Bad ass man.. great build.. doesn't need to be restored, love it just the way it is.. the way a truck should be.. I got a 69 dodge Sweptline shortbed.. used to be and Air force truck.. I'm going to go the same direction you did.. thanks for the inspriration.. keep up the great work.. keep American work trucks running!! 👍
Absolutely love your truck. Wish I had mine back. 1950 Chevrolet three-quarter ton. Purchased in 1973. Installed a new short block and drove it everywhere. Drove it to Seattle from Portland on interstate five at 50 miles an hour. It got 13 miles per gallon loaded with a cord of firewood, 13 miles unloaded, 13 miles in town, and 13 miles on the open highway. In 18 years it only broke down once and that was when the coil went bad. Not the trucks fault. Thank you for bringing yours back to life.
I can't get the image of the guy HAMMERING the cylinder sleeves into the block out of my head. That was a classic 'don't do this' move that no serious engine builder would ever do. Every engine shop I ever encountered used differential hot/cold and a large precision press for sleeves. The rest of this build has been great fun! So nice to see it moving on its own.
Congrats Davin! Those AD Chevy pickups were always my favorite and it makes me happy to see this one back on the road again. I had the '54 series 1 in the same green color. Every time I took it out I'd get a lot of thumbs up and guys who would want to look it over and talk about it. I had to sell it last year because we were moving, but thankfully a good friend who is a real gearhead bought it and made it even better than when I had it. The good thing is that when he bought it, he gave me "visitation rights".
I'm close to 70. When I was a kid Farm country was full of these old trucks! Both stored and running! Great to see you "resurrect" this old girl. BRAVO! For a few years my Dad regularly drove a 1937 Chevy pickup to work.
Amazing, it's so emotional to see it back on the road, all the hard work pay's off & seeing it running again puts smiles on everybody's face😉 Great work Davin👍 Stay Safe❤
It's beautiful to see this truck being brought back to life. The engine sound typical of its time. It gives the chills to think about owning one like it!
That's the best feeling, driving it for the first time in how long since it last ran! I did that when I got my 40 Ford pickup running again, had no charging system, no foundation brakes, and a 5 gallon nurse tank on the passenger side floorboard pulling fuel right thru the firewall feeding the flathead. Used the e brake and downshifting to slow her down, not a lot of traffic where I am, what a blast! My pickup bed has no floor in it either.
Wow! You must have been proud. That is an amazing feeling to get an old truck to run again. Congratulations. i know this is an old series but it still felt good to see you get it going. I have a 1963 Lincoln Continental. It took me years to get it going but I can finally drive it now.
Sweet old truck! The motor was beautiful when you got done. I'm 43, I remember my dad had 50s chevy similar to that when I was about 5or6 years old. So about 1985-1986, it was my grandfather's old truck. It was an inline 6, and I remember dad saying it was geared so low, it would pull very good. I remeber him and my uncle taking it to my uncles garage and painting it a candy red.
flyonbyya It had the old split rims and some of the hubcaps when it was dug out. Maybe they were too far gone, or too much of a pain for the benefit, but I was kind of hoping to see them back on.
Hiya Davin- I can sense the genuine excitement here just by the look on your face in the video! Following this resurrection reminds me of finding an old late 30s GMC flatbed in the forest as a kid in the mid 90s. Hopping on our bikes and riding out there to play around on it became a regular pastime until we decided that we were going to fix it up... that involved emptying out dad's toolbox into our backpacks and lugging it out there into the forested wilderness. Today I realize that it wasn't that great of a distance but back then it sure did! Most of our fixing up was really just a lot of taking apart and tinkering; seeing that old manifold mounted horn really sets that memory in mind for me. Anyway, good times, and looking forward to more great videos.
i accepted your challenge of getting into shop on old project. 1977 v-6 231 buick which sat for 24 years. i drove it out of shop last week. interior is all that is left to do. thanks for motovation. no drag racing so i had to work on something.
