One of the upcoming projects for the shop is a very original and solid Divco milk truck. The rust issues are limited to some very minor spots just behind the doors at the bottom of the body. Today, some strong storms rolled through the area with tornado watches all over. The Divco owner called me shortly afterward to let me know the scope of the work has changed somewhat... They should have the barn removed from the truck in the next week or so, I'll get a better ***essment then...
Hey... I think the divco won that battle... Still Looks very fixable... Too Bad it happened to obviously such a nice truck though... But could have been much worse.
It's actually pretty impressive how little damage it has. Must be pretty well built trucks. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
some damage not much . Could have been worse and destroyed the front end shell . just has a little more dents to take out of it . you might want to supervise the removal of the building .
I'd work on getting it out now. I'd vertically chainsaw that wall panel leanining on the Divco immediately in front and in back of the truck. Then rip it into a couple of 10' wide panels, hook a tow strap to the the double top plate and pull it straight out away from the Divco with a truck or tractor. If the cleanup crew rescue's the boat first without splitting that long wall, the Divco will wear the entire weight of the wall which wouldn't be good.
This is not good, the second build collapse thread today with projects under the debris. Work safe on the rescue. Bob
That really ****s , you try to save vehicles from the elements. Then the building that's supposed to protect them comes down causing major damage to the vehicles.
The truck appears to be a extremely nice example of what Devco offered and not a total rust bucket like many..it's a shame the barn collapsed on it but as others have pointed out it could have been much worse. Keep us updated. HRP
The truck only had two small spots of rust in the bottom of the panel just behind the side doors, about the best Divco I've seen. I was really looking forward to this one as it was so solid, unlike most of the repairs I get. Made me sick to see it yesterday, that roof was perfect.
Having followed your metal work on the wagon there is not a doubt in my mind you will have the Devco looking as good as new,maybe not as quick as you had projected it to be but I know it will e first cl*** when completed. HRP
While that would be unique, the owner has his sights on an original restoration. Well the Divco has been removed from the barn rubble so I went and got a better overview of the damage. To give a perspective, this is the truck..... The only damage that needed repair prior to the barn blowing over, were these two rust spots, the first in front of the p***enger side door, and the second, the bubbling coming through just in front of the driver's door... Other than that, natta, zilch. The roof was perfect, all the other panels were perfect, just needed paint. Here's the extent of the storm/barn damage, starting at the driver's front corner.. Hood.... Drivers A-post at the windshield, also about peeled off the mirror.... Panel in front of driver's door... Driver's door buckled at hinge.... Bracket and door track that supports the driver's door... Also note outward buckle behind the driver's door at the top.. Drip rail and door stop on rear..... P***enger rear corner.... Roof.... Ceiling panels and supports.... The p***enger side seems to have gone virtually un****hed. Looks like we have our work cut out for us...
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