buds truck

yup, what he said.

very nice indeed. Bud:D

:D:D:D my kinda humor. Made my day. Bud

wow, nice work!!

R.I.P Norm.

SIGH, if it would only follow me home and mommy would let me keep it. I would LOVE to own that. What a beaut.

The color looks like the color I painted my 49 Plymouth with. Yours looks great. Love the color. Bud

too cool, keep us posted

I went and looked at the pics in his profile album. Now THAT is an interesting truck. what kind of a bed is on the green one? I like it. Keep up the pics, just let us know where you are putting them!!!! Bud :D

ahh, I thought maybe he was working on his white truck in the snow.....

for the man who has everything.....(uh huh). Tim, whatcha gonna do with all these toys?

ain't nothin sweeter than hearing an old engine fire up for the first time in a long time. Congrats. Bud

Mike, since I am suiciding the doors on my 53, I am sure I have the check strap for you. Bud

Tim, thanks for being sooooo patient with me with all my questions on my motor rebuild. Your expertise is huge and so is your heart. I appreciate you. Bud

Yeah, what he said. If you can't find the posts or threads, let me know and I will get them to you. Bud

nice truck. I have my 53 cab on a 91 dakota frame, not a hard swap considering. good luck and welcome. Bud

Ok, here we go, I have a 53 half ton short/tall box sitting on a 1991 Dakota frame with a 1968 318 that has 1984 heads. whew......

Ok, so I tackled the task of shortening the chev tilt column for my 53 Truck this weekend with great results. I had a mid 70's impala tilt column that I wanted to use, but it was too long, the Dakota column was about the same length but would have had the correct connections to the Dakota rack and pinion that is connected to the Dakota frame that is under the 53. What I decided to do is use the best of both worlds. I used the Chev column, but when I cut the outer, middle and center shafts off the Chev column, I replaced them with shortend dakota parts. Now I basically have a chev top end and a dodge bottom end. All 3 of the pieces I needed to shorten on the chev were the same size around as the Dodge. This way I was also able to use the dakota floor mount (since I have a Dakota floor in it too). after I build a column mount for the dash, I will upload a pic or two. Bud

It had been advertised for about a month on craigslist in Bellingham. I waited till the price dropped to a more workable amount, made an offer and brought her home. By the way, Tim, I have sent you a couple of pm's. Bud

Picked it up last night, It's a 1970 Shasta Campact trailer restored and ready to go. Price was right too. Hope to have the 53 ready this summer to pull it. Bud

picture e mailed to you, Jack

I have the whole set up, pm me if interested. Bud

I am soooo impressed with your work on the bed. I love the front fender lips on the bedsides. I am doing a full custom on my 53 and am looking forward to seeing more of yours as you progress. Bud

"Oh yes,.. Hemi's pay double, and yellow trucks get in free." great, I know I won't have the truck painted by then, I guess I will need to spray bomb it yellow just to save the cost of admission.... or do you guys pay to see plum crazy purple trucks??

nice looking truck. You should be proud.