Just got this nice ole 48 Chevy home on Friday. Has the ole 216 6 banger with 2 spd rear, tulsa winch. Can't wait for warm weather for all I have is an Indian garage as you can see. Hope to pull around my D4 with it. John

Hi John,
Aaaah yes, the old babbitt pounder stove bolt, know/knew them well. Looks to be in pretty good shape to. Still see a few of them around here doing service. I remember one of the hardest tasks was knocking a dent out of a rear fender on a pickup. They used real steel back then.

Oh ya, and crash box granny transmission too LOL

If GM had built more products in recent years, with the simplicity, sturdiness and reliability of the old stove bolt sixes .. maybe they wouldn't be in the financial mess they're in now.
They screwed up in the construction equipment manufacturing business .. and even after making cars for almost 100 years, they can still manage to screw that up, too ..
Billy Durant must be spinning in his grave .. they are heading down the one-way IH road, at an ever-increasing speed, it appears to me ..

Yes, and GM sold off the ElectroMotiveDivison (EMD) that has been so successful in building locomotives. Good for EMD, maybe not so good for GM. GWH

John - Think you will find that your engine is a 235, smaller engine was used in pickups. Of course it could have been changed out at some point. If you should need any parts numbers or other info I have a master catalog for trucks from 1929-1950.

Boy that's some headache rack. Does the winch work? Old trucks like that one are fun.

Thanks Dick, and Doug the winch and rack are just set on there for now, the ole boy that I got it from had started it but has now retired and just sitting back. He also has a 59 cab and chassis and a 55 6400 with a hoist box on it I am going to get later. Going to do a make over on the 48. Taking the rear 1/4 inch steel fenders off and redo the fuel tank to lower the winch and rack. So some chages are comming should look pretty cool when done. Just got to gather up those $$$$$. John

Yup, Dick is right:) Had to look it up myself. Trucks had the 235 starting 1941. Passenger cars 1950. Had to wait until 1953 to get past the "scoop and dip" crank lubrication though. The one thing they weren't was thrifty on gas. I remember changing one out to a 283 v-8 and got considerably better gas millage.

yep, I have 3 283's here, that 59 I got has a 283 in it. Thought about a 350. but one thing is for sure it all takes money. oh well.,,,,, need to win that dang powerball. LOL

The 235 chev straight six up until 53 used dippers on rods instead of full pressure. What about the GMC straight six engines?? In 50's I drove our short logger that was a stretched frame with the old military transfer and tandem axles with a 40's civilian cab on it. It had the 270 GMC engine in it with a 5 spd clark. did this engine use full pressure lube? I know it was damn near indestructable. With 24 foot log loads we pulled some probable heavy overloads. With big load of cottonwood logs and transfer locked in high(would pop out of gear) was one county gravel road that had to hit wound tight in second and if lucky a quick shift to low and barely make it over the top. If wasnt lucky would have to back down for a second or third run at it. Anyway as hard as I ran it at times never had an engine problem John D