Dandy Dave Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) I go to a local auction that usually happens in the spring but because of the plague is postponed until September 18, 2021. So looking over all the stuff an old wagon bed, or former truck body shows up. At first I think maybe it will look good on the truck. Then I get a measuring tape and think maybe not. Kind of long. Well the auctioneer came to the item and I shout out 10 bucks. If it is cheep may as well buy it. No one else bids. I guess I own a bed for the old Truck. Here we are less than a week later and it is mounted and ready to ride. I had to shorten it 18 inches to get it to fit correctly. 10 bucks and some boards laying around the farm buildings here. What a deal. How's it Look? Dandy Dave! Edited September 24, 2021 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt G Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Wonderful , it was fate, this was made to happen. Great Truck!!!!! Love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29StutzM Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Puts a big smile on my face, nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Probably exactly the way someone would have handled it back when it was a used truck that needed to be repurposed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 That truck is awesome! I love it. For ten bucks you couldnt even buy half dozen of the bolts thats holding things together!! I do work for a family with a large farm estate. The property has been in their family for a couple of century's. We cleaned out one of the barns and found about 6 of those bodies. They were all in excellent condition but no frame. The ones we moved were def a farm wagon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-g-g0 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Sorta matches the Chartreuse Lady!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Loook around the barn agian for some heavy floorboards to make running boards for that truck and you'll be ready for HPOF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Nice! Little less than the Stoddard Dayton from days past, still a great deal. If I'm not there tomorrow I'll see you Saturday. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Wonderful! Fantastic! I LOVE it! Whether you restore the whole thing? Or keep it mostly as is? I don't think you could likely get anything any better for a thousand dollars! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing Coyote Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 That $10 bed just increased your value on the old White. The way used car prices are climbing you can get big money now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95Cardinal Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Dandy Dave, that's AWESOME! Gonna drive it around Hershey next month? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 A match made in Heav, er, Dandy Land. Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Wow Dave! It looks like it was made for it. You have been a busy boy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Ten bucks! You rich high end collectors are going to ruin it for all of us working guys trying to get our Duesenbergs finished. 🥸 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 22 hours ago, 95Cardinal said: Dandy Dave, that's AWESOME! Gonna drive it around Hershey next month? I did not plan on it, and am not pre- registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, edinmass said: Ten bucks! You rich high end collectors are going to ruin it for all of us working guys trying to get our Duesenbergs finished. 🥸 My heart goes out to them hard working Duesey fellers with shallow pockets. I bet I have more fun. We're loading slab wood on it from the club saw mill that we were powering with a Frick Eclipse Steam Traction engine today. I'll have to get some photos tomorrow. Stay tuned. The old White works for a living. Dandy Dave! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Only OLD white guys and White vehicles work anymore, how’s that for going against the PC crowd! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 The Kent Machinery Show is a MUST if you are in the area, BRING KIDS, most machines are working, and the train gives rides, some things are 150 years old and still running. Great food on the grounds too. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Was a good weekend to be around the machinery and vehicles. Help work the bugs out of stuff that had not run right in a while, and catch up with old friends. The American Number 1 sawmill powered with steam. Edited August 7, 2022 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 More photos of the saw mill and Frick 14-40 Eclipse Traction Engine. The fellow on the left in the second photo is my good friend Art Downs. He's the head sawyer on the mill. We've been partners in rescuing old iron for around 40 years. The old White with a load of slabs to be delivered. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 That's me running the 1928 Hanson shovel. I rescued this old shovel after it sat for 40 years. Parked in 1957 it was given to me by my old friend Don Williams in 1996. I worked on it off and on for a year to get it running and operating again. We walked it on a low boy trailer one year later under it's own power. I donated the shovel to CAMA but they told me I have to come and run it. Got suckered into that deal. 😉 Dandy Dave! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 I "aged" the sawmill and White picture a bit, and removed the modern truck on the left. Hope you don't mind. Jim 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 One of the Steam Locomotives at the Kent Grounds. This engine use to live in Hawaii hence the H Ry Co. on the tender. You can take a ride on this one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Dandy Dave..........which is older? You or the shovel? And most importantly, which on is in better shape! 🤔 Neat bunch of photos. Wish I could attend. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Hi Dave. I played around with photo shop on your '25 White picture also. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 56 minutes ago, edinmass said: Dandy Dave..........which is older? You or the shovel? And most importantly, which on is in better shape! 🤔 Neat bunch of photos. Wish I could attend. At the moment we are running neck in neck. I think the shovel has as much arthritis as I do. I could never run it all day on an 8 hour shift with all my aches and pains. I've recently been diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis. Had the aches for years and finally was sent to a rheumatologist to find out why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Great show as usual, thanks to everyone that works to put it on every year. Bob Just off Rt.7 a mile north of the pumpkin orchard Edited September 27, 2021 by 1937hd45 add photos (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Great to see Pete Wings old tractor out and about with a 8 year old driver having a good tome. The swap meet always has a surprise or two. These tail light have no makers name, would look great on a 1920's Bentley. Bob Edited September 27, 2021 by 1937hd45 (see edit history) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Dandy Dave said: At the moment we are running neck in neck. I think the shovel has as much arthritis as I do. From the looks of those Bib overalls your running a lot cooler than the Shovel. 😆 Some old lumber for running boards on the White would really finish it off. Love the box on the back. Fits the truck perfectly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) I had a pair of those lights I sold at Hershey a few years ago, they were petty cool, never knew what they were for (nobody else did either). They were perfect until somebody who had NO INTENTION of ever buying them had play touchy feely with them and dropped one and cracked a lens. As I recall I got a good offer for them, cracked lens and all, and they are long gone. Edited September 27, 2021 by John348 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 The tail lights do bring a good buck or pound depending which side of the pond they wind up on. I'd swap them ever for a pair of 1931 Cadillac tail lights in the same condition. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 It was good to see Pete Wings T tractor conversion out and about Bob. It has been though several owners since Pete had it. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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