Betty Boop

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:02 pm

I have finally sent a photo of my truck to Bill, old Betty Boop. She is not -pretty and in fact was in such wretched shape when we pulled her from the water she had been sitting in for many years in a sand pit she would not have even made the Tired Iron photo page. She would have not been even considered a good parts truck, but still I wanted her and what I saw was a finished product that could help teach history in my area. I even ran afoul of the San Antonio Code Compliance people for having a junk truck in my driveway.
Well 6 years later, a lot of sweat, my blood , money and parts from good people like Joel Gopan and a friend in Sweden, this past Monday, July 4 she won 1st place in the parade that had 146 entries. She will not set the purist hearts afire with envy and yes Joel I put the canvas bucket on her just for you( ha ha ) I am still proud of her. I started her re-birth when I was 60 years old and she became a motivating item for me as I fought cancer and underwent radiation every day for 30 days, but I always found enough strength to do something to bring her back to life. I did all the work myself with mostly hand tools. I even fabricated some of the speciality items I needed, like the bracket I made and put on a floor jack to lower the transmission when it was removed.
I have recieved a lot of good advice and information from the web site. Thanks to Bill, Joel, Dr. Duece and others and expecially the parts crossover numbers She can continue to teach the history of WWII.
Jim

Bill_Wolf · Post by **Bill_Wolf** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:36 pm

rgus · Post by **rgus** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:36 am

Jim..........You have every right to grin.....you done good brother!!!!! God Bless you and everyone that cares enough to put their love, time and money to see that no one forgets.

dr deuce · Post by **dr deuce** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:51 am

Beautiful!

I do have to ask, do you have 'before' picture? Sitting in water.....!

I think any time someone like you can rescue and preserve one of these fine pieces of history it inspires others and makes all the research and time and effort the people like Joel and myself put in and the advice we offer all worth while.

They are not making any more of these trucks, but by preserving one more you have slowed their decline!

Thanks
Steve AKA Dr Deuce

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:24 am

I will send some photos of her right after I got her home and just before Code Compliance forced me to sell my home and buy one in the country so I could re-build the truck without official interference from the local authorities.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:43 am

I failed to mention the most important contributor to this old truck restoration and that is Jan Bruman of Sweden. He provided the body parts needed for this endeavor. I lost his email address when my computer crashed last year and hope he sees this and contacts me through this site.

42cckw · Post by **42cckw** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:54 am

GOOD JOB JIM
YOU SAVED A HISTORIC TRUCK THAT MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE MEET THE FATE OF A CUTTING TORCH! NOW SHE LIVES ON TO PAY TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S WW11 VETERANS.
JIM 42CCKW

42cckw · Post by **42cckw** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:59 am

HEY JIM
WERE IS YOUR PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, I WOULD HATE TO THINK WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO DRIVE MY TRUCK WITH OUT ONE! SEE JOEL HE WILL FIX YOU RIGHT UP.

JIM 42CCKW

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:26 am

I don't have one.

Thanks for the information...I had planned on getting one from Joel.

Thanks so much for the positive comments about Betty Boop!

Degsy · Post by **Degsy** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:39 pm

Jim

You are obviously proud of her and rightly so,now she's repaid you with that trophy. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!

Degs

42cckw · Post by **42cckw** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:23 pm

HI JIM
I SAW BETTY BOOP ON BILL'S OWNERS OF CCKW'S THE TWO FLAG SET UP IN EACH CORNER IS THE SAME THAT I USE,IT WORKS GREAT UNTIL THE WIND BLOWS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. INSTEAD OF THE FLAGS WAVING IN BACK OF MY CAB THERE IN FRONT.CAN'T CONTROL MOTHER NATURE BUT I HAVE A GOOD TIME! YOUR GOING TO GET HELL FROM JOEL WITH THEM WATER BUCKETS ON THE JERRY CAN, HE GIVES IT TO ME ALL THE TIME. ANYWAY I THINK IT GIVES THE CCKW THAT COMBAT LOOK. ITS TO BAD ALL US CCKW OWNERS DIDN'T LIVE CLOSER WHAT A PARADE WE COULD HAVE. IT WOULD LOOK LIKE PATTON'S THIRD ARMY COMMING DOWN OVER THE HILL, WE WOULD OF COURSE HAVE TO THROW A JEEP OR TWO IN JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK OFFICIAL. ANYWAY GREAT JOB AND KEEP THEM TRUCKS ROLLING.

JIM 42CCKW

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:29 pm

Thanks for all of the positive comments. I would love to put together a parade of CCKW's and 1 1/2 ton Chevy's just once. That would be something to behold.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:49 pm

Water buckets + CCKW= REAL DUDE STAFF CAR. If only I could find a tall dog that could lift a leg that high.
Joel

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:27 am

Iam thinkin about putting one on the other can on the drivers side.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 5:30 am

Accounterments add class to a vehicle, don't you think? Like longhorn steer horns on the front grill of a 55 Caddy.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:38 am

Boss Hog rides again. I have a set of replica steer horns on a beam in my barn, a gift from Texas. They will stay there.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 3:54 pm

I guess one could get one of the chrome horses and put up on the hood of their CCKW as an ornament. I once had an old dodge pick-up truck that we used only to put our boat in and out of the salt water in Port O'Connor Texas that we mounted a duck decoy on the hood and some deer antlers on the top of the pick-up. It got a lot of attention.

Nothing like dressing up your ride.

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:23 am

Back in the 50s at our New Car dealership, we had a KC-97 Crew Chief , Joda Boley, working afternoons at the Service Station, we had a lot of Local Yokel gasoline customers with Horses on the hood, and foxtails on the antenna. Joda used to comment that backin Kentucky they used "Gooses" on the hood.
Joel

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:00 am

It is a southern thang.

Degsy · Post by **Degsy** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:06 pm

I have to ask the obvious question,Do these steer horns have any thing to do with Joel's sore ass? It's not a problem we encounter on this side of the pond as if the cattle are not naturally polled we usually dehorn them as calves.

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