Whiteys 31 P.U. Looking like its 1959, YES!!!!!

Really nice truck, you hit a home run.

 

Cool truck ! and the history too ! dang !

 

AWESOME!...I love that truck.

 

Your P/U is absolutely perfect...real nice job!

 

very nice great stance

 

PERFECTION, its my new wallpaper on my computer now

 

Very very cool ride.

 

Was that on e-bay a few years back & a small spot in Street Rodder??...Regardless, its a kool lil truck....Just driving me nuts cause it seems like i've seen it somewhere...

 

yes it was on ebay som e time ago
It also was owned by a fellow HAMBr.
Street roddr?

 

man that tears my nuts right out!! DAMN that's killer

 

Somebody need's to fill that thing with water before someone fall's in and get's hurt.
But seriously very nice truck, enjoy the extended warm month's of cruising.

 

The truck rules, and that bowl is freakin' sick!

 

Whitey,

Yes ... My dad started building the original "HEMI32" in 1954 ... the pic in my (old) avatar:



... was taken when my dad was in college (University of North Dakota) ... circa 1957.

My father (aka "Duece Bruce" Olson) passed away in October 1990. I became care-taker of "HEMI32" on my 32nd birthday (1993).

Several other HAMBers have PMed me to say that they are building a car similar to my father's coupe ... Pop's would be flattered ... but you all should know that the inspiration for his car was actually Lynn Yakel's 5-window ... as featured on page 72 & 73 of "Hot Rods TREND BOOK NO. 102" (1951):





... albeit pops chose to run a Chrysler Hemi vice a flat motor like the Merc in Yakel's.


Anyway ... we're getting way off topic here [but at least I didn't post any pics of skate parks here in sunny Cali ] ...

Pop's would have loved your 31 P.U.!!! ... In fact, every year at the Goodguy's West Coast Nats (Pleasanton, Ca), I pick a car for the "Bruce Olson Memorial Award" ... your 31 is just the type of Bitchin' (traditional and/or survivor) car that I pick in honor of my late father.

 

No wonder your truck 's come out so clean,you got some major hotrod history going on there.Nice one

 

As they say, the devil is in the details. Very, very clean...awesome job!

 

Beautiful truck, good to see her back on the road.

 

anyone pm me with info on how to post large photos
have cannon digital camera
mac power book
photobucket account
still I am stumped
I used to be good at this, I swear.

 

your fired...hahahahah

 

take two

 

Thanks Evel

 

i love it!

that being said, my girlfriend is the kind of woman who thinks that cars have to be modern for her to be seen in them (thats the ONLY thing i do not like about her)......she was in here whan i looked at this earlier and i was joking with her and was like "if i had that, would you be seen in it" and she was like "yah, but thats just a play toy, you dont need something like that"

 

hey man
so your gal would be seen in it.
TED the origional builders gal SANDRA would be seen in it.
now that only leaves me to find a gal that would be seen in it.
hahaha

 

nice truck whitey,all you need is a surf board sicking out the back and your all set!

 

every morning I'm in the water man.
that was a big factor in my move to wilmington.
good uncrowded waves.

 

I love your truck, and its fenderless, Where are all the fenderless truck bashers that say these were never around "back in the day" Those old pics and that truck prove them all wrong. That truck is awesome!! thanks for sharing them and good luck with your move.

 

fenderless bashing begins after 1934.
you didnt get the memo.
hahaha

 

I never get those memos! I will have to talk to my secretary.

 

i have seriously been considering building something like this for a parts hauler, am debating between soemthing along these lines, basically the same but as a RPU, or just building my 56 chevy as a shop truck...

the bed would be small if i went this route, but i could always build a small trailer to haul larger stuff on....

 

take these pics off of the computer ..i'm getting less done than normal ..that truck is great ..i keep staring...and keep staring ...