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| | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | hi, My name is Mike, I live in Colorado Springs, and this summer I picked up my dream truck a 1951 3100. It is pretty much all original save a repaint with a brush by the farmer who owned it, and it has a 235 instead of the 216. After some tune up work and an oil change it is now my daily driver. The plan is to do a relativly authentic rod out of it, I will be keeping the 235 and adding fenton headers, an offy intake with 2 carter carbs...keeping the 6 volt, adding white walls, dropping her 4 inches etc... here is a picture of my baby... [img] http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l129/mikelamphere/mikestruck.jpg[/img]
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1 | new here too........nice little truck.. I like your front bumper.. why rod it out... guess it is your truck though...... | | | | | Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 687 | Well nice truck, Mike. You have a realy good start for a show truck. Hope you change your mind about rodding her out. If not you'll still have a nice modified truck. Keep us posted.
I didn't do it, no one saw me do it, you can't prove anything! "Bart Simpson"
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | not planning to do anything major... just hop up the engine with the dual carbs and headers...
I will be finding an authentic paint scheme as well..I'd like to go two tone...the interior will stay as original as possible, I do have a 6 to 12 volt converter for my stereo, and that will go in the glove box, I also picked up two speakers I am fabricating a bracket for, they will go behind the speaker grille..I want to do the wood bed, I just have to figure out if I have an early or late 51, that way I can put the correct 8 or 9 slat in it..I also want the 3.55 rear eventually... I have a 4 on the floor in it...
I will NOT cut the truck or anything like that...
the bumper was a farm addition, the guy I bought this truck from was a tree farmer in the mountains here...I am more interested in authentic 1950s performance parts, I guess Rodding is the inappropriate term... she will be and is my daily driver...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 98 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 98 | Nice truck.I just hauled a couple of these home last night for a buddy of mine.Of course neither of his looks nowhere as good as yours.Good luck with it and most of all,have fun with it. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 127 | my serial number starts out 5jpg
This suggests (based on the restoration guide online)that my truck was built in July? Making it a later run 51 giving me the 8 slat bed...?
I just need to find the factory code for 5...
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 | Kansas City assembly plant.
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"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." -D. Parker 1951 Chevy 3100 | | |
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