Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
4 Attachment(s)
Hi all. I sold my 55.2 S/S 4x4 a couple years back, and now I'm back in the game! A friend of a friend's dad passed away, and had a couple of their cars for sale. I bought the 53 short/step and a 63 Nova. The truck was in a barn, and tough to get a look at, but I could tell it had good bones, and he'd done a lot to it. 350 with T350, power brakes (and line lock!?!), power bucket seats, tilt, 9" rear end, tubbed, body and floor really nice (no rust, paint looks pretty good). Oh yeah... and a lift/dump style bed that works on air!
I'm having it towed (hasn't run in almost 2 years) to a friends shop soon to get it running and driving. I'll decide what I'm doing from there. Not sure why 3 of the pics rotated... they're not that way on my computer! Rotated them on my computer and downloaded them again, and they're still sideways... |
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
The truck was a nice find! Looks good.
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Im in to see more .
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
thats a really clean truck, although the bed looks extra S/S (super short) :lol:
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
3 Attachment(s)
Good looking truck. I've found that you have to go into "edit" and then hit crop/rotate to be able to have the rotating the photo stick but will have to see what happens here to know if the photos let me do it.
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
There is a whole lot of late 80's early 90's going on in that truck and it looks like it was pretty well done when it was done.
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Yep...that's a s/s/s....seriously short step...nice find...
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Nice find. Definitely an '80s vibe going on. But it's in good condition and I wouldn't be embarrassed to be seen in public with it. I might consider an EFI retrofit though just because.
I do get a kick out of the "Easy reader" speedometer. Are the other gauges the same way? |
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
Still challenged to do this for my post.... I tried what you mention above and it didn't work for me. Possible "short bus" issues..... |
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Are the rear fenders widened? Might want to add air in San Jose.:devil:
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Superior glass works in Oregon probably made the rear fenders. they make some pretty nice looking wide fiberglass fenders for AD trucks. http://www.superiorglassworks.com/
The best part of that truck outside of the necessary going over the brakes and safety items and a good tune up and fluid change is it doesn't "have" to have any big changes. Some little changes might do well such as a gauge swap and a seat swap to something that fits the truck better (never was a fan of high backs in older rigs) but nothing has to be changed and that is a plus. |
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
superior had a fire in their fiberglass facility and its never coming back. I know this because I had some 39 steel rear fenders for sale and when I would give the price guys would say "puh! you can buy fiberglass ones for half that". well not any more. Quote:
they were the contract supplier to everyone who sold fiberglass fenders too, so chevsofthe40s, jim carter, and everyone else got porked by this. |
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
Agreed 100% on the seat swap. I had a nice "stock" seat in my 55.2 with a fold-down cup holder/center console that was awesome. If I were keeping it, I would change out the seat. And probably put in a compressor to power the lift/dump bed. |
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
|
Re: Buying a 53 S/S "barn find"
Quote:
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:31 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 1997-2022 67-72chevytrucks.com