1961H67

I’m just glad the truck is getting saved  so our younger generations can see it,Hopefully there are some kids that will appreciate it , My Grandson is all into old trucks and trains, he may have no desire for them when he’s older but he’s still been given the opportunity to know what built this Nation! Many Thanks to Gary for being able to save a piece of history! 

I think Dad might have had a book with some old pictures of North  Carolina trucking company’s ,, I found these with some old pictures. Hopefully they will show up enough to read the caption. I promise I’ll stop chasing Rabbits! And get back on topic ! 

A little more sanding, a little more priming,, beautiful day today. 

Great Reading! I think the sleeper mattress in my H Model is 24 inch,, but all those are better than the trailer with the sleeper in the nose, My Dad had a picture of one, I’m sure I could find it here somewhere . The old sleepers are interesting to me. 

I never realized the doors had so many holes, I think it had another set of mirrors, I’m not a expert on “West Coast Mirrors “ but I don’t think they got popular until the late 50s . And I think the welding co that had it before we got it had warning signs on the doors ,,,anyway I’ll weld them up at keep going. 

This was the outcome after  steam cleaning , now I have a bunch of small holes to weld up where another set of mirrors were installed. The paint stripper worked pretty good.

Glad to see you making progress. I sandblasted the heavy/ thicker parts, bumper, grille guard, running boards , even the fenders, but I was afraid to do it on flat surface, so I’ve had pretty good luck with just plain paint stripper from the hardware store, my doors had about 4 coats of paint, I paid $ 50 for a gallon, and it took about 1/2 gallon for both. This was about 1/2 way through the process, about the 4th coat of stripper I had peeled off a big pile of old paint, then I pressure washed them . Not to bad of a job. 

Yes they are, and for sure the area below the mirrors has the most layers from 2 name changes ( we never had our name on the door) . They are pretty solid, one rust hole in the very bottom of the driver door, the drain holes were clogged, it should be a fairly easy fix. , I’ve taken pictures and measurements of where the paint lines are from when Coca Cola Painted over the Red in 1951 , I’m going to try to get it as close to that scheme as possible, black window frames and all. 

I steam cleaned both doors, Then brushed some stripper on ,, So far I’ve sandblasted all the other body parts and frame ,, I might end up doing that too the doors, About 4 coats of paint! Original Primer & Factory Red , Coke yellow/ orange, The welding company just painted the doors to change the name, it was a bright yellow, then my gray primer and Carolina blue ( there is a story about why I painted it blue in the late 70s ) 

Thank you, I will surely use the olive oil, I removed the vent windows today and the rubber might be salvageable for them being 10 years older than our H Models . I’ve got the doors completely stripped of all hardware, ( and mice ) ! 

I flipped one for a picture, they are not dented , only one has a patch of rust in the very bottom, not on the skin. ,, Short story of trucking with this truck when I was 18 , That drivers side window was cracked for a while, then the piece fell out one day when I closed the door, I put it between the seat, when it got Real Cold outside I would place it in and roll  the window up tight,, it stayed that way for about a year until I stopped using it. After 40 years I can’t find my “ Plug “ So I guess I’ll have to finally replace the glass ! 

Thanks Matt & Brocky for the info, we have some rain coming in so hopefully I can get them took apart and kinda get a idea of how much work they need, definitely the chrome will have to be redone, and the door stops are junk,,I do have new window felt for the tracks. , After the doors im probably going to redo the skirts around the battery box and running boards, hood,  Shutters. Fenders probably last. ( Great job on those door stops) 

Here we go, I dug the doors out of the barn shed a while back, they had 25 years of dust on them, I pressure washed them off and brought them in, started tearing them down , cab and wiring pretty much completed ( except the headliner) . 

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