8 Wheel 1.5 Ton Chevy G506 Pickup on the Road! 

I love your projects LBG, please don't stop, you're keeping an old fella entertained.

The LED signal lights turned out extremely nice! The whole truck is oozing with coolness!

Have you considered putting electric assist steering from a 2009-2013 Toyota Corolla in this truck? It is a very overpowered unit for its application and worked great on my '47 Willys pickup. The woods are full of them so you should be able to find one cheap in a junk yard near you. Mine cost me $75.00.

I think I just figured out what the round plate is on the front bumper. Is there three holes in it? In the shape of a triangle? Place a American Signal Company 4 beam beacon on it. Amber in color. You said this was a bomb towing truck, and it clicked. It’s for the warning light while towing bombs. We called them bubble gum lights in the old fire trucks. Also, I’m sure this rig would also be used as a tug, possibly towing aircraft. The warning light on top of the cab might make it too tall going under the wings of the bomber aircraft. It would make sense to place it on the front bumper out of the view of the cab. If I’m wrong…. It was a damn good guess.

7:48 I believe those are convoy lights or blackout lights. They are used to limit the vehicles visibility when traveling at night or in a convoy.

I love that you get things done on your channel more than you talk about getting things done on your channel. You keep a good flow and explain as you move along

Your projects are awesome! Love your attitude!

The guage panel insert you have is the proper military one so you might have a original ww2 cab from some other chevy or gmc military truck from ww2. Some one might have just found the military guage panel insert they used as well but a lot of work unless you had it laying around and the original was destroyed. If it has military data plates on the dashboard or glove box it's almost certainly from some other military truck. Please keep the grill, it really does protect all the lights and radiator and it's original to the truck no matter what the cab came from. That was a air force truck and they used to be blue. I don't know if they were blue in the war but they were later so it may have been in service long enough to get a repaint. That extra light is the black out drive light and you can see the slot in the front glass to pop into the metal plate with the hood that made the light only put light down so you couldn't be seen from the air. The Germans used a really over engineered one on their vehicles. I found a much newer blackout light on a Vietnam era road grader I put on my 41 Power Wagon. Other than it being 24 volts it was pretty much identical to the old 6 volt one it should have had.

Absolutely love your content keep it up

Sir, I am absolutely loving your videos. Please keep them coming!

This was probably the best video I’ve ever seen of someone rigging a vehicle to work with the embodiment of “eyy it’s good enough”

I love this truck. Thanks for metering those lights, putting the orices on, I will be checking out their catalog. Real info, practical mechanics and plenty of laughs. Thanks !

Hiya bud, well Its all looking great so far, so thank you for sharing with us all. That hidden blue paint, left me wondering If It was ever Royal Airforce Blue, perhaps being stationed In Canada at some point> but stranger things are found eh... As the old leaf suspension springs have years of dirt and rust in them limiting their ability to slide over each other reminded me of some years ago, I used to service an old Landrover, its leaf springs were so rusted and dirt filled they were like welded together, so the time consuming of taking them off the truck, jet washing them to the death between each leaf spring, dried them with compressed air, used a slim metal wedge to open the gap one leaf a time, greased in between the leaf springs, then wrapped the entire leaf spring in hessian sacking, heavily greased held on with baling wire, refitted back to the truck, made it ride like a new truck again..No more bouncing down the road..Anyway, thanks for the video, Ian. UK.

That thing is just *too cool* James! 😁👍 Nice job! I enjoyed the video very much. Happy wrenching 🔧🔩

Excellent video Low Buck Garage :) also super on brake booster, headlights, turning signals, , blacklights, cab interior seat plus light, back up cab light to and switches cluster plus front windshield adjustable! Also fan in rad so cool and hope fix dash cluster for gauges soon too ! Also cool truck for sure and like how work out too for also more repairs videos in future too watch! Also one head light how did angle tilt of is Half moon of peice metal very thin like pop can metal was over trim plus ring on screw in top part from 9:00 to 12:00 to 3:00 clock ⏰ be also from 9:00 to 6:00 to 3:00 open plus ☹ smile top part 9:00 to 12:00 to 3:00 had beak like Baseball cap ! If saw headlights cover on clear glass of 1950 Headlights half cover know talking about they said early stages of fog lights and glare from higher beam too when drove past old Ford, Mercury and lots 1940 to 1960 cars or trucks would be hard on eyes!

What a beast & she's come a long way .. Sure like all those aftermarket add ons I bet it's a booger to steer..we sure love these old military vehicles and appreciate your talent in bringing them back to life!.. looking forward to seeing more of your work and thanks for sharing

Nice video. Definitely dont see any front dual trucks like this

The 3 led's in the light with the turn signal sure worked out slick. Great idea.

