1933 Chevrolet Half-ton Pickup Truck Frame Off Fully Restored - No Reserve!!!! on 2040-cars

Up for sale is a 1933 Chevrolet Half-Ton Pick Up.  Excellent running condition.  This truck currently has 2,027 miles on it since the restoration.  Since I’ve been the owner, we drive it to car shows, in parades, etc.  It’s garaged and has been very well cared for.  We actually keep it on a parking lift in our garage above another vehicle.

This truck was owned and fully restored by my father who passed away in 2010, and it was left to me from his estate.  This truck was one of two projects (the other was a 1934 Ford Cabriolet, his first car, also for sale) that occupied much of his twenty years in retirement, and he finished the restoration in 2006.  He was a machinist in his early years, and then owned a marina for the latter twenty five years prior to his retirement.  The first truck that he owned in his youth was a 1933 Chevy Half Ton, which is how he chose the project.  He spent years on this project, and everything…and I mean EVERYTHING was disassembled and fully restored to as close to factory original as possible.  When he could not locate a part, he did the research and fabricated the parts.  He went to many Carlisle, Pennsylvania car shows, scouting parts, taking reference photos, researching, learning all he could to get the truck as close to factory as possible. Needless to say, this was a full frame-off restoration.  He even built the rotisserie that he used for the frame during the restoration process.  We have pictures to document the entire restoration process, from selection of the raw, rusted truck, the disassembly, the original engine in its unrestored state, the new wood cab frame that he built from scratch, etc., etc.…over 200 pictures that are numbered and correspond to a listing of what each photo represents.  The photo book and the notebook (mentioned below) both are included with the truck.  He was nothing if not meticulous.  In addition, there are many other pictures included, some duplicates of the numbered series.  In my opinion, one of the most stunning aspects to this truck is the beautiful paint, in original black and blue and the gorgeous wooden bed. 

I also have the notes that he took during the disassembly process.  It includes such details as the diameter of the pistons, crankshaft journal dimensions, diagrams, disassembly drawings, and part numbers among many other details.  There is an unbelievable amount of notes that he took on some of these parts as he disassembled the old parts, so that they went together as originally designed.  Extremely detailed; dimensions, angles, fasteners, materials, etc.  Look at some of the notebook scans below to get an idea of how he recorded this restoration project.

The original 6-cylinder engine that came with the truck that he chose to restore was not a running engine at the time, so he also acquired a 6-cylinder from a 1934 truck as well.  I’m not exactly sure what parts he used from the 1934 engine, but I believe that he only used parts that did not deviate from the original 1933 design in order to maintain the originality.  The serial number indicates that this engine is a “Master Six”, which has increased displacement and horsepower over the standard six.

Engine specs: 206.8 cubic inch, six cylinder OHV, 65 HP at 2,800 RPM.

This is not a “resto-mod”, this is a restoration.  No fiberglass parts, no replica parts.  As far as I can tell, the only item that’s NOT as it rolled off the assembly line is a primer bulb added to the fuel supply line, near the carburetor.  I’ll be glad to take pictures of anything you like on the vehicle, just ask.  You may also email me your telephone number if you’d like to ask questions, but bear in mind that I didn’t do the restoration and therefore I may not be able to answer specific technical questions.  I’ll be glad to take it to any mechanic or auto dealer within a reasonable distance of my home, in Westhampton, NY for inspection.  Also included is the display tool kit, which is pictured below.

I’m selling this vehicle because it just gets so little exposure, and it just doesn’t get any use.  This vehicle deserves to be shown and admired.  If you’re looking for a near perfect restoration of Chevy’s early half-ton pickup, I don’t think that you’ll find a better one.   This truck is a step back in time, and when you sit inside or drive this truck you can almost imagine what an incredible step forward for a farmer or delivery man this truck must have been over the horse-drawn way of life.  The first Chevy Pick Up appeared in 1924, so it was still a relatively new advantage over the horse-drawn predecessor.  1933 was the year that Chevy sold their millionth commercial vehicle, and this truck is a perfect representation of that momentous year.  This restoration was a labor of love for this man, and he took years to get this project completed to his satisfaction.  It was a difficult decision to let this piece of the family go, but as I’ve finally come to realize in the couple years since his passing, “it isn’t Dad…it was just his truck”.