forward to the Build AKA POPEYE !
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Looks solid, and you got a great deal on it to boot. I'm looking forward to seeing this truck come to life. Good luck.
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Great deal. Looks like a solid truck.
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Sweet....
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Word, this is a great find. I absolutely love pics of these in a stranded original state of position. Your cell takes awesome pics. I am very happy you got such a good deal, it is
such a good feeling. Also 52's to my knowledge didn't have the series number under the emblem because they were cutting back on metal during the war. So yeah if the title says 50' that sounds right. Also a 52 would have vent windows, assumning these parts aren't replacements. |
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Nice find! How much you find it for, if you dont mind me asking..
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he said 900
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I ran the trim tag last night from a link on Stovebolt and the serial # identifies it as a 1/2 ton 116" wheelbase built in Baltimore in May 1950. So I have a good trim tag AND title. Sweet.
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Nice an a nice price these days. Sounds like you have some good plans for it too.
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yeah, i slacked on reading.. sorry. |
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Nice find, i agree, that will be a sweet way to get the truck built, love wide whites
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I want to paint the dash, firewall, wheels and maybe roof with some kind of metalflake blue, like marina blue with some silver flake or maybe darker. And maybe a blue mexican blanket seat. That would be it for color. Something like this scheme but of course with the black exterior:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0t3lOg3-1...Q-L_detail.jpg What do you think? |
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Drool!!!!!!
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awesome, i love it
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hey, your pretty close to me. (couple hours)
anyways why, may i ask, are you going with the 700r4 instead of the 4l60e or even 4l80e? i assume when you say 5.3l that your talking about a late model LM7 instead of a carbed 327 sbc. if not, then disreguard my post :) |
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Great find and best yet, a great price.
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I'm not too picky, for instance if I found a great rear end cheap that has say 3.08 gears, then I'd just throw a TH 350 in there. |
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Looks like a great truck to start the project with...good luck!!
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