New member from Nebraska with 1932 A2
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]Hello all. My name is Erin and I just signed up to the forums this morning. A couple of weeks ago, I saw an ad on craigslist for "old pickup" and figured I'd have a look. It was a neat old looking vehicle and probably more missing than what was there but the guy was cleaning up a tree line and wanted to to see it go to someone who would do something other than scrap it out. He wanted $100 and so I took over the flatbed truck with the 18' bed and had him load it up. It looks like there is just enough there that I should be able to get it running. It would be fun to just do a depot hack out of it and call it car art or something. I really need to locate a set of front wheels as mine are missing. I guess the radiator and cowling was there before some thieves made off with it. Bummer.
What is it? Best as I can tell it's a 1932 A2. It's got a Waukesha engine in it. I'm pretty handy with getting things going again. I rebuilt a Sears floor jack yesterday I bought for $10. I repair small engines (tillers, snow-blowers, mowers, chainsaws) and have rebuilt some air-cooled VW engines in the past as well.) I've rebuilt the brakes on my 8N Ford tractor as well as the lift cylinder and installed a Pertronix ignition on it. Oh yeah, rebuilt the carburetor too. So it appears to me that the hardest part of getting the XAH Waukesha engine running again will be sourcing parts and I'm open to anyone who might have some technical information for me on this engine. I bought the manual from http://www.YesterdaysTractors.com but it seems to target 1936-on engines and not mine.
At any rate, this truck is probably worth more in parts, but if I just hacked on an old radiator from something else and made a nice flatbed for it, I could have a fun brush haulers for out on the acreage. I love primitive and simple machinery and honestly as anyone who knows me would tell you, if I got it running, I'd build me a plywood cab, install a gas heater from a VW, and simply just drive the thing around town. It would probably be more useful than anything else I own.
Thanks for reading my message.
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Erin
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What is it? Best as I can tell it's a 1932 A2. It's got a Waukesha engine in it. I'm pretty handy with getting things going again. I rebuilt a Sears floor jack yesterday I bought for $10. I repair small engines (tillers, snow-blowers, mowers, chainsaws) and have rebuilt some air-cooled VW engines in the past as well.) I've rebuilt the brakes on my 8N Ford tractor as well as the lift cylinder and installed a Pertronix ignition on it. Oh yeah, rebuilt the carburetor too. So it appears to me that the hardest part of getting the XAH Waukesha engine running again will be sourcing parts and I'm open to anyone who might have some technical information for me on this engine. I bought the manual from http://www.YesterdaysTractors.com but it seems to target 1936-on engines and not mine.
At any rate, this truck is probably worth more in parts, but if I just hacked on an old radiator from something else and made a nice flatbed for it, I could have a fun brush haulers for out on the acreage. I love primitive and simple machinery and honestly as anyone who knows me would tell you, if I got it running, I'd build me a plywood cab, install a gas heater from a VW, and simply just drive the thing around town. It would probably be more useful than anything else I own.
Thanks for reading my message.
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Erin
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