1949 Chevrolet Other Pickups

1/2 TON Pickup truck

6 - Cyl.

Manual

Gasoline

1949 CHEVROLET ++++SHORTBED++++ FIVE WINDOW MATCHING NUMBERS--ORIGINAL *********TAKE A VIDEO TEST DRIVE******** BY NOW, MOST OF YOU LOYAL EBAYERS ARE AWARE OF OUR SUCCESS. WE HAVE LISTED OVER 30 OF OUR ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC CARS ON EBAY AND HAVE SOLD NEARLY EVERY ONE ON THE VERY FIRST LISTING. OUR SUCCESS IS DUE TO OUR LOW REALISTIC RESERVES, AS OPPOSED TO THOSE BARRETT-JACKSON WATCHERS OUT THERE WHO FEEL THAT SELLING THEIR COLLECTOR CAR IS EQUIVALENT TO WINNING A LOTTERY JACKPOT. ONE SHOULD ALSO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS NOT OUR LIVELIHOOD, BUT RATHER, A LIFE LONG PASSION. WE TRULY LOVE OLD CARS!!! BUT WHY SELL A CLASSIC?? DUE TO A SEVERE STORAGE PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD TO RECLASSIFY MANY OF OUR 'KEEPERS' INTO 'MUST SELLS'. THEY CALLED THEM 'ADVANCED DESIGN' Most collectors agree, that the most sought after of the early Chevrolet trucks is the Advanced design series of 1947 through 1953. Most prefer the half ton with the short box and the deluxe 5 window cab with the small curved rear windows. These windows were called 'New Vue' by Chevrolet and they were designed to prevent blind spots. They were an extra cost option and, due to the differing of the inside sheet metal, they could not be installed on the 3 window version. Many enthusiasts also find favor with the 1949/50models as they also had much more chrome than the later "Korean War" trucks. For example, the '52 and '53 models actually came standard with painted front hubcaps as opposed to the earlier models with chrome. The interior was also affected by this chrome shortage as these war models had painted glovebox doors and radio grilles as opposed to the chromed versions you see on our little truck. Our truck also came standard with the chrome garnish moldings that are illustrated in the pictures below. ***100 % ORIGINAL-100% COMPLETE*** ((HOW MANY ADVERTISERS CAN SAY THAT ?)) JOHNNY CASH'S CAR WAS TAKEN 'ONE PIECE AT A TIME'.. REMEMBER IT WAS A '51 '52 '53 '54 '55 OURS IS 100% 1949! WE ARE STATING UNEQUIVOCALLY (WOW, THAT'S A BIG WORD) THAT THIS TRUCK IS 100% COMPLETE ---100% ORIGINAL ! ! THAT MEANS EVERY NUT, EVERY SCREW, EVERY FASTENER, EVERY COMPONENT... IF YOU FIND ANYTHING THAT IS NOT 100% 1949 CHEVY TRUCK, PLEASE NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY. WE WILL CORRECT ANY DEFICIENCY AND WILL PROCURE THE PROPER PART FROM OUR EXTENSIVE OLD TRUCK SALVAGE YARD. IT WILL THEN BE SHIPPED TO YOU AT NO CHARGE.. NO CHARGE FOR THE PART--NO CHARGE FOR THE SHIPPING--NO CHARGE ! ! EVEN THE BED STRIPS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT FOR REPLACEMENT WILL BE INCLUDED AND PACKED ALONG WITH THIS SHIPMENT. WE DO NOT HOWEVER MAKE ANY CLAIMS ON THE OVERALL CONDITION OF SAID COMPONENTS...AFTER ALL, WE ARE SELLING THIS TRUCK AS A RESTORATION PROJECT.. BUT, IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE ENDLESS EXCUSES AND MIS-MATCHED PARTS THIS COULD BE THE RIGHT TRUCK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.. ONE COLOR SORRY, YOU DON'T GET THE THRILL OF SANDING THROUGH THE RED PAINT, THE YELLOW PAINT, THE PINK PAINT AND THE PURPLE PAINT...THAT'S BECAUSE LIL' BLUE HAS ALWAYS BEEN JUST THAT ! BLUE, FROM THE FACTORY, BLUE ---- MARINER BLUE---PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PICS OF THE FIREWALL AND THE FADED EXTERIOR... ALL BLUE. WE FOUND THIS TRUCK IN THE DRY STATE OF NEBRASKA WHERE IT HAD RETIRED AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE. IT