Projects Father/son project -- frist drive (photos)

For those of you who follow my threads you know I like to take pictures and share them with everyone here. My father and I have been working on this 1950 Chevy 5 Window truck since before Christimas last year and today was the first time we were able to take it around the block and actually stop it. Stay tuned for the whole thread with this trucks story.

Heres a couple of shots, I was too excited to not share with my brothers in internal combustion.



Long ways from how its been......see below


Thanks and like I said,....stay tuned. I have a bunch of pictures and a good story on this old work horse.

 

All smiles tonight

 

sweet ole truck! congrats!

 

Those smiles are what it all about !,..... Congratulations !

 

When are you gonna notch it!?! HAHAHA! Good to see it on the road!

 

Sweet old truck. Thanks for sharing.

Not that you asked, but I vote get it running well and mostly leave it as is. I like the color and rear bumper, etc. Looks like it has some nice true old character.

 

lol^
Good stuff Dru.. Congrats...

 

Funny you should say that....when dad got the truck i brought over every magazine i had and showed him a bunch of trucks on here and he made the "digital guages" face. the "digital guages" face is an inside joke in our club...a fella we know who doesnt quite or didnt at the time time understand the traditional thing said to Bennie,..." Cool car,...you gonna put digital guages in it?" Bennie made a face like most of you would and just shook his head no.

So the plan is to polish out the paint and maybe put a chrome grill and bumper on it but leave it the way it is for awhile....all that info will be in the master thread soon to follow.

thanks for the response.

 

Way cool Dru! Wish i coulda been there for the first spin. Your dad looks stoked! That's what it's all about brother.

 

Very Kool truck and a couple of hot babes also

 

Awesome truck, looks like great times!

 

Great to see a family enjoys the shared efforts. This is what it is all about!! Congratulations!!

 

Nice project. It is great when families share common interests. My father helped me install a 4-speed in my 66 Chevelle when I was 16.

 

The smile on your Dad's face. . .that's what this is allllll about. . .

 

Nice Dru, I bet your dad was stoked to get out of that garage!

 

cool i got one of those....

 

I like how family oriented a good portion of the HAMB is. Very cool.

 

Here is a pic of my 15 year old learning to shift the 5 speed he helped install

We put the engine in together when he was 12

The father/kid thing is the best part of hotroddin'

 

I agree. I love these trucks in orange. I've been thinking about getting my old truck back.

 

Father /Son project say it all-Thanks for sharing

 

we are getting ready to polish it out....see how it looks. keeping it that color.

 

That's a nice color on your truck.. it's gonna look good polished..

 

Your Really lucky to have a DaD that shares your hobby.

But love my Dad all the same.

 

Great truck Dru, some dads are pretty cool, huh?
Just remember all those hoodlums from the '50s and the gear head hippies from the '60s are the grandpas of today.
It's amazing how many of these trucks I see every day around the Valley that are still doing the job they were built for, when I had my '51 it needed a solenoid, I went to Del's they had one on the shelf! they said there are still a lot of these old original trucks around still being used as trucks.
Congrats to you and your Dad...

 

thanks,...Dels had all the clutch stuff on the shelf for my 49. We need to do the clutch in this truck, too. Even in granny low it barely creeped up the driveway.