Little more of BEASTs history
Hi All
When I first got BEAST it was running and drivable so instead of tearing it all apart to “Restore” decided to do what you would call a running restoration. Meaning get it safe to drive, and on the road and enjoy it. Then plan each project so that I could do it before the next time I wanted to drive it.
Brakes were the first step, though it had brakes in that you could step on the pedal and the truck would stop. It turns out only two brake shoes were moving all of the other cylinders were stuck. Finding wheel cylinders was difficult, remember this was 1989 pre-internet. Once I finally figured out that though the truck was built by Chevy the front brakes were FORD.
The engine ran so nice with just a minor tuneup I decided to leave well enough alone. Little did I know that it would be 32 years before I even dropped the oil pan. The truck got regular oil changes and plugs/points every couple years and that was pretty much the only maintenance the engine needed.
In the spring of 1980 BEAST with a fresh coat of paint went off for its first real road drive and an antique car show at the same time.
The center photo was taken at a Dec 7 Commemoration down in Massachusetts back in 1991 when I left the house that morning the outside temperature was down around "0" the HUP like my other CMPs lacks a heater so it was a very cold drive down and back. The flags on the HUP in the photos are a vintage 48 Star US flag and the Canadian Flag of the Second World War.
Cheers Phil