1942 Chevrolet Flatbed that ate My Brain

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The story starts in 2010 when I pulled this truck home for 1500 and a friends trailer that I almost broke because this thing is so heavy

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The interior is was alright and it ran

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I had dreams of what it could be, and this is where it started to eat my brain

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Or this

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In my neighborhood they decided to remove the roads, curbs, and driveway aprons. So the church down the street says "park your cars in our lot until the work is done". They didnt expect my truck in there yard so they had it towed away. I found out where it is and the guy says "no paper work no truck" I said no paper work huge time delay for you, getting it out of the tow yard. My friend has a yard and it takes 3 months for DMV to clear vehicles. Here is 200. and I left with it. I hauled to my newly acquired yard. If you look at other projects I have done you see the yard where I take apart the trucks. And here she is after I pulled the cab

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engine

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I think I was stronger then because the cab was no big deal to take off. I had acquired an original 1/2 ton frame and had new dreams of a small truck. The frame got 500 and the motor got 500 with trans

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I acquired a 40 took the bed for myself since it was an original GM bed parted out the rest

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Picked up a70 frame for free from a friend and my plans changed again. I could not believe the bumper bolted on and the running boards where in a good spot

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Put the cab on. I built a 305 motor for it. Put a 700r4 behind it and I was going

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Fit more pieces

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fenders fit ok

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frame cut for fenders

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modified radiator support to fit frame

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Grill is in and now its is a driving truck

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If you follow the other 42 project, I ended up selling it, so now I want a 1/2 ton again so it comes back in the shop to be disassembled. To go for the S10 project

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Disassemble

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The new 305 went into the 49 Merc and I added TBI

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Time to pull the cab

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Up she goes

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I have had this 89 rust van and finally quit driving it when the radiator blew

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So out the motor comes

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And she is out

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So I post a free van on craigslist and its gone in an hour. No paper work, No wire harness no engine or trans and I put bad rollers on it

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I set the motor in the 70 frame and it fits no problem. I pulled the plugs and they were very bad so I decided I better have the heads checked, because it over heated.