57 Chevy Panel Van
 

I got it !!!! It's mine !!!
I've been talking to this guy for a while now.
He's been on the fence, to sell it or not.
Finally he decided to sell.
Now it's mine :metal:

Anybody want to buy a GMC hood? :lol:

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So what do you think of the Torque Chain on the block and the Green Broadloom LOL:ito:
I'm Thinken that has to go :lol::metal::lol:


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I'm diggn the torque chain!!!!!!! hahah that is as custom as it comes

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Straight out of the 70's, with the bigfoot gas pedal, green shag , and diamond tuck. Oh yeah, and can't forget the torque chain .... LMAO !! Hell , the ramhorn manifolds are probably pretty rare too LOL

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Nice project, I helped my brother build one a couple of years ago. I always liked Panels.

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Congrats, very nice find.

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We've got another panel project. Glad to see you got it.

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Thanks guys
I'm real excited to get started on. But I have to recoup the saves before I start any major resto on it.

Thanks Jared
I think this Panel build is gonna be at a snails pace to start too.
I enjoy checking in once in a while on your build.

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Very nice, good project.

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Awesome! Looks like quite the find. I love a panel. When I was 16 my Grandpa and I were going to try to buy me an old panel, I didn't know what make model or year, just that we were gonna find me a panel. Then he gave me a 64 GMC with a V6 305 and a utility box. I thought it was cool till I got into the stupid import thing as a kid and traded it off. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. Just got to rambling about how cool panels are. Congrats on the sweet project!

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wow looks good man, trade ya for one that needs a helluva lot more rust repair :lol:

keep us posted on your progress

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Today I went to give him the cash.
You know when something Just Doesn't feel right ???

Let me paint the picture.
The truck and keys are here in Northern Ontario.. (So am I and the brother of the guy who owners the truck)
Owner of the truck is somewhere in Edmonton Alberta or somewhere out west...(so is the legal title/ownership) I've never talk to the owner...
Just communicated through the brother in Ontario

In order for me to hand over the cash, I want a signed receipt by the owner on the title/ownership and the signed ownership.

The brother was going to give me a photo copy of the ownership and a receipt signed by him + the keys to the truck.

I SAID PASS.... I think I will just wait until the owner mails the real ownership and a receipt for my cash.
Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed so that he doesn't sell it to somebody else.

Should I have taken the photo copied ownership and a receipt for my money from the brother just to have the keys
in my hand? And take his word for it, that the real ownership will be here soon.
Or wait it out and do it properly?

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If I pay for something large I want it and the title.

How come you have not called the owner to talk with him and leave the brother out of it?

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My idea would be to have the owner fill out the bill of sale form and fax it directly to you. I bought a truck in Manitoba in this fashion.

Here's a link to the bill of sale form.

If the owner signs this form and faxes it to you then it is legally sold to you.

In addition, there are folks here on the forum who are from Edmonton. I'm sure some of us Albertans could help out.

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Don't give up. Maybe you can give him a small deposit to hold it until the owner sends the proper paper work.

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The brother here told me that the brother that owns the truck travels alot and is hard to get a hold of. The family has to wait for him to check in every couple of weeks. Apparently he has no phone (Land line or cell) and no internet.

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That's a great idea.... I really want to speed this along. They say this is alot of the fun in classic trucks
The excitement of the hunt. I'm done... I just want it to be mine so I can get started to work on it.
I'm gonna ask this guy to fax everything to me, if he hasn't mailed it already.

I'm gonna offer him a deposit today. Just to secure it, and he won't sell it out from under me.
Thx Dennis

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That sound a little fishy. Who dosn't have a phone these days? How's he going to all the sudden mail the title or even fax it? Make sure the vin# matches. From the pics I could not tell if the vin # was there. Should be on windshield pillar on the drivers side door.

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I'm in Toronto this weekend, but as soon as I'm back, I'm gonna go visit the truck and check to see if I can find the VIN # and write it down so I can cross check it with the ownership when it shows up.

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Today was monumental for me too LOL
I got to see the real ownership for this truck and it looks good to me.
The numbers on the ownership jive with the vin # on the truck.
So I payed for it... It now mine

BUT

Theres always a big but... The ownership says it's a 1957 GMC ?????
To me the only thing GMC about it is the hood

Is it possible, over the years that the ownership got changed from Chevy to GMC ??

