Projects 1955 Chevy Truck Project -- PHOTOSGALORE

last couple weeks , i've been wrapping up the four link and and the guys have been helping on the sanding....thanks jesse, bennie, and rick...cant forget lodwick, my late night partner, he's the guy at the shop building his 23 dodge, check out his thread, its kick'n a$$

 

Looking good Vince! Sorry I haven't been able to get down there bud, things have been busy out at my shop. Shoot me a text when you guys head down there and if I can make it I'll swing by!

 

Looks nice. Cant wait to see it finished. Man you guys move quick!

 

thanks buddy, we're giving it hell!!

 

Looking good Vince. Whats next on the list?

 

brakes, brake lines, tranny cross member, and keep working on the body

 

i'm off for the next 5 1/2 days, so i'll be at the shop, come on down guys!! lol

 

I would come up to give you a hand but thats a far drive for me.

 

I hear rumours of good progress, lets see some more pics.

 

Looks alright by me!

 

Hey Mid. Heres some incentive. My 56. Sorry for the hijack, now get to work.lol

 

Oh yea TILT

 

hey buddy, thats a nice look'n truck, thanks for the motivational pics. I'm really starting to see some progress on mine. Everyone else who's been watching our thread, thanks alot, we'll keep chip'n away at this thing............should be test running it in a week or two. Stay Tuned....lol

 

yea supremes old school classics

 

dito on the supremes. I like them better then the steelies.

 

Whats up!!! is it on the Road?

 

any more news on this build???

 

No Levi its not on the road, is yours??? impala jo, the only news I have, is "body work!" Seriously its not that bad, just taking my time and trying to get it done right...I figure i've got it this far tore down, I might as well get as much done as I can..

 

Any more progress ?

 

Can someone, who has a '55 Chevy 1/2 ton, share with me what kind of rearend (housing) will swap out with my stock one. Apparently they don't make ring and pinions higher than a 370 for these trucks and i want to run about a 308.

My stock "chunk" is wore out anyway. A ford 9" is about 3 inches wider and a 12 bolt Chevy truck one looks about the same as the Ford on the width..........any help would be greatly appreciated.

I hope I posted this ??? in the right place, if not someone let me know where I need to go.

thanks,

Cochise

 

Gen 2 camaro is practically the same width, just change over the spring perch and away you go. Pretty standard swap, stick it on top of the leaf springs and you have dropped the back end by 3-4".

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NIce build guys. Man I love these trucks, cool body style. IMO, although you didn't ask. I love the subtle color on the truck now, bright yello is great for fire trucks and school buses, but prefer more tame color for rods and customs. My last 56 Plymouth came out to bright yellow and I never could get to like it. Thanx for sharing the build, good luck wit the thrash for the event. ~sololobo~

 

Thank you for that info.

Someone told me that mid '60's Galaxie would work as well as a late '60's F-100.......so i have three things I can look for now........................again thanks.

 

alright damnit!I know my signiture says 55 gasser pickup.thats what i wanted it to be when i got done with it.But now after looking at that thing on the ground i think i have chAnged my mind.AGAIN!.i think i am going to have to build 2 of these damn trucks now DAMNIT!

 

Maybe i will just drop mine off at your shop?

 

I too wanted my '55 to look like a gasser, but after dropping it in the front 2 " and putting air shocks on the rear, with that '70's look.........I kind of like it.............but I truly dig the gasser look, even on the little '64 Falcon running around our town!!!!

 

Hadn't seen this old thread before. Cool project, anything new/updates on it yet?

 

I don't know how mid's doing with his build but heres some of my finished truck. Also alot of guys are using 8.8s out of mustangs. Most have disk brakes and posi

 

bump for the lat crowd, any new progress?