This is my 1941 GMC Truck Project. I bought this truck from my father-in-law, Ron. The truck was at Ron's place in Salt Lake City. These are the photos of the truck that Ron provided from SLC. Thanks again Ron for selling me the truck.

As you can see it is essentially complete but definitely in the need of some love.

The specifics of this truck for those who are interested are the following:

1. 1941 General Motors Truck
2. 3/4 Ton (gross weight of 6,000 lbs)
3. 228 straight six
4. 6 volt electrical that has been switched from pos ground to neg ground
5. 2 wheel drive
6. Runs strong

Ron had put some work into the truck before I got it and I believe he had the following done:

1. Cleaned gas tank
2. New points and plugs
3. New ignition
4. Adjusted carb


The truck had some particularly rough spots which were the following:

1. Did not like to start or keep running
2. Tough steering
3. No wipers
4. No tail lights
5. Grill missing a couple louvers
6. Cracked exhaust manifold

The truck is mostly original so the first decision was to be whether to restore or to rebuild or to modify. This was not an easy decision since there are not many of these around with all original parts, and I felt a historical obligation to stay faithful to the past.

In the end I decided that I wanted to drive and enjoy this truck on the road and that would mean safety improvements and modern parts...  Also, original is expensive and and hunting down original parts is time consuming.