The airplane that was flying over that you took a quick video of is the C47 that lead the invasion of paratroopers on D-Day on June 6th, 1944. It was called "That's all Brother" it was restored to its war time period paint scheme for the invasion of France. If you stop the video at 9:20 you can see the 3 stripes that were painted onto the fuselage so the allied ships and other planes could identify that they were friendly planes when returning to England from France. It's the only flying C47 with those markings currently flying.

Spent many a harvest (wheat, corn, milo, soybeans, sunflowers) clocking miles on our 69 C50 starting at 14yo. 2 speed vacuum, double shifting. Dad always said "know your corners, use your gears, not your brakes"

A later model 3500HD, the GMT400 bodied ones, have a similar but more modern driveline. They have 4 wheel disc brakes, and they had 4l80e transmissions. IIRC, depending on the Year model, ( they made them from around '92-02, again, IIRC..) Had either a Gen V, or Gen 6 454, or a 6.5 Turbo Diesel. I have also seen them with an 8.1. I've seen complete trucks for sale pretty dang cheap, and it'd modernize the driveline a LOT. Also, they use the same wheel lug pattern, and ALL came with readily available 19.5" tires, AND Alcoa makes wheels to fit that pattern. Similar era GM motorhome chassis had many of the same parts. Kool project Dave!

Top kick Top Kick build

thank you. that was fun !

Very nice!!!

There is a TON of potential in that ruck!!!!!

i like those old trucks to, i want a winch on mine or a ramp

Poppys Patina for the clear!

If I was you I would get a rollback bed, They would just bolt on as well and you have the PTO already. I see them all the time on marketplace, for really great prices too. I’d venture to say they are a lot more common to find used and a ton less work than building a ramp bed. Not to mention they are much handier.

@MichaelSmith-jv7zm

11 ай бұрын

Ramp truck body's are just classic, Rollbacks looks to modern.

@justingould7348

11 ай бұрын

They don’t *look too* modern there were roll backs around way before that truck was new. In fact Holmes came out with the tilt bed in 1916. A truck like that is not just going to be a showpiece it’s also going to be used as a tool and I don’t know about you but I want the most functional tool possible. If you do much with moving around old cars a roll back is a game changer.

@MichaelSmith-jv7zm

11 ай бұрын

@@justingould7348 talking about the vintage look that ramp truck bodies have. Like the ones that Finnegan has on his trucks.

@MichaelSmith-jv7zm

11 ай бұрын

That's what you Haul vintage Hot rods around on

@justingould7348

11 ай бұрын

@@MichaelSmith-jv7zm no that’s what people built because they were too cheap to buy or build a rollback.

One thing I love about old iron is how you can get excited about very basic stuff like, it has a floor, or it is somewhat complete, or all of the glass is in it etc etc even if it looks like crap and the wiring is a mess or whatever 🤣

Keep trucking

Seeing that C50 brought back some old memories I forgot about! I’m 67 now but when I was 19 I worked for a lumberyard I think it was a 1970 C50 orange cab and orange interior with a 350. It had the PTO and split rear end with a 16’ flat bed to dump building materials for construction contractors. It was fun to drive!

Thats going to be cool

Badass foo👍👍👍

Wedge bed with air bags,,,super simple

I had the same truck in a 69’. If it was a dumper you would see where the ram and pump use to be mounted. Mine was a Detroit with a 5&3 transmission. PTO driven pump for the dumper. It would be obvious if it were a dumper.

David cool name also is mine. Ramptruck suspension is fine. Just build truck then remove leaf spring til you get the ride you like

You bring back memories of my grandpas tow truck I drove in the junkyard when I was 8. Miss the old days

Watching the cab flex on the chassis 5-6” while you were yard driving was hilarious

Mr. B. Here ! 🤨🤨🔧🧰🪛. This looks like it do for some love . Best of luck on the build ! 👍😎👀🍺

Dave, I'm so glad you went out on your own and have your own KZread channel. Love watching your stuff. You were part of the inspiration for me to look for a Tri-5 Chevy, and my stepson surprised me with a basket case '56 210 sedan. Looking forward to seeing this C50 turned in to a ramp truck. It's another one of the projects my stepson and I are looking to do one day. 👍👍

What a solid straight body--Great find !!!

black with red interior geez you hit the jack pot. I love it can’t wait to see it come together

Cool truck

Great Find.. Should make a good ramp truck.. Just make Sure you get rid of that Single Pot Master Cylinder ..

@battycowboy

11 ай бұрын

At least it’s power boosted

I’ve been by Old Car City a thousand times. But, I’ve never stopped. Your C50 Black with Red interior is a great combo. I have a 1972 C50 Red with red interior. I love it. It has 5885 miles on it. It has a 366 big block. I pulled it out. I’m gonna replace it with a 5.9 Cummins 12 valve and an NV4500. Change the rear axle to a 4.33. Change the front axle. Both axles have disc brakes. 10 lug bolt pattern. I’m adding AC, power brakes and power steering. Keep up the vision! Great project!