HAD NOT BEEN STARTED FOR A DECADE AND IT WAS TOWED ABOARD OUR TRAILER FOR THE TRIP HOME.. WE BEGAN OUR ENGINE WORK WITH THE STANDARD--NEW BATTERY, NEW DELCO FUEL PUMP, NEW POINTS, CONDENSOR, ROTOR, CAP AND PLUGS.. THEN WE ADDED A BRAND SPANKING NEW WATER PUMP... AND NOW HOW DOES SHE RUN? ? REMEMBER WHEN GRANDPA SAID IT RAN LIKE A SEWING MACHINE ? ? NOW WE UNDERSTAND THE COMPARISON. SOLID LIFTERS GIVE A QUIET TICK AS WE MOTOR ALONG IN STYLE.. A NEW MASTER CYLINDER AND A COUPLE OF NEW LINES GOT OUR BRAKES IN WORKING ORDER ALTHOUGH THEY WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WORK FOR COMPLETE SAFETY. WE ALSO INSTALLED BOTH REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLES.. ALL OF THE GLASS IS IN GOOD CONDITION ESPECIALLY THOSE CUTE LITTLE CURVED REAR WINDOWS. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH THE CORRECT 16 INCH CHEVROLET STEEL WHEELS AND IT HAS A MATCHED SET OF GOOD (NOT NEW) GOODYEAR WIDE WHITEWALL TIRES. THE HUBCAPS ARE BRAND NEW AND WE PURCHASED THE COMPLETE SET FROM OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT JIM CARTER TRUCK PARTS IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO INSTALLED A COMPLETE NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM...EXHAUST PIPE, MUFFLER AND TAILPIPE WITH HANGER. ***NEW FUEL TANK*** NOW IF WE ONLY HAD SOMETHING THAT WOULD HOLD THE FUEL?? -- 50 YEARS OF OLD GASOLINE SHELLAC HAD BUILT UP INSIDE OF OUR ORIGINAL FUEL TANK AND WE CAME TO THE CORRECT CONCLUSION THAT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (SHORT OF A BOMB) WAS GOING TO REMOVE IT PROPERLY. A BRAND NEW REPRODUCTION FUEL TANK WAS PROCURED FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CLASSIC PARTS OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. PLEASE SEE PICTURE BELOW... TO THIS, WE ADDED A NEW SENDING UNIT ALONG WITH NEW FLEX LINES AND FILTER. OUR PICTURE SHOWS THE TANK AS WE WERE TAKING IT OUT OF THE BOX BUT THE TANK HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE TRUCK.. ===GREAT FLOORBOARDS=== AS MENTIONED ABOVE, OUR TRUCK CAME FROM THE DRY CLIMATE OF NEBRASKA BUT IT IS STILL NOT TOTALLY RUST FREE. THE FRONT DOG LEGS NEAR THE FRONT FENDERS HAVE SOME PERFORATION AS DO THE REAR CAB CORNERS. THESE WILL REQUIRE PATCH PANELS..THE FLOORBOARD HOWEVER IS ONE OF THE BEST IN OUR COLLECTION. TWO SMALL SPOTS REQUIRED METAL FABRICATION AND WE HAD IT PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONALS. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW. ***STOVEBOLT POWER*** ORIGINAL ENGINE--MATCHING NUMBERS ! ! THE ENGINE THAT POWERS OUR TRUCK TODAY IS THE VERY SAME ASSEMBLY THAT WAS INSTALLED ON THE CHEVROLET ASSEMBLY LINE OVER 60 YEARS AGO.. PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE PREFIX NUMBERS IN THE PICTURE OF THE ENGINE STAMPING, FOUND ON THE FLAT BOSS BEHIND THE DISTRIBUTOR.. THIS 'GBA' PREFIX CORRESPONDS EXACTLY WITH THE ILLUSTRATION FROM THE CATALOG OF CHEVY TRUCK NUMBERS, WHICH IS PUBLISHED BY CARS AND PARTS MAGAZINE. THIS ORIGINAL 216 CUBIC INCH ENGINE HAS A RATING OF 90 HORSEPOWER AT 3300 RPM. THESE ENGINES DERIVED THE STOVE BOLT NICKNAME WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1929. THESE WERE THE FIRST CHEVROLET 6 CYLINDER ENGINES AND MANY PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE EXTERIOR ENGINE BOLTS COULD BE PURCHASED IN THE STOVE BOLT DEPARTMENT AT ANY SMALL TOWN HARDWARE STORE. COUPLED TO OUR 6 CYLINDER POWER PLANT IS CHEVROLET'S TRIED AND TRUE 3 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH COLUMN SHIFT. TO MANY OF THE OLD HOT RODDERS, THIS WAS THREE ON THE