'51 3100

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Comment by Michael Thies on June 27, 2010 at 1:10pm
Great photos! Thank yo so much for sharing them with us. I love your garage (my wife would call it big boys' toy room!)
Comment by Sid P on June 27, 2010 at 5:01am
The '51 3100 Half-ton has been completed, leaving it bone stock with a 216 ci 3-on-the-tree with an untouched 8-board original oak bed. It's a wild thing; it wears me out - it stops only as fast as my left leg is strong and the steering takes two hands to go around a corner, but it's a blast to drive and we still use it as an honest to goodness truck.

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