My '54 Chevy 3600 build

Hogger · Dec 12, 2013

Picked up a 1954 Chevy 3600, with a 235 and 4 spd. Plans are to sand the body down to bare metal, and leave some patina paint patches.
I'm keeping the original 235, but adding a Fenton dual carb intake, and tube headers. Also doing a 12V conversion, and running an HEI distributor.
Rear end is from a '66 Mustang, a few leafs removed. Drive line is re-built with new u-joints and carrier bearing.
Still got lots of work to do. Brakes, re-do parking brake, fit a gas tank under the bed, repair cab rust, find glass, etc...
Hoping with pulling some leafs, and running lower profile tires to get it down about 4".

Bringing her home.

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Getting her stripped.

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Grill.

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Shifter.

Mustang rear end installed.

235.

Sam_Fear · Dec 12, 2013

I love those massive grills. You'll know how hard your shifting gears - cool!

Dirtyrat · Dec 13, 2013

Might be able to put the axle on the other side of the spring as well.
4" might be a stretch without a notch in the frame?

Looks like a nice solid project truck!

Hogger · Dec 13, 2013

Ya. I didn't really want to do any major frame work on my first build. I'm looking at about 2" from pulling a couple leafs and another couple with lower profile tires. The 245/75-16 are just way too tall for me.

Old Iron · Dec 13, 2013

Looks good
Ya gonna change the front hubs out to 5 lug too [P

soltz · Dec 13, 2013

Nice truck, good shape for it's age. Are you going to let mother nature work striped body? Rust is an earth tone[S
Have fun and keep us in the loop.

Hogger · Dec 13, 2013

Thanks.
I'm keeping the 8 lugs up front, and doing adapters in the back. I have a set of older Chevy rims that I'm going to use.
I'll help mother nature along with the exterior.
My goal is for it to look something like this.

IAM-LDS-2 · Dec 13, 2013

Hogger said:
Thanks.
I'm keeping the 8 lugs up front, and doing adapters in the back. I have a set of older Chevy rims that I'm going to use.
I'll help mother nature along with the exterior.
My goal is for it to look something like this.

Gonna take some major suspension mods to get down like that one is .

05snopro440 · Dec 13, 2013

Hogger said:
Thanks.
I'm keeping the 8 lugs up front, and doing adapters in the back. I have a set of older Chevy rims that I'm going to use.
I'll help mother nature along with the exterior.
My goal is for it to look something like this.

I hope you're just referring to the exterior look and not suspension height, that truck has major suspension mods and is bagged. If you're wanting to lower it as much as you are, I think you'll be better off with a dropped axle than removing enough leaves to drop it 4". Steering and everything will end up better too. Check out stovebolt.com, there is a lot on there about dropping these trucks with a dropped axle.

Hogger · Dec 13, 2013

Haha. Yes. Just the patina look. I know I could never get that low without major $$

endicott_jb · Dec 13, 2013

You prolly could get that low without major $$$ but you'd have to do static, rely solely on junkyard parts, and take a lot of time to fabricate.

05snopro440 · Dec 17, 2013

Hogger said:
Haha. Yes. Just the patina look. I know I could never get that low without major $$

Major money isn't really required, just major fabrication!

Hogger · Jan 4, 2014

Weather finally warmed up a little, so I pulled the truck out and started cleaning up the frame, and re-building the front suspension.

Hogger · Jun 15, 2014

Been a while. Got a bunch of work done.
Frame cleaned and painted.
Suspension re-built.
New brakes with lines and MC.
Exhaust built.
Gas tank installed.
Wheels painted and installed.
Cab rust repaired.

soltz · Jun 15, 2014

Very Nice [cl[cl

Hogger · Jul 1, 2014

Made a little more progress.

Hogger · Aug 15, 2014

Getting real close. Still have a few little things to finish up, and get some glass.

Dirtyrat · Aug 17, 2014

Looking real good!
So happy to see its not satin black with red wheels!

I-R-POPS · Aug 17, 2014

Good looking truck. I really like to old stock look.

SHELBY51 · Mar 13, 2015

WOW

Very nice and a headturner in my opinion , what's your next project going to be , i'm looking for a Apache' also

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