1951 Chevrolet Other Pickups

5 WINDOW Pickup truck

6 - Cyl.

Manual

Gasoline

FOR A VIDEO TEST DRIVE--CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW CLICK HERE-CLICK HERE-CLICK HERE"http://www.youtube.com/embed/FpBtlnmIUx8" CLICK HERE-CLICK HERE-CLICK HERE FOR A VIDEO TOUR OF DOWNTOWN DESOTO--CLICK ON THIS LINK CLICK HERE CLICK HEREhttp://www.youtube.com/embed/QNmQspSW5rECLICK HERE ================================================================================================================================ ====1951 CHEVROLET==== 5-WINDOW DELUXE CAB ====RUNS-DRIVES-STOPS AND STEERS==== ========================================================= 'OLD CARS PRICE GUIDE' TOP VALUE RATED ! ! ! PLEASE CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. . . GO TO ANY OF THE MAJOR BOOKSELLERS, BORDERS, BARNES & NOBLES OR YOUR LOCAL NEWSTAND. PURCHASE A COPY OF THE "OLD CARS PRICE GUIDE". THIS PERIODICAL IS CONSIDERED TO BE "THE" PREMIER VALUE GUIDE BY MOST TRUE OLD CAR ENTHUSIASTS. ACCORDING TO THIS PUBLICATION-- THE CHEVROLET PICKUP FROM 1948 THROUGH 1953 IS RATED TO BE THE MOST VALUABLE CHEVROLET PICKUP IN THE COLLECTOR VEHICLE MARKETPLACE TODAY ! ! ! WITH A CONSEVATIVE TOP VALUE OF $31,000 ! ! OUR '51 IS RATED EVEN HIGHER THAN THE ULTRA SCARCE PICKUPS OF THE EARLY 1930'S AND HAS A VALUE WHICH FAR EXCEEDS THE HEAVY DUTY IRON OF THE MUSCULAR 1960'S.. FIRST TIME OFFERED ! ! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN OFFERED TO YOU LOYAL EBAYERS AND BY NOW, MOST OF YOU KNOW OF OUR SUCCESS. WE HAVE LISTED OVER 31 OF OUR ANTIQUE AND CLASSIC VEHICLES 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!!! +++THEY CALLED THEM 'NEW VUE'+++ MANY COLLECTORS AGREE, THAT THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER OF THE EARLY CHEVROLET TRUCK IS THE ADVANCED DESIGN SERIES OF 1947 THROUGH 1953. MOST PREFER THE HALF TON WITH THE SHORT BOX AND THE 5 WINDOW CAB, WITH THE SMALL CURVED REAR WINDOWS. THESE WERE DESIGNED TO PREVENT BLIND SPOTS AND WERE CALLED "NEW VUE"..THEY WERE AN EXTRA COST OPTION (#387) AND, DUE TO THE DIFFERING IN INSIDE SHEET METAL, THEY COULD NOT BE ADDED ON TO THE THREE WINDOW VERSION. MANY ENTHUSIAST ALSO APPRECIATE THE UPGRADED DOORS OF THE 1951 MODELS, AS THEY CAME STANDARD WITH THE SWING OUT VENT WINDOWS. ANOTHER PREFERENCE WITH OUR TRUCK IS THE STANDARD 3 SPEED TRANSMISSION. THIS IS MUCH PREFERRED OVER THE FOUR SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH THE GRANNY LOW. THESE FOUR SPEEDS WERE VERY POPULAR WITH THE FARMERS REQUIRING A HEAVY DUTY TRUCK AND THEY HAD THE SHIFT LINKAGE ON THE FLOOR.. OUR 3 SPEED OFFERS A SHIFT LINKAGE THAT IS UP ON THE COLUMN AND OUT OF THE WAY... THREE PASSENGERS CAN SIT COMFORTABLY IN OUR TRUCK AND YOUR GIRLFRIEND WON'T ACCUSE YOU OF GROPING HER LEGS. THE THREE SPEED ALSO INDICATES THAT THIS TRUCK WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED AS A LIGHT DUTY HAULER.. IN OUR CASE, IT WAS PROBABLY TRANSPORTING GOOSE FEATHERS TO A PILLOW FACTORY. IT HAS A LIGHT GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING OF ONLY 4800 POUNDS AND A CURB WEIGHT OF 3100 POUNDS.. NOW, IF WE WERE FORCED TO DO THE MATH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PAYLOAD OF ONLY 1700 POUNDS MINUS THE WEIGHT OF THE PASSENGERS.. NOT EXACTLY HEAVY DUTY HAULING, IS IT? ACCORDING TO THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER THAT IS FOUND IN THE LEFT DOOR JAM, OUR TRUCK WAS BUILT AT THE KANSAS