In New York of all places.
My buddy has this old '54 or '55 First Series Chevy 2-ton truck with no cargo body on it. He got it for the '57 motor in it. The body is not too bad. I happened to notice that where the blue-grey paint is coming off, there were some decals on the doors. So I looked at them up close and recognized "Southern Pacific Lines" with the track going into the sunset in the middle. Because of the size and the condition, it has to be genuine. I was floored, to say the least. The grey might even be SP paint done when it was sold off, but who knows.
Anyhow, he was thinking about scrapping it. No one's been too interested, it takes up a lot of space, and scrap is up right now where he might get decent money for it.
Now if he does I'll try to keep the cab and nose from it - they make a kit now to put the '48-'54 Chevy cabs onto an S10 frame. I think it would make a neat hot rod, with some 1/2 ton front fenders on it - I wouldn't even repaint it, just clean up the decals and try to rub off more of the grey.
But I thought I should post on here somewhere and find out if any historical organization is interested in the truck. It's a very long single rear axle type, with dual wheels. There appears to be a hydraulic or PTO unit under the cab. Not sure what it may have had for a body in the back - too long for a dump truck. It's big enough and long enough a rollback type car carrier would fit on it and leave room for a sleeper ahead of it.
In the east it's near impossible to find real, vintage railroad trucks. Out west it may not be so, given that things rust a lot less. So it may or may not be rare.
Does anyone know where I could ask around about this?
Here's a couple photos from last winter - the doors are solid, the floors are good, there is some rust on the back seam of the cab, but it's really good given how cars rot in this state.
Thanks -
My buddy has this old '54 or '55 First Series Chevy 2-ton truck with no cargo body on it. He got it for the '57 motor in it. The body is not too bad. I happened to notice that where the blue-grey paint is coming off, there were some decals on the doors. So I looked at them up close and recognized "Southern Pacific Lines" with the track going into the sunset in the middle. Because of the size and the condition, it has to be genuine. I was floored, to say the least. The grey might even be SP paint done when it was sold off, but who knows.
Anyhow, he was thinking about scrapping it. No one's been too interested, it takes up a lot of space, and scrap is up right now where he might get decent money for it.
Now if he does I'll try to keep the cab and nose from it - they make a kit now to put the '48-'54 Chevy cabs onto an S10 frame. I think it would make a neat hot rod, with some 1/2 ton front fenders on it - I wouldn't even repaint it, just clean up the decals and try to rub off more of the grey.
But I thought I should post on here somewhere and find out if any historical organization is interested in the truck. It's a very long single rear axle type, with dual wheels. There appears to be a hydraulic or PTO unit under the cab. Not sure what it may have had for a body in the back - too long for a dump truck. It's big enough and long enough a rollback type car carrier would fit on it and leave room for a sleeper ahead of it.
In the east it's near impossible to find real, vintage railroad trucks. Out west it may not be so, given that things rust a lot less. So it may or may not be rare.
Does anyone know where I could ask around about this?
Here's a couple photos from last winter - the doors are solid, the floors are good, there is some rust on the back seam of the cab, but it's really good given how cars rot in this state.
Thanks -