So cool! Can’t wait to see it come together!

When you picked that up you were about 20 minutes from my shop. I know the boy that owns the orange 67 with the transport wheels. that's his daily driver.

I would be interested to see the rear differential, I would imagine it has a 2 speed rear. I worked on a fleet of C50 to 6500, Gm had their own version 2 speed a T150 and a T170, later on they switched to Eaton differentials. I had to laugh, lets see if it will do a burnout, those old gearbox's, drivelines and rear axles aren't real forgiving to clutch drops. But that just opens a door for some other kind of swap, have fun with the new project.

Definitely going to be awesome build

CONGRATULATIONS DAVID!! A TOTALLY AWSOME PROJECT TRUCK!!!! GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

My uncle had a 66 with the straight six in it. We used it to haul concrete panel forms from job site to job site, each panel weighs 80 LBs, so that adds up quickly. Any way i was driving it fully loaded to the next job sight, with my cousin following behind me in a pickup truck. We had a valley to drop in to and then climb out of, and the other side was step and long. I floored it going down the hill to get as much speed as i could to get up the other side, but I still ended up in granny gear to finish the climb up the other side. shortly before cresting the hill the old truck burped a big one, it felt like the whole truck jumped of the ground. but it was still ruining so I pressed on. I did notices it seemed a bit loader. when we got to the job site, my cousin asked if the truck was still running ok, I said yes and mention the back fire. he said there was a fire ball that shot out the back about ten feet. we got down on the ground a looked under the truck and found that the muffler looked more like a ballon. I had a lot of fun driving those old trucks. they were tuff old rigs. Your is a nice score, cant wait to see the end result.

Keep the stock frame and get Dave Chapelle back over to help fab up an airbag suspension! 3 or 4-link rear, maybe radius arms up front; would give you both BIG style points and comfort(livability) upgrade. And would be able to get it that little bit closer to the ground for loading up low ground clearance cars. Maybe GM Performance Parts will sponsor a ZZ632 & Allison 10L1000 for the ultimate hot rod car hauler? LOL

NICE OLD TRUCK DAVE, AND AWESOME CONTENT. kEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!

Great find.

So cool you got it home. That is a cool truck.

that was the funniest episode when you were driving that green ramp truck home...Ispoke to you about that episode at Atco when you guys were doing drag week..

There is a Chevy 3500 crew cab long bed with service truck for sale here that would fit the c50 i believe..it's pretty cool the way it is. 4500. IL get it and hold it if you want it.

Pretty darn cool rig.....looking forward to seeing it come together.

@davidwoodham1307

11 ай бұрын

Hi there mate ilike your ghevy truck it's a very cool looking truck they don't make them like that anyone it's a shame

I love it man. Very awesome Truck.

I own a grain , dump bed 68 C50, i dropped an HEI distributor, major starting improvement. Vaccum two speed differential. Its mostlikely a 366 big block 6 liter. Not a 350. Dependable truck.

I wouldn’t worry about wheels, just paint the rims & new tires

This needs a bus chassis with a Duramax or Cummins or something. More power. Can still put a ramp bed on it. Probably comes with air ride too.

PTO winch in the future for that truck. They are great

Going to be a very cool truck! Seems like it runs pretty good too.

Since it already has a PTO, I’d try to find a Jerr Dan bed from an old rollback wrecker.

Looking good 👍👍

30 years ago, I Used to drive that exact combo with a water tank for a drilling rig.

Should find a used rollback to put on there and mount tool boxes below ahead of the axle....

GREAT VIDEO DAVID!!!! I LOVE RAMP TRUCKS!!!! I LOVE WORK TRUCKS!!!! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

Wow! I thought the truck was green! GREAT BONES!

Great content thanks for sharing

I gave a 90’s C30 frame with rear end and disc brakes too

Love the new build platform that is a solid body, little pin holes in that thick old sheet metal is nothing. I got to meet You, Cotton, and Dulcich at Roadkill nights, it was great to meet you I hope to see you again.

I have a 68 C50 as well. It started it's life as a fire truck has 53000 miles and the og 300hp 327. It has a flat bed now, I use it to bang around my property.

She’s got that good ol “RV” cam in her!

Awesome little video Newbern👍🇺🇸🍺💯

Source a 20 foot roll back unit. There should be lots available used and it would be a lot more versatile than the ramp. Just my thoughts.

@MichaelSmith-jv7zm

11 ай бұрын

They ugly

Man that is sweet!!

I see a yellow faster project in the back. 😎 awesome stuff!!

Yes David. I learned to drive on country back roads in parking lots, drove cars off and on a hauler @12yrs. Old, put a cast alloy hairdryer to a Tecumseh 3.5hp to run/w a briggs.5hp. (Shi#$#$$$.T Since

Chevy started painting the engine blue in 1977. Cool truck.

