old truck

[mulitweed]

i bought a 75 chevy single axle grain truck on an auction , $1500 its in good shape no rust I thought i got a good deal

 

[scootr]

Sounds good. Pictures?

 

[mulitweed]

dont have any pics atm

 

[tacticalturnip]

You tease us, buying a cool new toy and not posting pictures!

What's the engine?

 

[Engineer42]

You tease us, buying a cool new toy and not posting pictures!

What's the engine?

Curious to know that myself. I'm betting it's a 366

 

[rScotty]

i bought a 75 chevy single axle grain truck on an auction , $1500 its in good shape no rust I thought i got a good deal

You may have gotten a good buy - especially if you enjoy mechanicals.

Twenty five years ago my buddy and I bought an old '52 Chevy dually side dump grain truck from a local farmer. It had sat by his barn for a decade. $100. Basically it needed tires, brakes, the rust patched up, every fluid changed, and all the cab critters evicted.

It still works fine. We use it for hauling just about anything from dirt to junk. The hydraulic side dump makes it handy for everything.

 

[mulitweed]

Curious to know that myself. I'm betting it's a 366

its a 366, was a tandem on the auction only bad thing 5+4 trans , those get spendy too work on i bid on it though had a 427 used to drive thoce 80 mph full when i was young and careless

 

[Thomas]

Sounds like found gem.

 

[Engineer42]

its a 366, was a tandem on the auction only bad thing 5+4 trans , those get spendy too work on i bid on it though had a 427 used to drive thoce 80 mph full when i was young and careless

Lol, Hopefully not with hyd brakes.

 

[ruffdog]

i bought a 75 chevy single axle grain truck on an auction , $1500 its in good shape no rust I thought i got a good deal

I worked on a ton of those back in the day. Most were single rear 2/sp axle w/hyd brakes, manual trans, and 366. They were grain, cattle, propane, lumber, and box trucks.

Edit.....and spreader trucks (with those giant tires), concrete forms trucks, etc.

 

[mulitweed]

was a ton of chevys around here , quite a few ford louievilles , all semis now

 

[tacticalturnip]

Living in rust I see fewer and fewer old TipKicks, Kodiak's, and Louisville's and they used to be all over the place.

 

[mulitweed]

the chevy dealer here years ago had 427 rebulids ready to go and mechanics on 24-7 during beet harvest didnt take them long to swap one out now hard to get anything done after 5 , evenduring normal hours went into the coop with a flat two guys standing around , guy at the coub]ter said they were busy

 

[mulitweed]

Living in rust I see fewer and fewer old TipKicks, Kodiak's, and Louisville's and they used to be all over the place.

my buddy had gmc generals they were beasts

 

[mulitweed]

used too be a shop here they bought fleet semis cut and stretched them some were good once in awhile would be a bad one

 

[tacticalturnip]

I recall General's were fairly popular here in Maine. I used to see them all over.

 

[Shady oak]

its a 366, was a tandem on the auction only bad thing 5+4 trans , those get spendy too work on i bid on it though had a 427 used to drive thoce 80 mph full when i was young and careless

You lucked out….. the 366 is a great motor, and plenty power!

 

[olenjohn]

Of course you think you got a deal otherwise you wouldn’t have bought it. 1974 Chevy, 366 motor, grain box with hydraulic hoist, 53,000 miles, minimal rust and a new battery. Put some gasoline directly into the carburetor and fired it up. Had to add brake fluid and bleed them. On line internet auction. It was advertised as “ no hoist”. It pays to inspect at those sales. Winning bid $850 plus $85 commission and tax / registration. Currently being used at my brothers farm. So this one was worth about $1000 yours apparently is worth more.

 

[Chuxster]

PIX PLEASE!

 

[Dooley]

The local milk haulers had a fleet of GMC tank trucks.
Their preferred engines were 366. They always stated over heating problems with the 427's.

I liked them so well I put one in my squarebody.