55.2-59 BARN FIND 1957 Chevy NAPCO 1/2 ton SHORT bed

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Hey guys - looky what I just found to play with - a real, unmolested running & driving and fully operational 1957 Chevrolet NAPCO 4x4 short bed truck. This truck was originally ordered by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to be used installing electric lines and poles and the 2nd owner retired from TVA so he had bought it from TVA in the 60's and kept it until he passed back in the 90's and it has sat in a dry barn ever since. It has a cool PTO powered winch mounted in front of the rear end with a fairlead setup attached under the tailgate - despite the winch still working fine, he had removed the cable and installed a rear bumper for daily driving. So everything works - 235 engine runs great, 4 speed shifts good, new brake lines and wheel seals etc all installed and I have not driven it in 4WD yet, but it does engage into 4WD and appear to work.

It is so untouched minus the radio hole whack job and red paint applied many moons ago, and the entire drivetrain is 100% untouched - no monkey work or modified stuff under there. but it does not have its original 16" single piece 6 lug 3-clip rims - I need to locate a correct 15", 16" or 17.5" set of the correct NAPCO 4x4 rims and hubcaps too for that matter, so if any of you know someone who can help, please let me know - Thank you