55 Series one.. another project followed me home. Your standard AD on S10 build..

Well... once again, another project followed me home last night

55 Chevy 3100 Series 1

Cab is solid, at some point it had new cab corners installed.
Sitting on a 94 S10 Chassis, with a Camaro rear end.
The bed is from a 47-53 Chevy with the slanted rails rather than the horizontal rails of the 54-55.

There was also a spare truck that we stripped clean as well.. so I have 2 extra doors, 2extra fenders, 2 grilles, 2 hoods, etc..
They also did an awesome job of inserting the S10 bed floor into the original bed. I like the old wood floors, but this might stay..
The tail lights in the roll pan however will have to go.. lol.

Anyway, onto some pics..









My wife's favorite color is rust, so we have the rusty fenders sitting in front of it right now along with an earlier grille



Box full of parts



The other fenders



and the parts truck we stripped clean as well

Man, with all those parts, you should be able to build one fine ride. Good luck with it.

That's a great start and nice score.

What are your plans for motorvation?

Thanks guys.

For motorvation I should know tomorrow.

I have a friend that has a regular 350, and I have another friend that has a 5.3 LS motor.. the friend with the 350 is thinking about a 5.3 swap, if he decides to do it, I will give him the 5.3 and he will give me his 350. If he decided against it, I will use the 5.3 myself.

Use the 5.3 anyways, with a carb. They're great engines.

started

looks like a good start and a cool pile of parts to help with the build.

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Nice score on the truck and parts. That bed looks very similar to how I did both of the S10 swaps I've done... works great. [

62ChevyII said:

Nice score on the truck and parts. That bed looks very similar to how I did both of the S10 swaps I've done... works great. [

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Thank you. I have seen your thread in doing research on how to proceed with this truck, awesome work, and thank you for being so detailed. I will be following the modifications you did on the second truck, cab a little higher, radiator support revision 2, etc

Picked up a 350 this week and bolted it in today.. Also got a few other parts ordered.

Got quite a bit done this weekend.. Got the cab mounts made, cab bolted down, nose put together, running board mounts, etc.

Got the motor to TDC, dropped in a new distributor, bolted down carb, new plugs, wires, etc.. Ordered a new wiring harness, AN fuel line, etc..

Also got the wheels and tires mounted today... 17s and 18s.. Man it needs to be dropped a bit, but its getting there!!

This weekend I was able to pick up a transmission, run some fuel lines, mount a battery tray, mount some new tail lights, and my wife worked on the interior some.

I like the new tail lights and removed roll pan much better,
but that pic will have to wait until I push her out of the garage again.

Not much in the way of pics. But here is a quick one.

Wow, this is almost like TV Magic here. Pick up someone's basket case & one month later it's almost done!

-Chaz

great

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clamor said:

Wow, this is almost like TV Magic here. Pick up someone's basket case & one month later it's almost done!

-Chaz

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Top work dude. Wish I had that kinda motorvation

Got a transmission put in after work tonight.
Also, lost that roll pan and put on some better tail lights

yep

ya, them lights look better.

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Blue said:

Got a transmission put in after work tonight.
Also, lost that roll pan and put on some better tail lights

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Yep, losing that pan and lights was a good idea.

I like the choice of the earlier grill. Truck is coming along nicely!

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Great old truck. Nice work and fast too.