Another parts gathering adventure.

[52-fan]

I hope some of you like these reports of our activities around here. Joe and I along with chapter member James Stevens spent about 5 hours today trying to extricate a couple of Joe's parts trucks from the pasture where he parked them 40 odd years ago. The area is no longer a pasture and I was actually surprised last spring to find the trucks were still there. The woods are interesting because they are used for a haunted woods activity around Halloween. Very interesting stuff in these trees.
The trucks were both trapped by trees that had grown up around them, but even though Joe's chainsaw quit shortly after we got there, we managed to get the trucks freed. Unfortunately, the Jeep was not up to the task of dragging them out without steering and flat tires. We still have to go back and be better prepared to get them out to the trailer.
You may wonder why we are bothering with such junk, but even as rough as they are there are some parts we want and the rest will be scrapped.
The pictures are out of order. I don't know why, but you get the idea.

[tsenecal]

Looks like fun times. I always enjoy a good rescue mission.

[RadioRoy]

Commander six with an overdrive is a good combination in an early truck.

[52-fan]

Commander six with an overdrive is a good combination in an early truck.

James truck has a Commander six, but no overdrive. He is using a T-5 instead of a 3 speed with overdrive and wanted the bell housing to make the conversion without disabling his truck very long.The truck has a 4:27 rear gear which should work well.
This particular truck is a Scotsman with only a little over 30,000 miles and the six runs beautifully, but is straining to keep up at 50 or so mph. Jimmy would like to drive it to more chapter functions.

[ChampCouple]

Thanks for sharing your adventure, looks interesting and fun.

[studeclunker]

James truck has a Commander six, but no overdrive. He is using a T-5 instead of a 3 speed with overdrive and wanted the bell housing to make the conversion without disabling his truck very long.The truck has a 4:27 rear gear which should work well.
This particular truck is a Scotsman with only a little over 30,000 miles and the six runs beautifully, but is straining to keep up at 50 or so mph. Jimmy would like to drive it to more chapter functions.

I LOVE that beautiful blue Scotsman!

[52-fan]

We managed to get the trucks (pieces of trucks?) out of the woods. Joe and I took the bed off of a Studebaker bed/trailer and used it for a dolly of sorts. Removing the bed was a chore because someone had welded the bed to the frame in several places. The welder did a good job and his welds were hard to remove.
This time we used my short wheel base 89 Dodge pickup instead of the jeep. The trail we had to travel was so narrow I had to fold my mirrors in and we got hung up on one turn both trips out. By the time Jimmy arrived after noon Joe and I had both vehicles out by the driveway. We went back with Jimmy's trailer after lunch and by dark they were at our house.
I would bet some people wonder what anyone would want with this junk, but it is amazing how many bits are good. Windshield trim, wind regulators, wiper mounts and the like. Now we have to get them processed and the scrap out of sight before code enforcement shows up.

[t walgamuth]

The cabs look pretty sound. CArs don't rust much in Arkansas do they?

[S2Deluxe]

CArs don't rust much in Arkansas do they?

It doesn't look to me, like rust is completely absent?

Mark

[52-fan]

I went and took pictures. The cabs are pretty bad. Too much humidity here added to the debris from the trees to hold water is a killer. Also, one truck had some fertilizer in the cab at one time. The seat riser is rusted through in many places.

[53k]

I hope some of you like these reports of our activities around here. Joe and I along with chapter member James Stevens spent about 5 hours today trying to extricate a couple of Joe's parts trucks from the pasture where he parked them 40 odd years ago. The area is no longer a pasture and I was actually surprised last spring to find the trucks were still there. The woods are interesting because they are used for a haunted woods activity around Halloween. Very interesting stuff in these trees.
The trucks were both trapped by trees that had grown up around them, but even though Joe's chainsaw quit shortly after we got there, we managed to get the trucks freed. Unfortunately, the Jeep was not up to the task of dragging them out without steering and flat tires. We still have to go back and be better prepared to get them out to the trailer.
You may wonder why we are bothering with such junk, but even as rough as they are there are some parts we want and the rest will be scrapped.
The pictures are out of order. I don't know why, but you get the idea.

This report sure brings back memories of trying to help the widow of a deceased compulsive obsessive car collector. When he died in 2012 had well over 100 cars and a few trucks, most driven to their final resting places. Most were Studebakers from the '30s to '66 with a sprinkling of Packards, Nashs and Kaiser/Frazers. The one that bothered me the most was a yellow '61 Lark convertible- V-8, red reclining seats with headrests, many accessories and more. It had been driven in at least 30 years earlier. The car got parked in a low spot- gradually sank in to the mud, was pilfered routinely and a tree grew up at the right front of the car. We had sold it and another '61 (hardtop) to a Forum member. He paid for the cars (money going directly to the widow). When it came time to have it out for the buyer, it couldn't be moved. The tree was so entangled in the right front that even a track loader with forks that would go under the car couldn't move it with out it coming apart. Almost the same thing happened to the hardtop. The frame was resting on the ground and it came apart in trying to move it. Too many stories to tell, makes one sick. These pix show what the car looked like in 2012.

[StudeRich]

It looks like the buyer would have to grab those Rare Deluxe Wheelcovers and RUN!

[t walgamuth]

It doesn't look to me, like rust is completely absent?

Mark

Of course not.

Around the rust belt those cars would be gone up to the door handles more or less.

[Mrs K Corbin]

i see a door maybe salvageable, and dash cover and maybe windshield. Does the later one have electric wipers?

[52-fan]

i see a door maybe salvageable, and dash cover and maybe windshield. Does the later one have electric wipers?

No electric wipers, but we will save the brace that connects to the cowl/dash. They would be good for putting electric wipers on trucks that didn't have that type. My truck doesn't have that type, but I have already worked it over and changed to 12 volts.