2022 - Volume #46, Issue #4, Page #39
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Brothers Rebuilt 1918 Hawkeye Truck
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Together with his brother, Charles, he dismantled the truck, sandblasted the frame and painted the body. The pair owned a truck salvage business, so they wanted it to end up with the look of a tow truck.
They rebuilt the original Buda 4-cyl. engine by grinding the valves and completing some head work. Since they couldn’t find rings to fit, the originals were reused.
Transmission bearings and rear-end parts were also overhauled.
“It winds pretty good when you drive it,” says Charles Schram. “The top speed is 15 mph. It even says in the warranty that it will be void if you drive the truck faster.”
The brothers sandblasted the original steel rims and ordered pneumatic tires from Coker tires. For the wheel centers, they contracted a Pennsylvanian Amish colony to fashion new pressured oak spokes.
For the cab, they hired an old woodworker to build a wooden enclosure from scratch, similar to how the original model cabs were hand built to match a buyer’s wishes.
Charles explains the brothers took on the project because the Hawkeye trucks were originally built in their hometown of Sioux City, Iowa, and they’re very rare.
“Their value is in their hometown roots. My brother Sam passed in 2006 but I continue to parade it about once a year. There’s no power steering and it’s not easy to crank so you can get kicked if you don’t have the spark right.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Charles Schram, C & H Truck Parts, 567 Old Highway 20, S. Sioux City, Neb. 68776 (ph 712-203-0591; charleswschram@gmail.com).
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