The light unit is called a sealed bulb unit. Technology Connections did a video on them.

Nilight is a great company with excellent customer service. I use a lot of it.

I love this truck! I’ve always wanted to try to put duals on the front of a dually and was always told it won’t steer right or well. I need to start looking for some spare wheels!

I absolutely love they way your brain works! It perfectly matches mine( which is kind of scary when you think about it). 👍👍❤️

Your channel is pure gold, love the humor and laid-back attitude.

Beautiful, James. Adopted your teachings for cleaning/reinstalling the ignition switch on the Oliver 880. Thanks.

LBG. That's a awesome cool styled beast. The body shape, exhaust stack etc.. Nice job getting it running, driving so fast. Enjoyed the video, Boe

Those lights are badass.

I think the grill might look better if you removed the headlight protectors.

Reminds me of my dad's dodge D100..6 cylinder..3 on the tree..manual steering .. 😎👍😎

Wow! Looks like fun to me. Love your channel. Best wishes.

The videos just keep getting better and better. Feels like im wrenching with my grandpa; when a problem is encountered just dig through the junk pile lol

that's a taking the wife out to a fancy restaurant rig if I've ever seen one😉

15 seconds in and I already clicked the thumbs up!

It worked good on its maiden voyage. all the lights worked perfectly, and the engine sounds good and the brakes worked very well. I would guess that transmission is not synchronized? and it would ride a little better with some new tires. watch out it might turn into a daily driver. that windshield should be reasonably priced being flat glass. but installing it into that frame might be a little bit of a challenge. and some gauge's and it would a finished product.

The lowly potato makes vodka, french fries and now powers lighting accessories on your vehicle😂😂😂

I appreciate the bonus bit at the end of each video. Like finding an extra French fry.

I really like this old truck. It reminds me of one of my Grandfather's trucks that he taught me how to drive in. It was a 53 Ford, but it sounded a lot like it anyway. You even shift like he did. Thanks for the video and thanks for the memories!

I think the truck looks better with the grill. Thanks for the awesome videos! Regards from Ody Slim BTW did you ever figure out what the round thing on the left side of the bumper is?

I love that truck, hope you keep fixing it over the next year and sharing the progress

Awesome! One day ol' truck will be as good as new. Like the halftracks.

I believe the extra headlight on the driver side should have had a red filter. An old style emergency light

Your cash lights seem really bright! But really, I like the grill and the front end, but your bombs need some patina to match the truck. I think it will be worth the investment to replace the drivers side windshield at least. The flat glass is easy to do.

You crack me up. Your dry humor makes your videos.

I REALLY like what you've done with this old truck !!!

James, the medium light on the left front fender is the "Black-Out" Drive Light. When You took it apart and noticed the crimped edge, the mirror with bulb, glass cover and "eyebrow" were all one unit crimped together. The eyebrow covered most of the light except for a small slit at the top under the Brow. What You have done with this old truck is great. Keep up the great work. Here is the link to my video for the Knuckle Seal replacement, when You get to that point. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-afoS8gW6tGI.html.

In the mid 60s I was working for the conservation department of a midwestern state. We procured a surplus Air Force truck.it was painted blue.

When your dome light can double as your headlight.

When I was a kid we had one of these military chevys on our farm (1941 I think) it was a ton of fun. I learned to drive in it as a 12 year old. Dad would say, "go get some firewood", so I would jump in the beast and go knock a tree down and drag it back to the house 🤣

That’s an awesome truck. Great channel, always makes me smile.

Man I love that old truck.. keep up great work..

Also, I need to find the same sheer dedication of "follow thru" that you exhibit on all of your projects! You make it seem so effortless!! 1) Need 2) Buy 3) Remove the old... 4) Replace with new! And all in the span of 30 seconds viewing time. As my boss always says......"Pitter patter, let's get at 'er!"

Nice, its coming along well

That truck is cool. I’m glad you’re bringing it back

Being blue originally on the military parts of the Chevy, was it a Navy/Marines vehicle? Love to see it converted back to a open cab and does not look that hard to do, you already have a spare cab ready to chop up :)

that blue is "Strata Blue". I have the same paint on my '52 M37. it was originally an Airforce truck, then went onto fire service and was painted yellow

The front duallys make this Tonka looking. I love it. The Oshkosh and this truck are awesome.

