![]() ![]() Hosted by the Classic Car Auction Group, the auction is Saturday, March 18 with online bidding powered by Proxibid. The Car has been consigned to the 4th Annual Intermountain Online Classic Car Auction. Interior is very nice and clean and presents in the original gray color. The truck has been upgraded with turn signals and seat belts for safety. The washer for windshield is disconnected and missing. It is a 4 speed manual transmission, floor starter, no power steering, radio needs new tubes but turns on and makes loud noises. Consistent with trucks of the era, it is loud and the gearing of the transmission provides for a deliberate drive. This beautiful truck is free of dents and scratches, is mechanically sound and runs good. It was brought back to Island Park, Idaho, some needed repairs were made and the truck was registered back in Idaho/Fremont county. I gave it to my son 2/26/17 and he had it until 2019 when I re-acquired the truck. It was used to go to my Duck club in (Grizzly Island) /Suisun Marsh, parades, and Country club golf shows and show off in the driveway. I had to do about another $4000.00 of work on it. I picked it up in 2014 and paid him as agreed and brought the truck to Fairfield, California. He had it in a couple of shows but we agreed I could pay him for the restoration and his time when he was ready to turn it over to me. It was licensed as a classic carrying the plates "IDAHO 116". The first complete frame off restoration was completed in 2010 by my cousin. The truck remained in Island Park/Idaho Falls until 2007. I ended up working with him as a RAD con and CHEM tech to finish college. He was a nuclear engineer at the NRF facility. he was 16 yrs older than me and could use it for projects as he was working on building a summer home in Island Park, Idaho. The truck was parked in 1962 at the Farm when I left for College and the Marine Corp PLC program. ![]() It made a lot of trips to Swan Valley to the Touleffson's Black Angus ranch. Dan Clark was the ranch manager for the Harrimans and liked my work with cows and calves. It made a lot of trips to Island Park at the Railroad ranch where i did work with and for Dr. The truck carried people for hay rides, pulling floats at High school, hunting, fishing and work. It was painted metallic green, white walls were installed as were dual exhaust and a 2 barrel down draft carb. The truck was refinished the first time in July 1959. My Uncle George lost his arms in a hay bailer accident in 1959, so the truck became doubly important for Farm work, school and working for the Vet. Graves, a veterinarian, and to the farm on Sunnyside to work the farm with Uncle George. My parents moved from Plymouth, Utah in 1950 but I spent my summers with my Aunt Laverne and Uncle George until they sold the ranch/Farm in 1956 and moved to Sunnyside Road in Idaho Falls, They gave me the truck in 1958 when I was 14 and got a drivers license, I used the truck to go to work for Dr. Though I could not reach the brakes, stopping was acheived by turning off key! During the summer and early fall at the ranch I would put it compound low, pull out the throttle, turn the key, slide down and hit the floor starter, scramble up in seat and off I'd go! Driving the edges of grain fields, I'd honk, yell and chase deer out of the fields. I (Harold Archibald) started driving the pickup in 1952 at the young age of 8 yrs old. ![]() The purchase price was $951.00, the original bill of sale is in documents. He lived in Plymouth Utah and had a farm/ranch in Pocatello Valley south of Malad Idaho. The Chevy 3100 pickup was purchased by my Uncle George R. Single Family Storied Ownership Since NewĬurrent Owners Acquired the Truck in 1958 Item Description: Translate description 1951 Chevrolet 3100 5 Window Pickup TruckĬomplete, Extensive Restoration in 2007-2010 with Periodic Updates Since ![]()
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