I actually created an account so I could comment on this venture. You guys are doing the right stuff and I am truly grateful. I'm looking forward to seeing it on the road in town. Congratulations! I hope to have a similar story to my Great Grandpa's 51' Mercury coup that lived it's life in the same area. Last registered in 77'. Moved to one garage to the other on it's own power in 91' in Buckley on Davis Rd. Will drive it by when it's driving. -Jon-
That was awesome, I think you did just enough to make it great again, fresh motor, new radiator, no gas leaks and a solid suspension with fresh brakes, even fixed the lights, what more does a guy need. Can't wait to see it with the bed floor in, great job
This is the best build. For a time I was so into perfect deuce coupes, but they became a dime a dozen in fiberglass with the ubiquitous 350/350 combo. It became boring. Then there were rat rods and then they became crazy. THIS is a real build that I love the best. Thx guys.
Looks good, brings back memories went on a 600 mile trip in the back of one, my Dad and his friend in front and my sister and I in back sitting on pillows and hay with a blanket to cover us, this was in the early 50's lucky for my sis and I it did not rain.
Sweet old truck! The motor was beautiful when you got done. I'm 43, I remember my dad had 50s chevy similar to that when I was about 5or6 years old. So about 1985-1986, it was my grandfather's old truck. It was an inline 6, and I remember dad saying it was geared so low, it would pull very good. I reme5him and my uncle taking it to my uncles garage and painting it a candy red.
Thankyou Davin for all these how to videos. I have the exact same truck and its back on the road. Your videos gave me insight as to how easy or how hard it would be. Luckily my truck wasn't in as bad a shape. The rims were the most difficult to find to replace the split rims the were on it. The tie rod made it difficult to get the right backset. Thank you again.
Better than ANY show queen truck at a Meekum auction. You given this truck a new start in life. A credit to all involved. Thanks for sharing this trucks new journey with us. 🤙🤙🤙
i love that truck! here in Argentin, and sudamerica in general, it's a lot more difficult to get the parts so we do things the same way you did it with most of the old cars, and not that old, jaja.
That was a great moment to witness. Been following since it was drug out of the composting leaves. Now, mechanically speaking, it’s the proverbial Brick Hitshouse!
Congratulations. You are one talented guy and it is great to see the old Chevy rolling again. Hopefully we can see the Buick with its refurbished engine on its way to completion.
Davin, I had to kinda chuckle when when you sat in the truck after installing the seat. Couple years back I found an old International pickup locally. Very decent project condition, price reasonable, and I favor the oddball marques. Climbed all over and underneath, all looking pretty good. Then I sat in it.... Or rather, TRIED to sit in it! I go 6'5" and about 235 lbs., and I'm sittin' there with the steering wheel jammed into my chest, legs all splayed out and looking at some serious contortions to reach any of the pedals. All I could think was "Damn, I don't remember these being this tiny!"
Finally she´s alive and rolling again! Gave me goosebumps when she came out the garage on it´s own power. Great job guys and Davin, hope see more progress on the straight 8 Buick!!
So cool Davin. Thanks for doing this series. I have the very same truck and am working on it with the same vision. Can't believe I stumbled across this build. :)
I had a 1950 Chev pickup when I was young. The two things I really liked about it were the two controls on the dash. One was manual choke and the other was throttle. You could pull the throttle control oout and you didn't have to use the foot feed. Kinda like an early cruise control.
In 1973 I traded a days labor for a fairly trashed '53 5 window 3600 pickup, so much like this one it's scary. I eventually got it running and drove it for year or so. Funny, it was only a 20 year old truck back then but it was every bit as trashed as this one. I had access to a friend's garage with beadblaster and hot tank and people who actually knew about rebuilding an engine (which I didn't) so it was a great learning experience although I did a very lackluster job having almost no money to buy parts. Then I sold it and the engine blew up only a few weeks later, so I threaded the needle on that one.
hahaha, Thats awesome sir Davin, first day alive and runnin' again and to work in the same day, its a very profitable build. Congratulations. Nice job sir, salute. watching here in Philippines.
Finally! I’ve been pacing the halls like a dad in the maternity ward waiting for the bonnet to go on. Fantastic to watch the whole series, well done to all. And welcome back to life for probably the most famous pick up in the world 👍
Rescuing these bits of history is one of the greatest thing man can do with his time. The job you folks did on the motor is fantastic.