CITY ASSEMBLY PLANT IN DECEMBER OF 1951. STOVE BOLT---SIX CYLINDER OUR LITTLE TRUCK IS POWERED BY AN UPGRADED 235 CUBIC INCH, SIX CYLINDER ENGINE WHICH HAS A RATING OF 115 HORSEPOWER AT 3600 RPM.. THESE ENGINES DERIVED THE STOVE BOLT NICKNAME WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1929.. THEY WERE CONSIDERED AN ENGINEERING MAVEL AND IT SUPRISED MANY TO LEARN THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE EXTERIOR ENGINE BOLTS COULD BE PURCHASED IN THE STOVE BOLT DEPARTMENT AT ANY SMALL TOWN HARDWARE STORE. AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE VIDEO, OUR LITTLE TRUCK RUNS EXCELLENT, SHIFTS THROUGH ALL OF ITS GEARS CORRECTLY AND ITS STEERING IS TIGHT AND TRUE. AN EXCEPTION TO THE ABOVE STATEMENT WOULD BE THE NEED OF A 3RD GEAR SYNCHRONIZER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. WE HAVE INSTALLED A BRAND NEW CLUTCH PLATE, PRESSURE PLATE AND THROWOUT BEARING AS WELL AS A TOTALLY NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM. ****12 VOLT POWER SUPPLY**** THOUGH NOT RESTORED WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR TRUCK IN LAST LAST FEW MONTHS... WE HAVE CLEANED THE CARBURETOR AND INSTALLED A BRAND NEW GAS TANK AND SENDING UNIT.. THEN, TO MAKE VERY SURE THAT ALL OF THIS CLEAN FUEL REACHED THE ENGINE, WE ALSO INSTALLED A NEW DELCO FUEL PUMP..THE ORIGINAL IGNITION SWITCH AND FOOT OPERATED STARTER HAVE BEEN RETAINED AND ALL OF THE GAGES WORK CORRECTLY..THE IGNITION SWITCH AND DOOR LOCK ARE KEY MATCHED AND WORK CORRECTLY, INDICATING THAT BOTH LOCKS ARE ORIGINALS FROM THE FACTORY.. OUR TIRED OLD SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT IN ANY CONDITION TO RESTORE, SO WE PURCHASED A BRAND NEW UNIT FROM CLASSIC PARTS OF KANSAS CITY.. NOT ONLY DOES IT WORK WONDERFULLY, IT IS ALSO GUARANTEED FOR ONE FULL YEAR. THE ORIGINAL HORN ALSO WORKS AND RETAINS USE OF THE ORIGINAL STEERING WHEEL HORN BUTTON ..ALSO, IN THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE JUST INSTALLED A BRAND NEW 12 VOLT BATTERY AND OUR TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH THE CORRECT 12 VOLT ALTERNATOR WITH BUILT IN REGULATOR AS WELL. WE HAVE ALSO REPLACED ALL OF THE OLD 6 VOLTS LIGHT BULBS WITH THE CORRECT 12 VOLT REPLACEMENTS. OUR LITTLE TRUCK ALSO RECEIVED A FRESH TUNE UP, USING GENUINE DELCO PARTS FROM OUR GM PARTS DEPARTMENT. THIS TUNEUP INCLUDED NEW SPARK PLUGS, A NEW SET OF POINTS, A NEW CONDENSOR AND A NEW DISTRIBUTOR CAP & ROTOR. THE BODY OF THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN TOTALLY RESTORED AND DOES HAVE SOME SLIGHT IMPERFECTIONS.. THE WHEELS ARE 16 INCH FACTORY ORIGINALS WITH THE CORRECT HUBCAP CLIPS STILL IN PLACE.. WE HAVE SANDBLASTED EACH THOROUGHLY AND PRIMED THEM CORRECTLY..THEN WE PAINTED THEM TO THE FRESH GREEN COLOR THAT YOU SEE TODAY..TO THIS WE THEN INSTALLED THE CORRECT 1951 REPRODUCTION CHEVROLET HUBCAPS..ALSO NEWLY ADDED ARE THE NEW REPRODUCTION, CHROME FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS AND THE NEW FRONT HOOD BADGE. THE SWING DOWN, OUTSIDE CHROME DOOR HANDLES ARE BRAND NEW ALONG WITH THE LEFTHAND OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR & ARM...THE FRONT FILLER PANEL, THAT FITS BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER AND GRILLE, HAD ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND WAS LIKEWISE REPLACED WITH A NEW METAL REPRODUCTION FROM JIM CARTERS OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. BRAND