History
The chassis of this vehicle comes from my father who has had it stored since he acquired it years ago as a parts donor car for his 1925 Chev Superior K Tourer. Other parts have come from Dads collection as well as my own parts donor car which is a 1926 Chev Buckboard. Why a Light Delivery is what I have been asked many times, well simply put it is because having travelled around and seeing all of the lovingly restored variants available I have never seen a Light Delivery. Also it is one that Dad would like to have as well.
The story so far..
I picked up the chassis from dads and had it sand blasted and painted after I repaired the front cross member and crank handle hole.
The springs and differential from the donor car where also sand blasted. With the chassis and springs assembled I started reassembling the differential and bolted it on. The gearbox was stripped and new bearings put in, The input shaft looks a bit dodgy but I will give it a go for now. The engine I wanted to use had bad scoring in the cylinders so I scavenged one of dads spares which he had previously in his Chevy but took out because he had a better one. This engine proved to be a little gem with perfect white metal and clean bores.
My donor car had disc wheels that unfortunately have rusted through so dads spares had to be raided again turning up four spoked wheels in poor condition. After cleaning of the spokes and soaking them in linseed oil over a period on and off for a year I have been able to reassemble them but feel that new spokes are on my to do list.
The almost rolling chassis now resides in my shed waiting for me to finish of all the sheet metal work. My guards require a lot of welding and panel beating, my radiator shroud is twisted and the bottom section rusted away, my bonnet has had the louvers cut out for access to the fuel tap. I have built myself an electrolysis tank large enough to take a front guard and have now started to clean up the panels for repair.
The Christmas break has been wonderful, I have been able to put in a lot of hours getting things organised. Now all I need is the dollar to be able to finish it all off.
Time has ticked by and the project has slowly progressed, I have built myself a spray booth with in my shed from old sheets hung from the roof. This has helped a lot stopping the overspray from covering everything and the weather is now not so much of a factor. My electrolyses tank has worked well removing all rust and elbow grease with a scourer did the rest. My welding skills definitely got challenged on the thin metal but perseverance paid out in the end. YouTube helped me with the panel beating side of things and I recommend a sand bag on a pedestal to anyone that wants to try. With my panels now looking how they are supposed to I am trying my hand at painting. I have laid down one coat of Two Pack Primer which helped show up all the dents and other imperfections so more panel beating and putty was required. I am now starting to apply another coat of Two Pack Primer which will be topped off with Enamel. A set of 4.40 - 23 tyres with tubes and rust bands are now stacked up waiting to be fitted.
Modifications
No modifications this vehicle is completely original.