Bad ass man.. great build.. doesn't need to be restored, love it just the way it is.. the way a truck should be.. I got a 69 dodge Sweptline shortbed.. used to be and Air force truck.. I'm going to go the same direction you did.. thanks for the inspriration.. keep up the great work.. keep American work trucks running!! 👍
Absolutely love your truck. Wish I had mine back. 1950 Chevrolet three-quarter ton. Purchased in 1973. Installed a new short block and drove it everywhere. Drove it to Seattle from Portland on interstate five at 50 miles an hour. It got 13 miles per gallon loaded with a cord of firewood, 13 miles unloaded, 13 miles in town, and 13 miles on the open highway. In 18 years it only broke down once and that was when the coil went bad. Not the trucks fault. Thank you for bringing yours back to life.
I can't get the image of the guy HAMMERING the cylinder sleeves into the block out of my head. That was a classic 'don't do this' move that no serious engine builder would ever do. Every engine shop I ever encountered used differential hot/cold and a large precision press for sleeves. The rest of this build has been great fun! So nice to see it moving on its own.
Congrats Davin! Those AD Chevy pickups were always my favorite and it makes me happy to see this one back on the road again. I had the '54 series 1 in the same green color. Every time I took it out I'd get a lot of thumbs up and guys who would want to look it over and talk about it. I had to sell it last year because we were moving, but thankfully a good friend who is a real gearhead bought it and made it even better than when I had it. The good thing is that when he bought it, he gave me "visitation rights".
I'm close to 70. When I was a kid Farm country was full of these old trucks! Both stored and running!
Great to see you "resurrect" this old girl. BRAVO!
For a few years my Dad regularly drove a 1937 Chevy pickup to work.
Amazing, it's so emotional to see it back on the road, all the hard work pay's off & seeing it running again puts smiles on everybody's face😉
Great work Davin👍
Stay Safe❤
Trucks!! Work is what they are for! Not luxury, not status symbols, just plain old work, what Americans have forgotten!!
It's beautiful to see this truck being brought back to life. The engine sound typical of its time. It gives the chills to think about owning one like it!
Something satisfying about seeing such an old vehicle running again. Very cool.
How totally cool is that!! Next up - wood slats for the rear deck, and an around-the-town road test. Can't wait.
Looks good glad to see it on the road again
Love to see this ol girl on the road again! Excellent job, love your channel!
Love it. Now I want to see the dash lights, directionals, heater, defogger, working.
That's the best feeling, driving it for the first time in how long since it last ran! I did that when I got my 40 Ford pickup running again, had no charging system, no foundation brakes, and a 5 gallon nurse tank on the passenger side floorboard pulling fuel right thru the firewall feeding the flathead. Used the e brake and downshifting to slow her down, not a lot of traffic where I am, what a blast! My pickup bed has no floor in it either.
This has been very interesting to watch this progression. Thank you for sharing everyone. 🇨🇦😎
Wow! Absolutely amazing! What a journey. Makes me so happy to see this truck out and about. One for the ages. Congratulations!
Wow! You must have been proud. That is an amazing feeling to get an old truck to run again. Congratulations. i know this is an old series but it still felt good to see you get it going. I have a 1963 Lincoln Continental. It took me years to get it going but I can finally drive it now.
Sweet old truck! The motor was beautiful when you got done. I'm 43, I remember my dad had 50s chevy similar to that when I was about 5or6 years old. So about 1985-1986, it was my grandfather's old truck. It was an inline 6, and I remember dad saying it was geared so low, it would pull very good. I remeber him and my uncle taking it to my uncles garage and painting it a candy red.
Give that man a raise!
I’ve watched every episode of this build...super cool production!
My one and only critique....needs the rusty old wheels
Yes . Those white wheels look terrible
I agree! At least spray bomb them flat black. They belong on a utility trailer, out of place on this truck to me.
flyonbyya It had the old split rims and some of the hubcaps when it was dug out. Maybe they were too far gone, or too much of a pain for the benefit, but I was kind of hoping to see them back on.
Maybe they are yet to be cleaned up
@@88SC that and they're fucking dangerous if not worked in properly
Hiya Davin- I can sense the genuine excitement here just by the look on your face in the video! Following this resurrection reminds me of finding an old late 30s GMC flatbed in the forest as a kid in the mid 90s. Hopping on our bikes and riding out there to play around on it became a regular pastime until we decided that we were going to fix it up... that involved emptying out dad's toolbox into our backpacks and lugging it out there into the forested wilderness. Today I realize that it wasn't that great of a distance but back then it sure did! Most of our fixing up was really just a lot of taking apart and tinkering; seeing that old manifold mounted horn really sets that memory in mind for me. Anyway, good times, and looking forward to more great videos.
