Old Rope Salvage
All About A Truck ...
Having spent the winter of 2014-15 restoring the 74 year old engine, I finally realised my dream and the pick-up is now on the road as my daily driver.
The truck had been in my possession for about 12 years after being imported from North Dakota but had languished in my old garage for some years whilst I tried to decide what to do with it. A move to Cornwall forced my hand and I towed the 1 ton truck down here from East Sussex behind my less-than-cool Freelander and decided to bring it back to life. Being tax exempt and with cheaper insurance, it later became my only car and the expensive to run Freelander was sold.
It took me about a year and a half of hard work to put the truck back on the road. Apart from the machining for the engine, I did all the work myself, including scraping a rat's nest out of the '49 flathead V8 engine. Admittedly, the rust patina was created by the Cornish weather, but I liked it so much that I kept it, only adding my top-secret ingredient to protect and shine!
The sign-writing on the side was added later, also by myself, and The Old Rope Salvage Truck was born ...
Cover image by Nick Turley Photography.
- Tim
The truck had been in my possession for about 12 years after being imported from North Dakota but had languished in my old garage for some years whilst I tried to decide what to do with it. A move to Cornwall forced my hand and I towed the 1 ton truck down here from East Sussex behind my less-than-cool Freelander and decided to bring it back to life. Being tax exempt and with cheaper insurance, it later became my only car and the expensive to run Freelander was sold.
It took me about a year and a half of hard work to put the truck back on the road. Apart from the machining for the engine, I did all the work myself, including scraping a rat's nest out of the '49 flathead V8 engine. Admittedly, the rust patina was created by the Cornish weather, but I liked it so much that I kept it, only adding my top-secret ingredient to protect and shine!
The sign-writing on the side was added later, also by myself, and The Old Rope Salvage Truck was born ...
Cover image by Nick Turley Photography.
- Tim
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