SPANKIN' NEW TIRES ! THE WIDE WHITEWALL TIRES ARE BRAND NEW. THEY ARE THE CORRECT 600 x 16 INCH WIDE WHITEWALL TIRES. THESE ARE EXACT DUBLICATES TO THE OPTIONAL TIRES WHICH COULD BE PURCHASED ON THE VERY DATE THAT OUR TRUCK WAS PRODUCED BACK IN 1951 ! THE SPARE TIRE IS NOT NEW BUT HAS PLENTY OF TREAD AND IS MOUNTED CORRECTLY ON THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE CARRIER UNDER THE BED.. THE OLD BED WOOD HAS BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED.. THIS WOOD IS OF THE TREATED VARIETY AND SHOULD LAST FOR YEARS IN THE FUTURE..ONE OF THE AREAS THAT NEARLY ALWAYS SHOWS RUST, IS THE FRONT BED PANEL.. THIS IS QUITE TYPICAL ON THESE TRUCKS AS THIS IS THE AREA WHERE LEAFS AND OTHER DEBRIS HAVE COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. WE FOUND THAT OURS DID NEED REPLACEMENT. WE ALSO PROCURED A NEW CORRECT 'CHEVROLET' RAISED LETTERED TAILGATE AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH ARE BRAND NEW, METAL REPRODUCTIONS AND LOOK GREAT! THE BRAKES ARE IN GOOD OPERATING CONDITION HOWEVER THEY SHOULD BE CHECKED THOROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE TRIP HOME AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED TOTALLY SAFE UNTIL CHECKED BY A QUALIFIED TECHNITIAN. WE HAVE ALSO PURCHASED AND INSTALLED A BRAND NEW SEAT COVER FROM OUR FRIENDS AT CLASSIC CHEVY IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. THIS IS MADE OUT OF THE CORRECT REPRODUCTION MATERIAL AND IS STICHED AND SEAMED CORRECTLY. JIM CARTER RESTORATIONS SUPPLIED US WITH THE CORRECT DOOR PANEL MATERIAL. A NEW HEADLINER WAS ALSO INSTALLED AND WE HAVE REPAINTED THE DASH IN THE ORIGINAL "JIM CARTER" INTERIOR COLOR. NEW CHOKE AND THROTTLE CABLES AND NUMEROUS OTHER INCIDENTAL PARTS HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTALLED. WE ALSO WISH TO THANK OUR FRIEND JERRY RIVERS FROM JERRY'S ANTIQUE AUTO PARTS IN INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM AND APPRECIATE HIS VALUABLE ASSISTANCE. NEW GLASS ! ! ! OUR OLD WINDSHIELD WAS STARTING TO DELAMINATE AROUND THE EDGES AND A FEW CRACKS HAD DEVELOPED, THEREFORE TWO BRAND NEW WINDSHIELD PANELS WERE PROCURED AND HAVE BEEN CORRECTLY INSTALLED.. THIS ALSO NECESSITATED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FITTED RUBBER WINDSHIELD GASKET.. FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE REAR GLASS WAS ALSO SHOWING WEAR. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED, AGAIN, WITH A NEW FITTED, RUBBER GASKET. OUR BODY SHOP CREW TOOK CARE OF THIS TASK AND JACK, TOM AND JIMMY MADE THE JOB LOOK EASY. OUR OLD WIPERS WERE MOVING EXCESSIVELY SLOW AFTER 60 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE. THE WIPER MOTOR WAS SENT TO OUR FRIENDS AT FICKEN WIPER IN BABYLON, NEW YORK.. THIS SMALL VACUUM MOTOR WAS TOTALLY REBUILT, IT WORKS GREAT AND IS GUARANTEED TO WORK CORRECTLY FOR 3 FULL YEARS.. TO THIS WE ADDED 2 BRAND NEW, CORRECT, 6 INCH WIPER BLADES AND 2 NEW CHROME REPRODUCTION WIPER ARMS. THEY LOOK FANTASTIC AND OPERATE AS NEW. GENUINE FULTON VISOR DON'T LET THE BRIGHT SUN HIT IN YOUR EYES ! ! IT CAN'T, BECAUSE OUR TRUCK IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A GENUINE "FULTON" SUNSHADE FROM 1951.. IN THE PICTURES, ONE WILL SEE THE TRUCK PHOTOGRAPHED BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT THIS AFTERMARKET OPTION, THUS EVERYONE CAN CHOOSE THE LOOK THAT IS PREFERABLE TO THEM. THE SUNSHADE IS INCLUDED IN THIS OFFERING AND