My 54 truck took me 1500 hours to finish. Aside from the engine machine work and squirting the paint, I did all the work myself.
Aside from the 235 engine which was bored .60, rotationally balanced, machined for fully flow filtering, sporting dual Carter/Webers, Fentons, remote mount oil filter and adaptor plate water pump w/2 groove harmonic balancer:
1. T5 .72 OD 5 speed transmission, Camaro 3.42 open differential, 84 Firebird clutch disc
2. Passenger side alternator mount, 24 circuit wiring system of my own design, with kill switch, halegen headlights and 3” LED tail lights, LED turn signals and bedrail lights, all relay controlled, 15” supplementary pusher fan
3. sway bars, front/rear with gas shocks, front steering stabilizer
4. All new glass (tinted) with slider split rear window
5. Full cab sound/heat proofing
6. Front discs with adjustable proportioning valve for adjusting rear bias inside cab while driving
7. Old Air Conditioning
8. Custom built 1-7/8” ID exhaust to Cherry Bomb glass pack mufflers
9. Star rims, 15x7 on front, 15X8 on rear with BFG 235/70’s front and 255/70’s on rear with 4” backspacing.
10. Upgraded tie rod ends with complete rebuilt front end/steering
11. Bed wood upgraded to “Veranda” synthetic material
12. TonneauMasters modified full soft tonneau cover
13. frame mounted trailer hitch
14. rebuilt/reupholstered stock seat/3 point seat belts/fire extinguisher, seat back modified to tilt forward with storage shelf on top of new gas tank. Fabric covered door & kick panels
15. hood lock
16. AudioVox cruise control
17. Running board aluminum trim plates
18. Engine compartment LED accent lights (8) and LED cab lights (8)
19. Ah-oo-gah horn, New Port Delay electric wiper motor, tach, vacuum gauge, fuel pressure gauge.
Dave
