Vintage 1942 Chevy 1935 REX MOTO MIXER Rare concrete Truck Restoration 

I fully agree we now become disposal on everything I don't follow the mold and glad you and they don't

Jim Thomas w

+christastic100 did not have time.

Big Al imagine showing up to the job site with that old girl.nice

And why not clean and paint the frame, running gear and firewall?

flick22601 if he plans on working it there would be no point. I hope he does!

Maybe an off-white tan that would be nice!

Lionel Jimenez Was that cool or what? Ironic!

Lionel Jimenez perros

Curt Ray .......with a bucket of money and a huge Shop!

jim smith i

It sounds like a Continental or Hercules inline 4 cylinder flathead. Both were common powerplants for accessory drives.

have got to drive it ? Slow and Slower my guess but beets feeding horses... !!

Jimson brown slow cause of low power and heavy concrete

+highwatercircutrider I drove and always helped if someone else ran the truck. Riding all day gets old fast and a little time with a wheelborrow or a float limbered you up BUT it's a lot easier where you said you are now. The mustard cutting is over with.

Now I see why the drivers were so ready to help. Later when I was contracting on my own, I got into the habit of tipping them enough to buy their lunch. Soon, I was getting my concrete ahead of the other builders in the days orders. I reasoned that the drivers would pull my ticket first when they spotted it on the order posting boards, (made my days go a little faster haha). Anyway, I was always courteous to the drivers (even when they clearly were messing up and inexperienced). Makes a hard tedious job better for everyone!

The easiest part of concrete was driving the truck and it was hard as a rock. I never got tipped much but knew all the finishers and builders and it didn't matter. I always got to aggravate somebody and have a fine time out of a backbreaking job. Even the amigos. I'd spray the hose on them and me too on a hot day pouring sidewalks and curbs and before you know it they were your buddies. Never fails unless it was a chrome-plated jerk to start with. Then I'd just let them do it their way. Their option. I got the chance to run regulars, fronts and conveyors. Just something about hauling concrete that everything else can't touch.

I never hauled concrete other than in the bucket of my loader backhoe or an occasional rented concrete buggy. I got playfully sprayed by the drivers many times (especially when they needed to get my attention for a moment). I did drag a few concrete or as we called them "cement" trucks out of the mud. One time it took my backhoe pulling with the hoe extended to my JD 350 dozer hooked to the truck to get her out. I worried about pulling the truck in half (a stout 12 yard tri-axle), fully loaded yet and sunk down to the axles. Gary (the Mennonite" in Michigan).

An extended hoe has a LOT of pull if you can get it tied off solid. Just like a dozer winch with the track behind a tree. I drove them from a 7 yd chain drive to a 10 1/2 yd 5 axle cheater with bridge master) , front discharge and conveyors but I've been at it all my life since in my 20's and I'm 65 now so I ought to know something. It gets very interesting especially when the driver don't know when to stop and sinks it. Then you got "X" amount of time to do something enough of a whole load so you can get the blasted truck out. I've also operated equipment in between trucking jags so I know how you feel when this happens. Gets interesting. Lew the hillbilly in NC.

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The yuppies that live in big new homes up on the hill think anything 5 years or older need to be trashed and these are the peaple in office making laws !!!

Thats cause they live in the age of throw away disposable cars, but they dont understand just how well these machines were built. They are truly a work of art!

there money comes easy to them never had to work for it trading on wallstreet peddling realestate in my view they are worthless people and their kids grow up the same way give me somebody that can fix something what this country needs is more of these people like a great machine shop what car guy wouldn't want capable machinists and independent auto parts house house instead of chain stores how can americans sink so low as to not value what is real

I couldn't of said it better myself guys. Thanks for the good replies.

“They” want all things today to nonrepairable so you must go out and buy new one be it a phone, car, homes, etc so that you never own anything and must keep making payments till you die. Also you will have nothing pass down to your kids and they will be stuck in same boat.

yes just did not film it.

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+wgoldenny Don't forget main engine well/ Cab not Cleaned, main Underbody

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Below is link to 1946 Chevy with Thornton Tandems www.oldchevytrucks.com/blog/index.php/2013/07/1946-chevrolet-2-ton-with-thornton-drive-2/

yes you are right sorry about that.

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