It's impressive to see people have that much skill, knowledge and abilities.
Great job !
Blessings.
The truck is awesome, great job on this build, looking forward to seeing the bed finished.
Would love to see a video on fitting and adjusting that hood. TH-cam doesn’t have much to offer to get this done.
eu estou com dificuldades tambem
Ditto
i accepted your challenge of getting into shop on old project. 1977 v-6 231 buick which sat for 24 years. i drove it out of shop last week. interior is all that is left to do. thanks for motovation. no drag racing so i had to work on something.
I actually created an account so I could comment on this venture.
You guys are doing the right stuff and I am truly grateful. I'm looking forward to seeing it on the road in town. Congratulations!
I hope to have a similar story to my Great Grandpa's 51' Mercury coup that lived it's life in the same area. Last registered in 77'. Moved to one garage to the other on it's own power in 91' in Buckley on Davis Rd. Will drive it by when it's driving.
-Jon-
Thanks for watching, Jon!
That was awesome, I think you did just enough to make it great again, fresh motor, new radiator, no gas leaks and a solid suspension with fresh brakes, even fixed the lights, what more does a guy need. Can't wait to see it with the bed floor in, great job
Thanks for posting and sharing! Glad you all got it back running.
This is the best build. For a time I was so into perfect deuce coupes, but they became a dime a dozen in fiberglass with the ubiquitous 350/350 combo. It became boring. Then there were rat rods and then they became crazy. THIS is a real build that I love the best. Thx guys.
This project brought back memories of riding in my Grandfathers old Chevrolet pickup. Same body style with the starter button on the floor.
Looks good, brings back memories went on a 600 mile trip in the back of one, my Dad and his friend in front and my sister and I in back sitting on pillows and hay with a blanket to cover us, this was in the early 50's lucky for my sis and I it did not rain.
Sweet old truck! The motor was beautiful when you got done. I'm 43, I remember my dad had 50s chevy similar to that when I was about 5or6 years old. So about 1985-1986, it was my grandfather's old truck. It was an inline 6, and I remember dad saying it was geared so low, it would pull very good. I reme5him and my uncle taking it to my uncles garage and painting it a candy red.
I'm buying a 50 chev pickup stored for a while, thanks for the great information. So very cool, helped me to make up my mind!!!
That is what you call a labor of love, beautiful job😁
What a sweetie . Beautiful job . Looks like she is ready to serve another lifetime or two
Loved watching this project! The truck turned out fantastic. Love the look
Thankyou Davin for all these how to videos. I have the exact same truck and its back on the road. Your videos gave me insight as to how easy or how hard it would be. Luckily my truck wasn't in as bad a shape. The rims were the most difficult to find to replace the split rims the were on it. The tie rod made it difficult to get the right backset. Thank you again.
It was great to see the old truck on the road again. Great job.
As you say got it working and looking very cool doing it !!
That's a beautiful truck guys, Davin you are a true master mechanic, keep it up guys!
Better than ANY show queen truck at a Meekum auction. You given this truck a new start in life. A credit to all involved. Thanks for sharing this trucks new journey with us. 🤙🤙🤙
Love those old trucks my dad had one for many years
This is brilliant, to have seen it on barn find hunters buried to its axles to now see it driving on the road, best series !
I'm so glad you kept the original engine.
i love that truck! here in Argentin, and sudamerica in general, it's a lot more difficult to get the parts so we do things the same way you did it with most of the old cars, and not that old, jaja.
Hola!!
Yo te consigo piezas aca en USA.
Call necesitas???
I got such a kick out of this project! Watched it all the way from when you pulled it out of the field! Great work, great project!
I wouldn’t change a thing the way you have it now thanks for sharing
You guys are amazing! Outstanding job! God has blessed you with the talent, skill and ability to bring things back to life. Beautiful.
Thank you for keeping old girl as original as possible absolutely nailed it !!
That was a great moment to witness. Been following since it was drug out of the composting leaves. Now, mechanically speaking, it’s the proverbial Brick Hitshouse!
this is my favorite truck build on youtube. Would like to see more of this .
Congrats Davin. One Hell of a job!
Wow that's a real smooth running eng... So quiet!!!
Very cool! New life for an old truck.
