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47twoton · 04-20-2013, 01:44 PM

Howdy Truck Guy99,

OK, gotta fess up a new find (yesterday) that this is actually a 1946 (per the original title) stake bed truck. It's too new to the flock to have researched its pedigree, but the original title has the last name of the dude I bought it from...purportedly his granddad. Seems to match. Farm truck for carrying grain, with galvanized steel pan inserted into the bed. The front end has about twice the leaf springs as a stock 2-to. The sellers told me that was because it once had a boom up front for hoisting significant mass.

If I were a bone-stock purist, this would be a plausible restoration using the inline 6. My focus is on its potential for producing more work output with the 454 & taller tranny gearing. Original would be ok on the farm, but this ol' gal will see some highway time at some point.

04-20-2013, 01:44 PM	#40
47twoton Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Austin TX Posts: 9	Re: 46 Chevy 2-ton barn find/build Howdy Truck Guy99, OK, gotta fess up a new find (yesterday) that this is actually a 1946 (per the original title) stake bed truck. It's too new to the flock to have researched its pedigree, but the original title has the last name of the dude I bought it from...purportedly his granddad. Seems to match. Farm truck for carrying grain, with galvanized steel pan inserted into the bed. The front end has about twice the leaf springs as a stock 2-to. The sellers told me that was because it once had a boom up front for hoisting significant mass. If I were a bone-stock purist, this would be a plausible restoration using the inline 6. My focus is on its potential for producing more work output with the 454 & taller tranny gearing. Original would be ok on the farm, but this ol' gal will see some highway time at some point.