Many moons ago, I was in here off and on and had 2 1948 GMC's. Well, after moving many times, I had to thin out my cars and trucks each time and the trucks ended up going.
Well, now I'm back but with a 1955 Chevy, and I'm actually starting to work on it.
It looks like some owner from a long time ago did a lot of mods to it that look to be '70s or '80s era but who knows.
I have a louvered hood, and an electric antenna behind the passenger door. Looks like someone had speakers not only in the door, but each corner above the driver and passenger heads.
It also has chrome door panels, and cowl, as well as an old switch for two gas tanks and a floor button for an air horn.
I saved the best for last, too. It has a heater under the seat, and the seat is out of something else but has two holes under it for the heat to go into to heat the seats.
It was originally a V8 and auto, which is missing but will get a 400 and turbo 400 trans.
Now what I've done so far, is added disk brakes to the front axle, picked up an '98 S10 rear end with disks and Eaton locker with 348? gears. Just today installed a power brake booster in the stock location and was cutting floor pans out to [censored] new ones in without rust holes.
My game plan is to make it safe to drive, but keep the custom things it came with.
Welcome back Demoman. I purchased my first (well second) stovebolt in Grants Pass, back around 2000-01, from ole boy named Rich Hignett. That 39 chevy is in Germany now.
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Got in here on my phone, so I’ll try to post a couple pics. Ok well that’s not happening, because I can’t spend 2 years waiting for a photo to upload, lol.
Here we go again...ill try photos from my pc . Ill also post some in another thread when i find the right area to post them in. anyone seen an under seat heater like the one in the photo, or the seat in the photo? seems this truck even had 5 lug car hubs on the front, and one was left hand studs
That gizmo under the seat is pretty cool. Maybe it's not a heater at all. It's possible the previous owner had bad gas and it was a fart exhauster. All kidding aside, I've never seen anything like that. I noticed you have a big rear window, that's extra cool. Nice find.
So after many problems getting photos of my 55.2 in the right size to put on here, i figured its time to do it before i forget how to. lol The truck had/has rust mostly on the floorboards, but lots of surface rust as well. some photos show before and some after starting cutting the floor out , and some pics are oddities i found in the truck. It looks like there was a lot of 70s mods done to it. and some bad mods attempted over the years. My plan is to keep the good mods, and either clean up the bad ones, or get them back to original. I think my big problem is the dash. they hacked the metal away from the ashtray to the glovebox so now no place for heater controls. I may try to find a dash to get that section from to redo that section. anyway, on with the photos. Side note, this is all done outside dodging rain.
seems this truck even had 5 lug car hubs on the front, and one was left hand studs
That's weird. I thought Chrysler was the only company that used LH wheel studs. I had a '68 Dodge that had those.
That underseat heater may have been the original butt warmer. I hate those. Had a Buick with them and when the relay failed, it was on full blast. I had to drive it home once with my butt off the seat.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
im not sure, but thought some buick came with left hand studs, but may be wrong. when i got it, one other owner that i got it from, was going to cut the top off to put on another truck, and the thing would hardly roll with one lug nut hardly even on, because it was a right hand nut, and the rest were broken off thanks to gorilla arms and not thinking there was a reason other then rust keeping them from coming loose. on a Bright note for me, the truck, a harley, VW bug, dirt bike and other little items were bought for one price, and the harley was resold for the total price paid, so everything but the harley was free. The under seat heater has little radiators in front and back and heater hoses to it, and thats how i first noticed it, by wondering why heater hoses wnt under the truck.lol
Kevin and Demo', Buicks in the '50s to early '60s had left-hand threaded studs, at least some models, and at least through '62. My Dad had a '62 Invicta that had left-hand threaded studs. I had a '67 Buick Electra that did not (right-hand threaded studs, both sides). I've never seen Buick hubs on a Chevy truck, though.
Gonna move your thread over to Interior in the Shops Area. You have some very interesting discussion with pictures about the heated seat. Some folks may want to ask some questions about it.
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum "I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O"
All kidding aside, I've never seen anything like that. I noticed you have a big rear window, that's extra cool. Nice find. 
