1955 Chevy 3100 Build

[chris02rex]

Hey since I'm bored I figured I would bring my project over here to this forum. I started it back in january while I was at school and have been slaving away on it since.

Started out as a 1950 3100 that i picked up for 200 bucks since I needed a project for school.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-01-20_13-13-25_207.jpg

It was mostly complete but had some bad rust issues on the cab. While I was at school in Rapid City I came across an awesome junk yard. The guy had about 3000 cars that were almost all 70's and older. I picked up a clean early 55 chevy cab.

At first I was just going to step notch the original frame and throw a nova stub frame up front. But as i got into it I decided to hell with that idea and ended up just using the nova stub and build the rest of it from scratch.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-01-24_15-27-55_269.jpg

So I striped it down and took about 100 different measurements from the old frame.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-01-23_16-11-24_57.jpg

Then I had the stub frame sandblasted and ordered some tubular control arms since the original ones were shot.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-02-02_15-51-06_980.jpg


http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-01-26_14-42-47_192.jpg

Here she is on the frame jig mating up the stub to the frame rails I built.


http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-02-02_15-50-50_446.jpg

Since i'm on a budget I had to stay cheap with the wheels. They are 17x9 cragar soft 8s.

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http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/395950_299456670121581_152356853_n.jpg

Here is after I got it back home and had most of the body on it.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/2012-03-15_10-18-31_126.jpg

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/547393_361075620626352_466432003_n.jpg

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/551043_358623584204889_2062681528_n.jpg

Then I started to rip the body back off to finish the frame and send it off to powder coating.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/542963_359811910752723_36547578_n.jpg

This is right before tearing it down and hauling it in.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/539132_385920204808560_1607180236_n.jpg


Just got her back early this week.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/293037_390676814332899_102140814_n.jpg

Here is where it sits as of tonight.

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/376699_392687164131864_232426681_n.jpg

http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l562/chrislehmkuhl/226273_392651650802082_1254760617_n.jpg


Ill try and keep this updated. The body has to be back on and at the very least rolling when i start school in three weeks. Im going to have to bust ass haha.

[DSMFreak]

Absolutely awesome truck you have there. I wish I could fabricate like that! What sort of powertrain is this getting?

[Kracka]

Badass!

[C3L1CA]

That's going to be a bad ass truck!

[A//// Guy]

Cool Build!

[DSMINMN]

You've heard it from me before, but the truck is tits.

[goodhart]

Awesome project! I love the old stuff ;)

[rose0529]

nice build!

[Halon]

Awesome

[JET]

Very nice!!