1957 Chevrolet 3100 PU Apache 31 Task
Force
AS PURCHASED
24 Sept 2015 from Tyler Box, Violet Hill, Izard Co., AR
When the Box's bought the truck in March 2013 it was in a field with a
small tree growing up through the bed, the truck odometer read 31,188
miles.
They cleaned the plugs & gas tank and did some other small stuff and had been driving
it mostly on their farm.
When I bought the truck it had
32,071 miles on the odometer.
I had 4 new 235 75/R15 tires mounted at
Dennnis'
Lube & Tire in Melbourne, great service.
I also stopped at G H Miller & Sons Hardware at 501 Main St for a sheet of
external, treated plywood cut to fit the bed, another business with great
service.
I drove it 90 miles home at 45mph with no problem except the
speedometer cable twisted in too shortly before arriving.
At home I noticed the fan belt was so loose I did not know how the water
pump or alternator worked.
The water pump shaft to the fan had a lot of play. Two days later it
sprang a water leak. I had too replace the water pump & thermostat.
The wire from the coil to the distributor was very loosely connected, the
nut at distributor connection was almost off.
Stepsides are a dime-a-dozen but the
'57s (351,739 total truck production, 198,538 under 6,000
lbs produced)
are the most popular of all years.
The '65 and '72 editions run close behind, probably it's the one-year
grille that makes the '57 so popular.
from HEMMINGS Buyers Guide
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