Projects Building a 57 Chevy Shop Truck

Argghhh Matey

 

I had a very long tiring day moving everything out of the garage



to make room to get the 57 spun around using the chain fall, which worked pretty good



Then moved more stuff to get the 41 out



Then bolted the winch in the floor and used that to pull the 57 up the hill



Then put it on wheel dollies to position it around the corner



Then moved everything back to be able to get the cars back in

 

She's real fine my 307

 

200 rough ridin ponies

 

^Love This^!!

 

I have this hanging in my garage for my '57

 

I've got a couple 57 inspired pieces saved

 

well, I saved me pennies up to Heavan
for I knew I needed a lemon
and I would get a bad used 307

cough it up cough it up 307
cough it up 307

nothing can stop smoke
noting can stop smoke 307

when it takes her to the track, she's really slow
the oil slick she leaves makes the biggest show
my 2-barrel smog head 307

 

Ha ha ha, we don't know if it smokes or not, they might of put new rings in but left the used cam.
Don't forget the crazy torque it had on the shipping trip over, rotated the world !



Those orange valve springs are those 9,000 rpm mam-a-jammas

 

Your build really resurrected some poignant memories of my 56 BBW.

Sold it to a guy in Tampa, FL to buy my first 32. Wonder what happened to it.
350/350, posi rear, Chevelle clip, tilt/tele Caddy column with 59 Chevy wheel. Sigh!
Apologies for the hijack!
Keep on keeping on with yours.

 

Guaranteed to spin the tires....
around a corner....
In the rain

 

Got the cab corners, lower front fender sections and braces in the mail, more parts to work with when I get to those areas.

 

I managed to get the rear frame degreased, cleaned and attacked by the wire wheel during the process. I used the por15 metal prep which is like an ospho bath to neutralize the rust
There was a fair amount of factory black paint still on it.



Made a shit ton of dust everywhere lol




Took a break from the frame and shoveled snow for a couple days



The Mastercoat rust converter I wanted to use is still out of stock so I put 2 coats of Rustoleum rusty metal primer on it. Laying under it with a tiny chip brush getting into all the crevices really tweaked my neck and shoulder, that was 4 straight afternoons of painting taking about 3-3.5 hrs each day.



And 2 coats of satin black, I think it turned out pretty good, no more getting dirty on this end.

 

Looking good! Excited to see progress on this thing!

 

Crazy to think it's almost 7 yrs to the day that it arrived, it's nice to "really" get working on it.
Like always no schedule or hard dates of getting it finished, if I feel like working on it I will, if not I won't. Lol
The main difference is the other cars don't need any major work any longer to get me sidetracked but also nothing to do to catch a break from working on it.
Well there is the off topic shovelhead that needs repairs, so there is that.

 

Wire wheels…sneaky bastards.

 

Lookin good man

 

That frame is clean.. nice work little blood to get the project going

 

Putting a little of my soul into it, got to combat those other souls floating around out there