VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - GENERAL Commercial Vehicles Why is this place so desolate??

Why is this Truck section so dead??? Wow ! there is alot of untapped potential here. Doesn't any one want to talk about old trucks here ???

Hey! MT don't you watch NFL football? Maybe you need a couple of projects? Ha! I feel the same way every once in a while then my wife finds me....

Mr Mack I have too many projects already. Sports don't have anything to do with the desolation here. It was still dead during baseball, hockey & basketball season. I guess its gonna really be dead here on Superbowl Sunday. I know I will be busy partying that day.

MT I really didn't figure you for a couch potato!

I guess I should be posting under this heading since most of my trucks are actually commercial vehicles. I do have a couple of pickups, don't think I have ever mentioned them. I have a '51 Chevy 1\2 ton, that I have had since I was 12 yrs. old,and a '66 Chevy long bed fleetside 11,000 act. miles. I get kind of carried away with my Coe's & completely forget about my other vehicles. I also own a low milage '66 Chevelle SuperSport, & a '63 Impala SuperSport that my grandparents bought new. I sold a '57 Chevy 2dr. hrdtp. that I hadn't driven since 1982 last year.

Spanky, I don't really know why the trucks forum is divided up this way, To me if it ain't a car, a bus or a Motor home, or a bike and it runs down the road more than likely it is a TRUCK.
So I guess busses, and motor homes would fit into Commercial vehicles?
This may be why the place looks so desolute, maybe it is spread out too much, what do you think?

Mr. Mack, maybe a " C.O.E truck section " will work for us guys who collect big-ol trucks ??

I don't know why that won't work, but there seem to be quite a few VCCA guys into Chevy firetrucks.
not too many that I know that are into stock COEs I see a lot that are highly modified to be car haulers, like with El Dorado and Tornado drive lines and low ,low beds.
I guess if you start a thread let it run, see what comes up, The way I feel is if you don't like what goes on there, just don't l@@k at it!

Hey guys ! The stock COE MAN is here, in good ole North Carolina. Wouldn't have them any other way. That COE truck Ric Hall built named Mr. Shorty was pretty COOL though.

Mr. Mack we got COE guys posting in the dead firetruck section !!! cause there is no COE section !!! I have seen more COE topics here than I have ever seen about firetrucks. The wet noodle is in your court........

Maybe the easiest thing to do is to change the title of this forum to "Commerical Vehicles Including COE's" :confused:

Well COE trucks are trucks so why not just put in a topic Cab over Engines in the Truck forum and get after it? when anyone posts to it it will come up in the current topics page.

Either way it will work........but most COE's were commerical vehicles.

OK JYD since it has come up, how do you tell the difference betwen trucks and commercial vehicles?
The only difference I know of is in their registration, a truck can either be a private vehicle (not for hire ) or a commercial vehicle that is used for commrcial purposes (a vehicle for hire)

A bus can be a commercial vehicle but not a truck, a truck can be a commercial vehicle but it can't be a bus (a motor coach)
In Texas a truck can be anything from a Masda pickup or a Geo Tracker, a surburban or Tahoe up to a huge Autocar Heavy duty wrecker or a huge winch truck (oil rig mover), but to be registered as a truck it has to be highway capable (Dot inspection), not like an o Euclid or Cat offroad pit truck etc, which are registered as Machinery.

I think that Lil Johnny's posting of January 19th pretty much explains "Commercial". However, as far as Chevy Chatter goes, the definition can probably be taken several different ways. I suppose that you can assume that the "trucks" forum can be for pickups (it doesn't say that however), and "fire trucks" are just that.............fire trucks. "Commerical Vehicles" would probably be for all other trucks that are "commerical" (big trucks, busses and etc.)....like trucks that are not pickups or fire trucks. But, it all depends upon your point of few I guess. So, to make it even more simple, we could have a forum called "Fire Trucks" and then a forum called "All Other Trucks". How's that? Don't make things too difficult now Macky Wacky, because it really isn't that complicated! ha ha! :cool2:

Oh! JYD I wore out the page looking for Johnnys post of January 19, It was JUNE 19..


I ain't the one making things complicated, I thought the forum TRUCKS would cover all trucks, I guess if some other guys wanted another forum so that they could moderate one, they can have the Trucks if they like. I just took it because no one else would at the time, it don't pay all that good anyway!

Ha ha! I love it! You fell good for the January 19th posting thing. Anyway, you could have clicked on Lil Johnny's "commercial" posting and it would have taken you right there.

Actually, the forum does cover all trucks, but I guess that ya just have to figure out which ones! ha ha! :cool2:

I did, but it seems that some folks do not realize that "commercial vehicles " means something else at different places and states, In texas a Truck is a truck, whether it is private or commercial,

Ya, but we ain't in Texas.....we are on Chevy Chatter, and here "Commerical" means something else too! ha ha! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Well you see We are in Texas!

Ya, but the rest of the world isn't! ha ha! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: At any rate, I think that a forum for COE's would be cool since there are a lot of them out there that dudes are working on, and these trucks are becoming very popular.

HEY! Junkyard Dog, On the( Old G.M. COE post ) you stated your '51 COE had a 179in. wheelbase. Has it been modified to that length, All the Chevies came standard with 3 wheelbases (110,134, & 158). GMC's came standard with (110,122,137,161,179,& 197in.) wheelbases. Was yours a special order. One of my GMC's has a odd wheelbase, it was a special order. Are there any pictures of your trucks out here in Web land, I'd love to see them.

