Features 48-54 Chevy/GMC trucks! lets see em ALL!!!

Yes, I wanted it to look as stock as possible, but with late model power. I didn't think the old babbit pounder would hold up, so I went with a late model, full pressured 235. The color is as close to the original "Cape Maroon" as I could get mixed up. Thanks for the kudos!



Ken

 

My ole Green race truck.........

 

The power of the ADers is awesome.............

 

Sorry Ken, I just HAD to fix your truck. There, that's better!

 

I like it!:d

 

Here's a progress pic on my 49 over the winter.

 

Heres our 47 after it was Lettered and striped

 

this is myn. its down right now getting a bit more custom touches done. a 348 and m22 are also goin in it.

 

Here's a shot of mine in its hay day!



Or should I say, back in the Cheech and Chong days!

 

Here's mine.

 

Rescued this one a couple of months ago. Can't wait to get started.

 

I'm JEALOUS!!!!

 

Kind of a weird question - has anybody ever stuffed an RB MoPar big-block into one of these?

-Dave

 

Great thread for AD lovers

 

That would be blasphemous behavior and out & out sacrilege (IMO).

But I'm sure motor mounts & exhaust could be fab'd & work. But why??

PACO

 

I dunno, cool engine, cool truck. I figured it was a win/win. Kinda like the F2 wrecker with a Cadillac V8 and Hydramatic that was behind a shop in the town where I went to college.

-Dave

 

OK Dave ...... I'm game ....... maybe a early HEMI / 4 or 5 speed - which I think I've seen earlier in this thread.

PACO

 

That would be cool, or an early GM overhead (pre-SBC). Of course, I have the RB MoPar. I dug it out of my father-in-law's motor home for free, without particular plans for it except that I knew it was worth having. As I look at it, I think "truck motor" and the AD Chevies appeal to me far more than the Dodge Pilothouse, or even the Ford F1.

If you really wanna get twisted, I've got a 360 Ford FE that I could tart up as an E-400 Edsel mill and dump in one!

I haven't got an AD Chevy or any kind of truck, yet, much as I need one. There's a Studebaker 1.5 ton on Craigslist near me for $750. Nobody'll care if I stuff an off-brand engine into that, right?

-Dave

 

this is the one I'm working on

 

I don't have any current pictures. This is when i started on it last year. Has a v8/auto now with disc brakes up front and a 5 lug rims now. Just about ready for the loanstar round up next month.

 

Those old haulers are great.

 

....can't believe this thread is still going,...here's a shot of 3 AD's from a few years ago;.the GMC belongs to a friend Scott that he built; the middle one I built but now belongs to another friend Dave ; and the dark green one is mine,...owned it about 6 years now.

 

seeing all these I cannot wait to get mine on the road!!!

 

Lango,
Thats a great looking truck.

 

Thanks, N8B. I just got it about 3 weeks ago- Waitin for new rear springs to get here. A few changes to make, but a good project nonetheless.

 

Don't tell anybody but I've got a 270 and a T5 AND an AD Chevy truck...what should I do, what should I do...

 

OK, I've got 5 AD Chevy trucks, and a BBC, and a 283 with power pack heads, and a hemi...and one of the trucks runs with a 327 in it! (but it's my kid's...)

 

Well Danimal ..... I'd mate them up .... can't be any worse than the BBC/super T10 I've got ready for my '46 ford coupe ......

PACO

 

figured I'd throw this up there, now that I have spent hours looking at this thread... it was just a pile of parts and a cut apart and tacked together project when I got it, now its starting to look like something again. 2" chop, going for early 60's mild custom.

 

Maybe Danimal could hook you up with one of his spares.

As far as what you put into it, who cares, it is yours.