"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
06/09/2014 at 19:48 • Filed to: None
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"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
06/09/2014 at 19:48 • Filed to: None | 1
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So here is proof that I made it !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! home. I'm posting a photo I took of a car that I saw on my way to the client site in Detroit. I was gonna post this earlier but poor signal and work got in the way I almost complete forgot about it.
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Now, I'll be honest, I have no idea what this car is but it looks awesome. And I'm pretty sure the guy was driving 10 under the limit so everyone can marvel at this classic beauty.
Update: its' a '55 Belair, mystery solved.
Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
> zeontestpilot
06/09/2014 at 19:56 |
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That's a 55 belair with the JC Whitney spare tire, cool.
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zeontestpilot
> Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
06/09/2014 at 21:04 |
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Ha, thanks! When I saw it, I immediately thought "Chevy?", but wasn't sure.
camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/09/2014 at 22:08 |
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Actually that's a factory continental kit. The JC Whitney stuff just used the stock rear bumper and pulled it out far enough to clear the spare and then metal would fill the gap.
Looks like a well accessorized 4 door 55 bel air. Has the rocker trim, gas cap guard, door handle guards, visor, I can see the end guards on the front bumper so I bet it also has the grille guard, also the little side glass visors.
Very well restored 55 chevy. only problem is the extra set of doors.
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/09/2014 at 22:30 |
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I'm glad he was driving it. Such nice cars shouldn't be left in a garage to Rot away.
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camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/09/2014 at 22:33 |
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yeah my grandparents 55 chevy hasn't seen the road in over 5 years, I love those tri five chevys such good looking car.
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/09/2014 at 23:25 |
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If it makes you feel better, on my in-laws property there are two '67 mustangs that haven't seen the light of day since before my wife was born ('89), and a '32 ford model aa (dumptruck) that has been left to the elements for so many years...
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camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/09/2014 at 23:45 |
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I have a 33 ford pickup that I show a lot. you can take the cab, hood and grille and swap frames and you have a regular pickup. the 32-34s are roughly the same but 32 was the oddball of the 3 years.
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/10/2014 at 06:06 |
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Well I'll be honest, I believe it's a '32. I saw pics of that year and they looked the closest.
Actually, any and all vehicles on the property (yes there's more, I noted the highlights). I had to estimate the years from hearsay and taking pics and searching online for the closest one. The only thing I can't figure out is the year of the Harley bike. It's just a frame and engine.
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camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/10/2014 at 09:34 |
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that cab is a 33-34. the big giveaway is the firewall. see how at the middle to bottom of it, it pushes out? A 32 is just flat like all 32 fords. the easiest way then to tell a 33 from a 34 is on the back of the cab a 34 has a extra belt line added
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/10/2014 at 20:25 |
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A belt line, whats that?
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camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/10/2014 at 20:58 |
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the back of my 33 Pickup, look mainly under the rear window
back of a 34 cab, see the extra wide bump added under the rear window? that's the biggest difference in the cabs between 33-34 ford pickups
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/10/2014 at 21:30 |
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Its the best pic I have, but I don't see a belt. So it's a '33 from the looks of it.
Here's some pics of the bed. I included it because it is different from the pics shown above. It's also a dualie. Not sure what car the the pieces in the bed go to...
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camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/11/2014 at 00:57 |
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I see a 55 chevy grille in there. usually the bed on a truck was not a ford piece. Ford would sell the truck as a running truck with nothing on the back so it could be then added with whatever the truck was going to be.
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/11/2014 at 06:33 |
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Really? That's pretty awesome about the bed. And so that's a '55 Chevy grill...curious...
There use to be more cars on my in-laws 40 acres, but the state forced them to get rid of them. That grill is probably a piece from those cars.
So what engine did the '33 model aa come with? A straight 6? I was told that the last engine this one had was a v8. Unfortunately that engine is now long gone, it was sold.
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camaroboy68ss
> zeontestpilot
06/11/2014 at 09:48 |
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you either had a inline 4 or flathead V8. most big trucks got the V8 but I have seen a few with the I4
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zeontestpilot
> camaroboy68ss
06/11/2014 at 10:12 |
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Then it was the flathead v8 then. I forgot to mention, your truck looks awesome!