WWII Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton 4X4 telephone const. & maint. truck

Hey all, I am pleased to join this forum. Anyone tell what the value might be for this truck. I discovered it sitting in a pasture in western Oklahoma, and am trying to acquire it. Worth some hundreds of dollars just in weight I suppose.

Good looking Chevy. A decent price for that would be around $1500. Less of course would be better.

Thanks NDT for the reply. The owner tells me the truck has been sitting for "decades" and that it supposedly ran when parked. If i do get it bought, it's gonna be a b*%#h to drag home

Yup, you can spend all day in the pasture trying to get something like that ready to flat tow on the highway. You can always tell how long something has been sitting from how far the tires are sunk into the ground. Does it have the big winch in the bed? I think this is another of the phone trucks where the gin poles (when stowed) prevent the driver's door from opening. Check out vehiclesofvictory.com for more info on Chevy ton and a halfs.

That looks good. Please tell me your plan is to restore it and not just scrap/hack it up.

I can't help on the value. Just not knowledgeable enough about the uncommon WWII stuff.

Good find, hope you can buy it and get it home, please don`t scrap this beautiful piece of history.

Yeah, I saw pictures of this truck on steel soldiers site, I think, and stowed poles would have blocked the door. No, no I would never scrap something like this,
and in fact, I found this while looking for relic cars and pickups to buy and save from the crusher.

Good for you, I wish more folks would do that.

srry, I meant that I saw pics on olive-drab dot com site.

Some of the 1 1/2-ton Chevy folks hang out on the Trucks 1/2 ton thru 2 ton forum here: http://g503.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=25

Welcome from OKC.

How far is the recovery? If it will roll there are a couple of members that have trailers it will fit on.

Cool truck, if the motor is stuck I have had good luck using charcoal lighter fluid down the cylinders, as long as there is no water in the block. You might be surprised but those tires might still hold air, try airing them up before recovery, makes it a bit easier.

Are you going to Restore it?

Recovery distance approx. 45 miles. Don't know yet if it will roll or not, but it is kinda penned in and will have to be dragged aways just to get it close to a trailer. Yeah, it is surprising how long a rubber tube will last and still hold air, but be careful if the tire has rotted underground. I have used diesel to unstick one and lighter fluid sounds like a better idea. No plans to restore, too many projects now, really just wanting to get it bought, transported to a safe location, and then placed into the hands of someone who would restore it.

Any updates on this truck? May have some interest down in my area...... but purely based on acquisition price and overall condition of drive train.

statis update

Well, I now have the truck at my place. Recovered it with my old duece and a combine trailer. 90 miles round trip on back roads, no pleasure drive, but made it no problems. Cleared out huge rat's nest from cab, tranny came unstuck easily enough, and motor also free. Truck has had air cleaner with good element tightly affixed all these years(owner said it had sat forty years) and carburator looks pristine inside. Plan to examine points time/weather allowing, and install battery to see if she will crank and fire.

Now that's a piece of handiwork. I salute your salvage and recovery efforts and look forward to seeing updates on the restoration.

I'd love to see that restored at a show. Great job on the recovery!

Mike, thanks for saying so, my duece is a yard truck, uninsured, untagged, and uncapeable, but she got the job done. I farted with the chevy this afternoon, filed the points, no spark, took out the added on ignition switch and cleaned the connections and got juice to the coil, dribbled a little gas in the carb and turned the key.... sob started and ran till gas ran out of carb. Wow, couldn't believe it after truck had sat for 40 years, but engine oil puking out a crummy line to a remote oil filter.... I presume. So, now wondering about these lines to remote filters??No plans to restore, as too many projects ongoing now.

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Mike, thanks for saying so, my duece is a yard truck, uninsured, untagged, and uncapeable, but she got the job done. I farted with the chevy this afternoon, filed the points, no spark, took out the added on ignition switch and cleaned the connections and got juice to the coil, dribbled a little gas in the carb and turned the key.... sob started and ran till gas ran out of carb. Wow, couldn't believe it after truck had sat for 40 years, but engine oil puking out a crummy line to a remote oil filter.... I presume. So, now wondering about these lines to remote filters??No plans to restore, as too many projects ongoing now, anyone interestered in buying??

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That's great news!

Now that you've announced that she's for sale, please post it in the CLASSIFIED Forum (see site rules) and you'll probably have quick success in finding a worthy restorer for the project.

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