WILL BE SHIPPED SAFELY IN A SEPARATE PACKAGE WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED VIA UPS... NO CHARGE FOR SHADE SHIPPING..! OVERALL IMPRESSIONS AS ONE BEGINS TO LOOK FOR THE PERFECT 1947-1953 ADVANCED DESIGN TRUCK, IT BECOMES APPARENT 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 AND TWO CROSSED THE BARRETT-JACKSON AUCTION BLOCK LAST JANUARY AT OVER $45,000.... WE OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.. OUR LITTLE '51 RUNS EXCELLENT AND COULD CERTAINLY BECOME YOUR NEXT DAILY DRIVER. OR--SHOULD YOU PREFER, YOU MAY COMPLETE THE TOTAL RESTORATION LIKE JOHNNY CASH--ONE PIECE AT A TIME...................BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND, WE ARE SELLING THIS TRUCK AS A RESTORATION PROJECT....IT IS NOT A PERFECT TRUCK---IT IS NOT A RESTORED TRUCK! ! ! ---PLEASE CHECK THE SERIAL NUMBER--- ONE OF THE PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN BY THE OLD TRUCK BUYER IS IN REGARDS TO THE SERIAL NUMBER.. EARLY IN THIS CENTURY, MANY STATES FOUGHT TENACIOUSLY TO THWART THE PROLIFIC MOTOR VEHICLE THIEVES.. LEGISLATORS IN SOME STATES DETERMINED THAT THE TRUE SERIAL NUMBER SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT WAS STAMPED ON THE ENGINE, RATHER THAT THE EASILY REMOVED DOOR PLATE STAMPING... THIS WORKED OUT FINE UNTIL THE OLD ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND THE SERIAL NUMBER BECAME DISCARDED.. NOW, YEARS LATER THIS IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY SERIOUS PROBLEM, WITH TITLES TRANSFERRED THAT SHOW A SERIAL NUMBER THAT DOES NOT MATCH... PLEASE NOTICE THE TWO PICTURES REGARDING OUR OFFERING, AS WE HAVE ILLUSTRATED THAT OUR TITLE AND OUR SERIAL NUMBER TAG MATCH PERFECTLY.. MANY CANNOT MAKE THIS CLAIM ! ! ! RUST FREE ?? OR IS THERE SUCH A THING ? ? WHILE WE WOULD NEVER PROCLAIM ANY OF OUR TRUCKS AS TOTALLY RUST FREE, WE CAN SAY THAT THIS ONE IS VERY SOLID. UPON CLOSE INSPECTION, ONE WILL FIND THAT THE FLOOR HAS HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REPAIRS DONE TO THE SHEET METAL. WE BELIEVE THAT EACH OF THESE REPAIRS WILL SATISFY THE NEW OWNER AND THE FLOOR EXHIBITS A VERY SOLID FEEL. WE CAN SEE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ADDITIONAL REPAIRS AND THEY ALSO SEEM SATISFACTORY TO THE SELLER.. HOWEVER, WITH THIS BEING SAID, ONE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WE ARE NOT MAKING CLAIMS OF A TOTAL, 100 %, RUST FREE TRUCK... AND TO BE HONEST, WE ARE SOMEWHAT DOUBTFUL THAT ONE TRULY EXISTS.. 100% COMPLETE ! ! OUR '51 IS COMPLETE---100% COMPLETE..IF YOU FIND ANYTHING MISSING ON THIS LITTLE TRUCK, WE WILL REPLACE IT FREE OF CHARGE AND PRE-PAY THE FREIGHT DIRECT TO YOUR DOOR (USA RESIDENTS ONLY).. IT WILL BE PROCURED FROM ONE OF THE UNITS IN OUR EXTENSIVE "OLD TRUCK" SALVAGE YARD. WHEN WE LIST A TRUCK, WE THINK WE SHOULD REALLY SELL THE WHOLE TRUCK ! ! ===ABOUT US=== JIM RAYSIK CHRYSLER/GMC HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 23 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... IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN INDEPENDENT APPRAISER TO CHECK THIS OFFERING, MAY WE SUGGEST... FRISTOE'S BODY SHOP, PHONE 1-660-885-2622 OR BARTLETT'S BODY SHOP, PHONE 1-660-885-7950. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR ADDITIONAL PICTURES, PLEASE CALL JIM AT--1-800-748-7712. 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 35 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.