Ron - - Dusty53 1954 Chevy 3604 In the Gallery Forum "You can't dance with the Devil and then wonder why you're still in Hell." "They will forget what you've said, and they will forget what you have done but they will never forget the way you made them feel."
Brought the bed into the shop, already found a major issue. Very altered bed. Going to have to get creative to be able to ever mount it. I knew someone put a metal floor in it but never looked at the under side
Glad to see you back at it. Your truck looks amazing and congrats on moving her on her own power,
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Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals
1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc Brakes Project Journals Stovebolt Gallery Forum
For those looking for a little follow up on the bed dilemma, Paul has a great thread started in Making a Stovebolt Bed, "Done with the cab; ready to start the bed: questions begin!" Great input with lots of photos!
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~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "Success comes in 'cans' ..."
I wish I had before pictures of the doors but I sure like the after pictures. The guy that did my upholstery made door panels for me and then upholstered them. I made door pulls out of 3/4 inch steel tube, they are very sturdy
Oh wow. I do like those door pulls. I have to pull on the door *somewhere* and not use the window or regular handle to open the door. It'd be neat to have a pull up top, too, to help me pull into the truck.
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~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "Success comes in 'cans' ..."
I ended up having to get another used running board because one that came with the truck was so roached out I could not use it. I got so tired of messing with surface rust, so I took the two running boards to a guy who sandblasted them and then powder coated them. I scored four brand new tires on Chevy rims from a guy who pulled them off of a Jimmy, for 300 bucks, I left the tires on sanded the crap out of the wheels and then painted them with a single stage enamel, the same enamel I used on the grill and trim. I was able to polish up all the lug nuts and reuse them
Mounted the front bumper today. The bumper was broken at the far right mounting hole, cracked completely off. I cut 4 inches off of the good end and welded it to the broken end and reshaped the cut end. Having to drill a hole through that bumper was tuff, I don't know if it was the steel and weld combined or what. Got through it with a$15 1/2 inch carbide tipped masonry bit. The bumper is 4 inches short on both ends, still looks good I think. Need to come up with some sort of apron now.
That bumper looks good. Not surprising you had trouble drilling it. Original bumpers are high carbon (spring) steel and are tougher than woodpecker lips (to hijack one of Jerry's expressions )
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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.
Well after 5 years, the project is finally done. There is a project file archived here somewhere but this is the finished product. Thanks for everybody's help and I will be posting another question real soon.
Wayne 1938 1-Ton Farm Truck Stovebolt Gallery Forums 1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it!
Nice! Like the black hood badges. Was thinking of doing something similar. Mine are pitted, were yours? if they were how did you deal with that? Thanks!
1954 3600 Stakebed non-original engine out of a '55 passenger car with powerglide
There was pits all over the place but oddly, the badges were in good shape. I tried to keep everything as original as possible even though it has a 292 motor. I wanted to go with the black on burnt orange cuz I think it looks cool and a little bit of Chrome here and there. The pictures look great but if you look close nothing's perfect on this thing. It's just going to be a fun driver
The bed that I purchased from a wrecking yard in Phoenix had a metal floor welded into it. I thought that would be kind of nice then I could use the bed to haul things in if wanted to. The side walls were so bad that I welded in sheet steel on both sides and feathered it into the pillars so now I have a double walled truck bed and I just used herculiner on the inside of the bed. About the only piece of body sheet metal I bought was the tailgate well other than the patch panels. After painting the tailgate I still had a little clear left over so I cleared the original tailgate. You can still see a little bit of the original green color that it was. It'll make a nice wall art
After painting the tailgate I still had a little clear left over so I cleared the original tailgate. You can still see a little bit of the original green color that it was. It'll make a nice wall art
That's a good idea. Here's what I did with my original tailgate. Center section cut out and a wood frame built.
Good looking truck BTW.
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.
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