That’s the best parting starting and first drive
Can’t stop smiling
Well done guys
Totally frigging awesome job. So pleasing to see the 'ol girl' coming out of retirement & back to work.
Congratulations. You are one talented guy and it is great to see the old Chevy rolling again. Hopefully we can see the Buick with its refurbished engine on its way to completion.
I think once you get the little things worked out as on any project like this and the wood bed installed it'll be a sweet ride in anyone's book!
Another one back on the road. Thank you Davin!
This is my favorite series you've ever done
My grandpa had a 54 chevy pickup when he worked at the O'Conner Ranch down here in Texas. One day I wish I can give him one just like the one he had 🙂
Can't wait to see it around town! Nice job!
Davin, I had to kinda chuckle when when you sat in the truck after installing the seat.
Couple years back I found an old International pickup locally. Very decent project condition, price reasonable, and I favor the oddball marques.
Climbed all over and underneath, all looking pretty good. Then I sat in it.... Or rather, TRIED to sit in it!
I go 6'5" and about 235 lbs., and I'm sittin' there with the steering wheel jammed into my chest, legs all splayed out and looking at some serious contortions to reach any of the pedals.
All I could think was "Damn, I don't remember these being this tiny!"
Have you found an old truck that does have room? I'm wondering which ones favour a taller guy.
Another great video
Beautiful to see an old workhorse doing it's thing once again.
Excellent work Davin and the crew !!
I've loved following this project
That's the truck I learned to drive in....I was 6-7 years old and we used to feed bales to the cows with it.
Dear Davin,
I really enjoyed the experience of following your project and especially seeing it come back to life! Still other stories like this 👍👍!
This series was so awesome! I really enjoyed it!
Finally she´s alive and rolling again! Gave me goosebumps when she came out the garage on it´s own power. Great job guys and Davin, hope see more progress on the straight 8 Buick!!
So cool Davin. Thanks for doing this series. I have the very same truck and am working on it with the same vision. Can't believe I stumbled across this build. :)
I had a 1950 Chev pickup when I was young. The two things I really liked about it were the two controls on the dash. One was manual choke and the other was throttle. You could pull the throttle control oout and you didn't have to use the foot feed. Kinda like an early cruise control.
Good for you, Davin! I remember the feeling...
That was such a great project!! I hope there are more in the near future!!
What a great posemobile. Great engine work.
That truck is so rad.
Congrats, great work. I love it.
In 1973 I traded a days labor for a fairly trashed '53 5 window 3600 pickup, so much like this one it's scary. I eventually got it running and drove it for year or so. Funny, it was only a 20 year old truck back then but it was every bit as trashed as this one. I had access to a friend's garage with beadblaster and hot tank and people who actually knew about rebuilding an engine (which I didn't) so it was a great learning experience although I did a very lackluster job having almost no money to buy parts. Then I sold it and the engine blew up only a few weeks later, so I threaded the needle on that one.
Hell yes!! I been waiting for this day!! I love them old trucks!! It has took awhile but its moves under it's own power!!
Oh... I do love these trucks!!!!
Very cool, bringing that old girl, back to life, stay the course , very very cool
I wish I was 1/10 the mechanic that Davin is. I am in awe of your talents good sir!
Man, I love that truck!
Total dream job.... Way to go Davin bruh !
Good job been a long old road sounds great 👍👍
Sweet, my dad had a 52 GMC in 1964 we had till we moved to NC, even at 12 yo I knew that was a cool truck.
hahaha, Thats awesome sir Davin, first day alive and runnin' again and to work in the same day, its a very profitable build. Congratulations. Nice job sir, salute. watching here in Philippines.
Your an amazing mechanic, your blessed with the knowledge of mechanics, and bringing machines back to life.🙌👋👍
New shop! That looks awesome!
Nice job restoring and keeping her alive but I do think it's funny how tight it is inside these old vehicles
the truck is so happy now
These guys are genesis!
Finally! I’ve been pacing the halls like a dad in the maternity ward waiting for the bonnet to go on. Fantastic to watch the whole series, well done to all. And welcome back to life for probably the most famous pick up in the world 👍
This video become Most searching in instagram, great job davin
it has been fun to watch i have the regular cab version of same truck and i am a few steps ahead of this process
Sweet indeed. Congrats.
Nice Pick Up great job!
Greats from Northern Germany. I love the American car culture ❤️