Cool rig! I like it.

Thats a sweet truck

Nice going into town rig!

Cool project

Ramp truck, with bumper hitch, and a flip-over gooseneck in the ramp bed. Have it all in one chassis.

At first I was thinking chassis swap. But then you mentioned that maybe something you are considering. I agree. I’ve worked in medium/heavy duty truck shops for 30 years. Im a heavy duty truck collision technician. A freightliner or something like that with the factory air ride rear suspension would be a dream. And parts are all over. Used cab and chassis can be had cheap. Putting that cab and engine of choice on one wouldn’t be hard

Just came across your channel...love the content...you've earned my subscription...looking forward to future videos.

Truck is in good shape ! You got a deal depending on what you paid. Very cool. Hope you find a rear box/bed for it.

Very cool!!!! 👍👍

You could check with Hodge's truck beds and see if they have a used one at a decent price.

oh I hit the comment button to soon love ya bro

Yea i got a 70 roll back i just picked up in Savannah a year ago. Gonna do a Duramax Swap with Allison Transmission.

Same body style of truck that is I think late 70s. I probably only for 20 years and it's still only has around 50,000 original miles. It's pretty Sharp. It also has been shorter set of frame rails behind the cab. But I do have a nice car hauler. I have old car guy envy of your friends crew cabin trailer. Best wishes on your plan.

That is a sweet truck. I'm on a ramp truck page on fb and beds do pop up from time to time.

Your truck reminds me of the one I drove around the hay fields in SE Missouri many years ago.

you've got a cool piece of property there

It was a grain truck. That's why the low mileage?? Sweet truck

My neck of the woods and saw mill or grain truck would be a good guess since that was pretty popular around here and there's been a log yard for as long as I can remember 1/8th mile down from where u got it

Your cowl was covered to keep the sawdust from blowing out the defroster vents. We did the same thing but with plastic and clear tape on the grain trucks to keep the pink beeswings from the corn blowing all through the cab

i had a 69 i orginally had the same idea with, wish i was able to or that i kept the truck. sweet ride man

I think they ran a PTO-driven 36” saw table. That would explain the sawdust. I’ve been to a bunch of small sawmills, they’ll use anything from a deuce-and-a half, or a tractor, or an old truck for powering the saw.

@matzrat5006

11 ай бұрын

i saw that before, back in the day.

Hey that was a 10 sec pass grabbing gears in the driveway. lol. I've always like those truck's as well my uncle use to have one in the green color like Mike's old one.

I made the burnout sounds for yah. Whoop, Whoop, Whoop, Whoop, Whoop. Ya know she gonna wheel hop. 😎 I like the way you banged 3rd gear at about 25 mph. 😉

👍👍

Sweet truck man I have one of my own that still has a dump bed on it. If you want to solve your wheel problem dirty and cheap (I'd say quick but I would be lying) axle swap is the way to go. I am swapping axles from a 82 C70 into mine and its pretty simple the most complicated part( for me since I have a long dump bed full of crap) is getting it in the air but yours should be easy and pretty much any newer medium duty truck axles will bolt up and give you wheel options, newer dual circuit brakes, and you can get better road gears with a rear end you can find gears for only thing I had to watch out for was front spring width since mine are smaller they are skinnier so I have to put some plate in to space it out for the ubolts.

Might want to check a place in Selmer Tennessee called Moore Bros. They might have a bed

I remember you said you practically daily drove the c50 ramp truck Finnegan had back when you helped him on his projects there awesome trucks

I need and am looking for a grill for my C60 air🎉brake core support too and a rear end air brakes . Thanks BigAl California

Custom Cab, that there was your chrome grill and some things in the interior.

You could also do a smaller ramp further back on the frame with a deck/tool box set up with the extra space between the cab.

@williesteinecker1014

11 ай бұрын

Yes! More boxes is always a good call

just put a car trailer on it for a bed . personally i like to use school bus for ramp truck . shorten the body enuff to have a bedroom then build a ramp body on the rest of the chassis .

Cool truck, nice 8.1, I see you upgraded tractors too. I have the same one and I already want something bigger.

Dually king can make wheels

If anything, I appreciate you point out the FC RX7. Chris Rigby would be pleased! Cool to see another ramp truck on the channel.

Hey 12 volt Derrick at vice grip garage did have square body ramp truck. It was orange

Google Earth still shows “Square Force 1” sitting at your property, and your Nova sitting in the driveway. I dig the new house Dave!

@12VoltDave

11 ай бұрын

I doubt it. Square force has never been at my house and the nova has been gone for a year and a half.

@iamgriff

11 ай бұрын

@@12VoltDave Lol, okay Dave. Don’t worry though, I won’t reveal your location to the masses.

Wait to see the episode on the Monster truck Lambo in the background