newshirt
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Bought this old ruster last year, and am just getting around to posting pics. 
It’s not exactly farm fresh anymore. I’ve posted a bunch of pics on various Facebook pages. The previous owner fixed it up, and now I am too. There are a bunch of farmer fixes and wrong parts. But I love everything about it! There are welds, chips, runs, bondo, patch panels, extra wires and weird add-ons… plus a narrow-gauge rail torched down to form a hitch. It’s a stump puller! Somebody painted over the chrome with silver paint, which has dulled to a charming chipping gray. Bubba chrome? The stock engine is in good shape. 3.78:1 differential. At 7,600 feet elevation, top speed is 55 downhill with a tailwind and leaning in… downshift at every hill… rattles your bones. When I got it, the gas tank was so full of crud you could dip it out with a spoon. I boiled and sealed the tank, repainted with a rattle can, and replaced every part of the fuel system. Now I’m going over the electrical…. rusted wires, stray wires, corroded connections, rusted-in distributor. Everything goes back to original until the mechanicals are in top order. But the welds, runs, chips and dents stay as-is. They are too awesome to fix!
Gas tank is stamped ’10 6 28’ and engine is October 9, 1928, but everything else is 29. Don’t know the frame stamp. Not an original Forest Service truck.
Hope you like!
It’s not exactly farm fresh anymore. I’ve posted a bunch of pics on various Facebook pages. The previous owner fixed it up, and now I am too. There are a bunch of farmer fixes and wrong parts. But I love everything about it! There are welds, chips, runs, bondo, patch panels, extra wires and weird add-ons… plus a narrow-gauge rail torched down to form a hitch. It’s a stump puller! Somebody painted over the chrome with silver paint, which has dulled to a charming chipping gray. Bubba chrome? The stock engine is in good shape. 3.78:1 differential. At 7,600 feet elevation, top speed is 55 downhill with a tailwind and leaning in… downshift at every hill… rattles your bones. When I got it, the gas tank was so full of crud you could dip it out with a spoon. I boiled and sealed the tank, repainted with a rattle can, and replaced every part of the fuel system. Now I’m going over the electrical…. rusted wires, stray wires, corroded connections, rusted-in distributor. Everything goes back to original until the mechanicals are in top order. But the welds, runs, chips and dents stay as-is. They are too awesome to fix!
Gas tank is stamped ’10 6 28’ and engine is October 9, 1928, but everything else is 29. Don’t know the frame stamp. Not an original Forest Service truck.
Hope you like!