Spanky, I have decided to part out my 1947 [late] C.O.E. I am taking requests for parts.

WHUTZUP! M.T., The only parts I can think of needing right off ,are the early chrome cab grab handles & the 5400(53-54 style) hood side emblems. And of course, the item every G.M. COE owner could use, those ever popular fender scuff pads. Sure wish I could get that NOS scuff pad the guy in Virginia has. He knows what he has ,he would probably want a small fortune for it. Mothertrucker I have decided to install Fulton Visors on the '52 GMC & the '53 Chevy Holmes Wrecker, what do you think. Spanky Hardy.....Collector Of Fine Old G.M. COE Trucks.

WHUTZUP! M.T., The only parts I can think of needing right off ,are the early chrome cab grab handles & the 5400(53-54 style) hood side emblems. And of course, the item every G.M. COE owner could use, those ever popular fender scuff pads. Sure wish I could get that NOS scuff pad the guy in Virginia has. He knows what he has ,he would probably want a small fortune for it. Mothertrucker I have decided to install Fulton Visors on the '52 GMC & the '53 Chevy Holmes Wrecker, what do you think. Spanky Hardy.....Collector Of Fine Old G.M. COE Trucks.

Spanky the Fulton visors look great on any AD truck, good choice. Lets see if you can get that NOS scuff pad. Let me know what he wants for it.
If we can get that 1 nos pad , we can make a mirrored image of it & they can be reproduced.Dont let me down here Spanky.

Lil Johnson. Minimum crank out of a mold is 1000 per side. You are correct. It will take some $$$ to invest in the tooling for the COE fender pads.
Anyone interested in investing ???
Count me in.

Hey Spanky! Yes, my '51 COE was a special order because it came new as a moving van and the frame has never been altered. Sorry, but I don't have any photos of either of my two COE's at the present time since I don't have a digital camera. When I do get photos, I will post them so that you can see the trucks.

Hey JYD! Maybe Ralston - Purina will throw in a Dog Chow Digital Camera if you buy enough Dog Chow!
Do you use your Big COE to haul the bulldozer on?

Hey Macky Wacky! I use my COE slideback to haul EVERYTHING on, and I also use the winch to pull out dead trees and such. By the way, I only eat Kibbles 'N Bits, and I use a beer chaser!

J.Y.D. I always enjoy your adventures in the G&D.
"Wacky Macky" ...... Where did that one come from JYD ?

MT, the old pooch just made that up! Yuck!Yuck!
Don't mean a than.g. The *&&%^^%$ old Junk Yard Dawg is a &$%#@ old meanie!
( You don't thank I am Wacky, Do you?)

I am still waiting for the response from JYD before I answer ya in certain terms " Pilgrim ".

Well, at least you didn't say YES! at least not yet!, Thanks.

We gotta 2 pager goin' here & thats a good thing.

Hey MT! Glad that you like the JYD stories in the G&D. That's why we do them because dudes like you enjoy them so much and that's what keeps us going. We are planning a BIG adventure this year. It will be a two day adventure so you will read all about it down the road.

I named Macky Wacky "Macky Wacky" because he is totally Wacky! Don't listen to what Macky Wacky tells you about not being Wacky because Junkyard Dogs don't lie. Macky Wacky is a great dude, but ............ well, he is Wacky!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Hey, why not call the truck categories "Light Duty 1/2, 3/4 & 1 ton" and "1-1/2 ton and up".... just my 2 cents :)

Spanky....did you get the package I sent you a few weeks ago? It had copies of the TF LCF Specs. and some pictures of my trucks. I tried to e-mail you...still not working yet?

Mike Boteler
collector of BIG '55 - '57 TF Trucks!

Yea Mike, I recieved the package, & really enjoyed it, thanks alot, that 9200 is awesome. The '46 COE wrecker, whats the status on it. Are you going to be able to get parts from it,or would you have to buy the whole truck. I'm still looking for parts for the Holmes W45 I have, I'd even buy another whole truck if complete. So keep me informed if you should happen to run across anything. There was a guy on the Stovebolt Page that was looking for a wrecker body for a 47-53 GMC, were you going to sell the 525 you took off of the IHC. I still can't send or recieve email, but I do check for private messages on this web site & on the Stovebolt site daily. Catch ya later. Spanky Hardy.........Collector Of Fine Old G.M. COE Trucks & Antique Holmes Wreckers.

Hey, why not call the truck categories "Light Duty 1/2, 3/4 & 1 ton" and "1-1/2 ton and up".... just my 2 cents .
I think the " Master Tech Advisor " has a great suggestion.

how about like the shop manuals (Light duty) 1500 to 3500 and (Medium duty) 4000 to 7000 and (Heavy duty )8000 up? I may be wrong on the series in each catagory , but you get my drift, right?

Sounds like a great idea " Pilgrim ".

He ain't no "Pilgrim"! He's Macky Wacky, or Mackus Wackus, or Wacky Macky, but he ain't no Pilgrim!! ha ha ha!! :rolleyes: :( :eek: :confused:

MT , with friends like JYD, you never need any enemys, Right Skippy Doodle?

Right Macky Wacky Doodle! ha ha!