TREE AS OPPOSED TO 4 ON THE FLOOR. OUR TRUCK WEIGHS IN AT ONLY 3100 POUNDS AND HAS A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF 4600 POUNDS. NOW IF WE WERE FORCED TO DO THE MATH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A 1500 POUND PAYLOAD MINUS THE WEIGHT OF THE PASSENGERS..NOT EXACTLY HEAVY DUTY HAULING, IS IT?? ACCORDING TO THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOUND ON THE LEFT FRONT PILLAR POST OF OUR TRUCK, (SEE PICTURE BELOW) IT WAS ASSEMBLED AT THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ASSEMBLY PLANT IN SEPTEMBER, 1949.. -------OVERALL IMPRESSIONS------ AS ONE BEGINS TO LOOK FOR THE PERFECT ADVANCED DESIGN TRUCK, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT AFFORDABILITY MAY BECOME AN ISSUE. THE AVID EBAY WATCHER CAN ATEST THAT MANY OF THESE TRUCKS, TOTALLY RESTORED, ARE NOW BEING SOLD AT PRICES WELL OVER $30,000. BARRETT-JACKSON ALSO SOLD A RECORD BREAKER THIS JANUARY.. IT LEFT THE BLOCK WHEN THE AUCTIONER DECLARED THAT IT HAD SOLD FOR NEARLY $45000 ! ! WE OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE. OUR TRUCK IS COMPLETELY FUNTIONAL--BRAKES, STEERING, ENGINE, TRANSMISSION & REAR DIFFERENTIAL ALL WORK PROPERLY..THIS WORKS WELL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WISHES TO DRIVE AND ENJOY HIS ON-GOING RESTORATION PROJECT. =========ABOUT US========== JIM RAYSIK CHRYSLER/GMC HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 22 YEARS. WE ARE LICENSED, BONDED, INSURED AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD A FEEDBACK RATING OF 100%. WE HAVE EARNED CHRYSLER'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION FOR OVER 10 YEARS IN A ROW AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU AS OUR NEXT CUSTOMER. BUT WHERE THE HECK IS CLINTON, MISSOURI??? CLINTON IS LOCATED ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ON THE SHORES OF BEAUTIFUL TRUMAN LAKE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS VEHICLE FIRST HAND, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU VISIT... ===$50 APPRAISAL=== WE WOULD ACTUALLY PREFER THAT YOU GET A TOTALLY INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL OF THIS OFFERING. WE HAVE GONE TO THE TROUBLE AND HAVE CHECKED WITH SOME OF THE COMPETING BODY SHOPS IN OUR AREA... THESE TWO SHOPS HAVE BOTH AGREED TO THE LOW $50 APPRAISAL FEE... THEY ARE; FRISTOE'S BODY SHOP, PHONE 1-660-885-2622 OR BARTLETT'S BODY SHOP, PHONE 1-660-885-7950. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS. THEY ACCEPT MASTERCARD OR VISA AND MOST ENTHUSIASTS WOULD AGREE THAT THIS MONEY WELL SPENT ! ! ABOUT 'DOWNTOWN DESOTO' DOWNTOWN DESOTO WAS BUILT IN 1951 BY ARCH SADLER AND ORIGINALLY HOUSED THE SADLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY. IT WAS RESTORED IN 2004 AND NOW HAS ALL OF THE SIGHTS AND SMELLS OF YESTERDAY; INCLUDING A SHOWROOM, A FULLY STOCKED PARTS DEPARTMENT, EVEN A 5 CENT COKE MACHINE. ITS CURRENT OWNERS, JIM AND BECKY RAYSIK USE THE FACILITY AS A COMMUNITY MUSEUM AND AS A STORAGE PLACE FOR 47 OF THE NEARLY 100 ANTIQUE CARS AND TRUCKS. IT IS OPENED DURING THE CITY'S 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AND BY APPOINTMENT FOR TRAVELING CAR CLUBS. METHOD OF PAYMENT; $1000 DEPOSIT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF END OF SALE, WITH THE REMAINING PORTION DUE WITHIN 7 DAYS, CERTIFIED FUNDS ONLY. FREE INDOOR STORAGE FOR UP TO 30 DAYS HOWEVER ALL MONIES MUST BE PAID WITHIN THE 7 DAY WINDOW. CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE MORE OF DOWNTOWN DESOTO "http://www.youtube.com/v/QNmQspSW5rE&hl=en_US&fs=1&">