Should I even be concerned??

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:cong: on the new GMC Panel Van!!! Build it and enjoy.

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What's the dash look like? Chevys have the triangle shape speedo and GMC have more of a cube shape.

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Yeah !! I know... This is why I questioned the ownership...
The only thing GMC about the truck is the hood.


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I'm gonna try and attempt to get it changed back to Chevrolet

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Forgot you had an inside shot, guess I jumped the gun.

That's strange. Might check on vin# between the chevy and gmc models.

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I just bought a 55 GMC package delivery and I didn't get a title with it. I am hoping that I can get a title through one of those title companys. I wish that your truck had the GMC front trim,,I would be interested in buying it(grille,bumper,turn signals and trim). I have all the stuff to change mine to Chevy,,,and it would look better but mine is all GMC.and I think that it would be different if I kept it that way.
I am interested in what you paid for it if you don't mind. Always curious about what things are going for.
I will be interested in seeing what you do with yours.I enjoy seeing the pictures,,keep them coming.Thanks -Keith

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Congrats on the new ride glad everything panned out for ya..

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Can anybody decode my VIN# for me ???


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Congrats on the new to you panel. I had a 57 with a more than stout 327 in 1973/74 when I lived in Texas.

I rather belive that someone has swapped in the Chev grill or maybe the whole Chev nose minus the hood. That was a pretty common low buck repair back when tri 5 chevs were more common in the wrecking yards than GMC's.

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try this site www.oldgmctrucks.com to decode vin on gmc's.

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Thanks Jared
That just doesn't seem to apply to my serial number.. There's no letters in
my ser #

Ezekiel seems to have a pretty good theory
even thow it says my truck is an early 58

83105608643
8: Year 1958
31: Series
05: Model
6: 6 cylinder engine
08643: Vehicle number

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There's also a page on that site that has the Canadian # break down.

http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/page0185.html

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Oh crap !!! I missed that !!! I'll go back to your link and try it again..

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Today was my first day with MY truck
This was almost like getting a law passed... It just seem to take for ever.
but I finally got the ownership in my hand with a receipt.

So today I went out to get more acquainted with my new truck
I thought ah!! While I'm here, I'll just start cleaning it out a bit..

Well 5 hrs later, my wife called... "Are you coming home for supper? "
Ooops

I took the green carpet out of the whole truck to see how many holes I was going to have to buy replacement panels for.
Actually wasn't as bad as I expected. I gave a garter snake an eviction.
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On to the back.
After I unloaded the truck of.. of .. well.. tons of garbage.. plastic, a mattress an old ripped tarp.. etc.
I wanted to get a look at the floor in the cargo area. Found signs of mice but didn't see any though... No wonder that damn garter snake was so big.
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After I got the floor all cleaned up... and BTW I was very happy how the floor in the back has held up over time.
Still gonna get some replacement metal straps and maybe some replacement hardwood.

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Now I had to take that black diamond tuck upholstery down... holy 1970s LOL
Right now.. the smell is almost unbearable. combination of musty, mold, mouse turds and mouse... well I'm sure you get the idea.. It's all mouse by products. Yuck !!!!
Down comes the upholstery.... Surprise!!!! another mouse house.
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Well it cleaned up real good. and I'm real happy with the condition of the interior

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Looks like it's cleaning up nice.

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It's cool to sit back and look at them after you get them cleaned out for the first time.

Looking good.

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Nice looking project. I drove one like it in the mid 60s as a delivery boy. Back then we called them "panel trucks".

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Very cool! The mouse house cleaning is not a fun project- but it always looks sooo much better when done! haha Nice truck.

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I live in farm country. There is no such thing as an old car that has sat for a while and DOESN'T have mice (out my way). It's sickening some times. Plastic gloves and I have had a few that I even wore a vent. mask!
I'd pressure wash the inside of the back and scrub it down with 'simple-green'.That will make it a lot more enjoyable to work on.
The last 'mouse-stink-mobile' that I bought was SO bad,I parked it outside of my buildings ,,picked it to the bone and SCRAPPED it. I tried everything to get rid of the smell but failed.
Your old truck sure looks better now!-Keith

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Awesome man! This this is gonna be sweet!

Please tell me your gonna put a new matress in the back..

shagwagon supreme!