COE COE Picture thread (imported from main board)

Like it, what chassis you useing?

 

The joys of winter......

 

i hope you have more pics of this bus, its cool man

 

Here's the latest orphan to join the family

 

Thought I would throw an updated pic of mine since I finished the flatbed


Used 46 Ford big truck front fenders that I modified to make into what you see.

 

The rounded corners on the new flatbed make it look like a factory bed from the fifties very nice.Stance on the truck is just right too.

 

I am usin a 73 Chevy crewcab longbed dually with a 454. the F6 was a Belgium army truck 4x4

 

Don't you want to send your "orphan" to a loving home in SC? I need this truck!

What are your plans for it?

 

I got it started up on monday,needs the carb cleaning out though.Not bad considering its been parked up since the mid sixties.I'll probably just run it as it is until I have a donor chassis and the time to swap the cab onto a late model chassis.Should be fun to drive around locally as it is for a while

 

For those of you that are using a 1975-1991 Chevy Crew Cab Dually donor frame, what are you doing to change to the more vertical steering column angle for the COE? Repositioning the stock steering box or replacing it altogether with something else? I'm curious what steering box and pitman arm the 1T Chevy Van of the same era use?

 

I am planning to use an chevy van steeringbox,and then a tiltsteering kolom but I have to shorten it and use some u-joinst or else I have a odd steeringwheel stance. I also used the original hydro brake booster setup ,I will have to fab a new brakepedal.As I still leave the 454 in the front I have a little clearance problems for the pedals.
udate soon.

 

I have made on my 72 1/2t GMC Chassis A 86 Chevy Van steering box and****istance steering point. They ar mounted each 14mm outward of the chassis.
I have 3 U-joints and A brearing where the steering schaft gows through the floor. The tilt steering collum is shortend 5".
The steering is pervect and I have lots of lege room.
Fore photos look om this site;
http://rides.webshots.com/album/305656139MAggzN

Greetings Diedelson

 

first thing I did on mine was to lower the floor and extend the firewall, easy on mine as have mid mounted engine and box makes lots of room for the chop

 

Hey guys very cool thread! I have a 1954 chev COE complete body all in exelent shape! I built a 9'' stock looking box for it with running boards and extra wide 54 rear fenders. All I have is the complete body box and all related pcs. plus a bunch of spares. Would be willing to part with it! Any takers ??!! Contact me if interested and I will get you more info / pics.

Thanks Grant

 

Well, I know what I'll be dreamin about tonight.... my new COE concrete line pump truck!

 

Sioux Falls South Dakota Craigslisting as found on FTE 48-60 board:
1940 Marmon Herrington crew cab COE!!! how's that for rare?!?!
little hacked up, but the price pretty well reflects it...
http://sd.craigslist.org/cto/1005976688.html
not mine - no affiliation, aside from respectin' this original 4x4 crew cab coe.
JML

 

This photo of Ed Schartmans early funny car just popped up on the drag car thread....BUT look at what's behind it.
Dave Koffel's Flintstone Flyer ramp truck with the Mother of all COE conversations.
Wonder if it's still around? Anyone around Massillion, Ohio have any info?

 

I thought this '35 Ford looked kinda wicked.

 

Must have been sold already becausse the seller deleted his ad already.

 

Reminds me of the London Routemaster that was double chopped by the "Smoke City Wheelers" in the UK back in the day...

 

You didn't save pics by chance did you?

Steve

 

I am not steve but do have the pics from the truck. Have A copy of the ad to if you neet more info.

Greeting Diedelson

 

It was only chopped on the top deck, 1st floor was full size

 

thanks Koos, you're on it. if it had been a '53-'56 Ford, I'd have had it saved...
thats the truck, HemiSteve.
JML

 

Thanks guys - looks cool.

Steve

 

Looks like an International - see the tripple diamond logo above the grille? If it's what I think it is, I believe it has the driver's side door swinging normally while the passenger door is a suicide style - from the factory! Pretty cool.

 

great to see all the sweet coes. heres one in the works. set back dry sumped, 4bt****mins under the seat. tilt cab. still a long ways off.

 

Now that's gonna be unique; should get great fuel mileage with the little****mins, too.
Nice work.
Keep us posted.....
Robb

 

I finally got the GMC 702 V12 / 4L80E combo mounted in my '50 model.