I liked how you went about refixing the signal lights, you are so smart with this stuff thanks for all the handy ideas. I also agree with everyone else, the grill on is the way to go.

I think the truck looks so much better with the grille on because to me it looks like something is missing with it off.

Well done. A great truck. Looks like a zombie killer truck, or a mad max wannabe. :)

Nice progress.. make sure to get you a heater core for inside.. start buttoning up inside.. pull a 10,000lb winch on it..

Sounds good now

I think you may have the indicator wiring for those accessories switches backwards. I would imagine that the light behind the legend supposed to be lit all the time and then the bar underneath should come on when the switch is on

It's the dual front tires that is making it hard to steer (other than just being an old mule anyway). I number of trucks in the past were built with that as an option for really bad conditions and they all had the same issue. But it looks GREAT!!

Love that truck, Great job. Glad you put the grill on and I think it looks good painted brown. The hard steering might be caused somewhat by the dual tires on the front.

I've had good luck with Niiilight products. Decent products at reasonable prices.

I restore 1950s jet fighter engines. I really like your projects!

The little light you were turning into turnsignals were part of a blackout light system for night driving lights to help the enemy not detect you while driving at night. I have enjoyed all of your videos I've seen so far and has inspired me to bring some life into some old vehicles where I live

That truck is the Bomb…

Those are cool lights & fixtures especially the switch box with stickers. Do the turn lights have an indicator in the cab when flashing?

You can get conversion kits with replaceable bulbs for those sealed beams, but if it's still easy (and cheap) to find sealed beams of that size there I don't think it's worth it, with sealed beams you always have a shiny reflector. There are also sealed LED conversion lamps but sometimes sealed only means it cannot be repaired and can end full of water.

More shenanigans

I got tired of watching VGG... So I found your channel and I'm truly enjoying your projects and humor...!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

Great content on old iron , we love the old trucks with new life!!

This is one of my favorite trucks to watch on YT. Thanks LBG.

Such a cool truck, love it and all the fun things you've done to it.

It seems so convenient to drive !!

Jeepers creepers on steroids 😂😂😂btw i didnt know if it was on purpose but the thumb nail is kinda blury js

magnet stuck to the tank works great to pick up rust in the tank not the filter

that blue is definitely a navy color... aye aye 🫡

Either way, Matt should of sent you a GOLDEN TICKET.

Wow...how could it get any better?!!...miles of smiles....😍

The bucket seat joke at 1:20 was hilarious thank you

That was some good wholesome fun. Nicely done. Thank you.

#1 grille looks far better!

Great job on the light selection and wiring! Looks REALLY good. 👍👍🎉

That is thing actually looks pretty good rolling down the road! Looking forward to the 27 coats of hand buffed lacquer paint.. or a few rattle cans will also do. LOL

Oh man. I love this project. So glad to see it driving! I wouldn't mind that truck haha

Gotta love that gear whine !

Coming right along. What vehicle did that seat come from? I really like this project. 👍

Looking good 👍 just needs some glass in the wind screen and your ready to hit the road long distance

So now you might have just showed enough of your bomb carrying truck ,,, to tell me ,,my truck that looks like this one might be of the same variety or era , except mine bed on the back of mine that looks like yours has a handcrank pole winch about 3 feet tall in the middle of the bed sticking straight up handcrank winch on it, what do you think about it, any help ,( p.s. my truck has a GREEN Diamond ♦️engine flat head , my lugs are 5 lug) thanks buddy BigAl California praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏

Great good Fun!! Love the grill going back in - the "blue" is definitely U.S. Airforce blue...

Thanks for sharing your unique talents and adventures!!!

I really enjoyed hearing that old fashioned transmission whine as you went through the gears. We had a dump version of that type of truck at the factory where I worked. An old Korean war veteran army surplus dodge power wagon. Fantastic truck

That thing looks like such a beast! I love it👌

You work well in our dystopian world. I enjoy your logical method for solving mechanical issues. Did( miss the four way flasher?

Absolutely love it! It's blue because it was in the airforce in the 50s, WW2 it would be OD.

If th3 original color looks blue, maybe it was a US Navy vehicle,originally.

From having zero wiring to having more lights and switches than the Apollo Lunar Module..!

I like that truck !!!! And it would steer much much much easier with single front instead of duals , the more you do to truck the more I love it though ! If I lived closer to ya I would be trying to talk you out of it even though I can't drive it , I only got one leg sorta kinda hard to drive a straight shift with just one leg 😂😂 but hey I would give it a shot and try too

Here is a thought, The RAF painted their vehicles blue, I wonder if this vehicle might have been used in the UK during the war?