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I picked up this 1957 GMC 100 truck this April after about a 3-year search to find the right 57 GMC truck. Ever sense I was a young farm boy growing up in Indiana I loved the 1957 GMC body style and the menacing looking front-end of this truck. Now that I am much older and can afford to take care of one like it should be I finally acquired one.
It has all the original sheet metal, drive train, suspension, and is in excellent condition. Have been going through the truck from bumper to bumper making sure everything is in proper working order and is true to the 1957 specs. Have spent many hours in research to make sure everything is accurate that goes into this project. Rebuilt the original 6-cylinder engine, and currently working on the transmission. All the date codes are correct from the engine block all the way through to the Spicer 45 differential and axial. Interior is in great shape, original other then recovered seat, replaced the 1970’s style GMC steering wheel that someone had stuck on it with an original 1957. Paint is not original but original Aspin green paint can be found on every section of sheet metal in areas underneath body. No bondo, no dents, very straight body. Truck will be going through some final restoration in the next few years to bring it back to its original glory as it set on the show room floor in 1957. Items to be completed include wheels, hubcaps, and tires, and paint in the future (the Aspin Green is not the most attractive color I have ever seen so it will stay with current paint for now)
It is getting harder and harder to find these wonderful trucks in there original condition, trucks that have not been gutted like a deer having there hearts ripped out and replaced with modern engines, transmissions, suspensions, interiors, electronics, etc. I feel that we need to preserve the classics and restore then to there original grandeur. Don’t get me wrong, I like the hotrods, some of you guys are building some really cool stuff, but you got to love the originals, they don’t make them anymore…….

sounds like a cool truck. your link doesn't work for me.

Didn't work for me either but from the description its sounds as though you have a truck that is truly worthy of an original restoration.
...now if I can just get to see the pics.

Thanks,
I just viewed your "Green Monster" pix. very nice.
There is something about seeing the GMC logo on the front and back of a truck. Unlike the "Bowtie" you wont see "GMC" on anything other then a truck!!!

Updated photos of truck as it is now....!


http://s1095.photobucket.com/albums/i473/nelsonhess1/updated%201957%20photos/

I have a 57 GMC that needs the drive and pinion gears replaced. Any suggestions?

I just found a 56 GMC that I hope to rescue in the near future.
Pretty original, but is in the tons of fun catagory. I would probably want to find a 1/2 ton frame for her down the road. It has a huge drilling machine and case engine mounted on the back right now. That would be some task trying to get that restored as well!