Hi Everybody. Im from South Africa and been lurking around on the forum for a while reading up on some very nice builds. Decided to register as it was time to get the '54 Chevy 3100 Pickup a fresh new look... Ive done the usual "guy" thing and built too many custom sound installs and bidykits for the newer generation cars and just never stop playing with fibergl*** and recently started with Carbon Fiber too. My other skills need to be fine tuned for building this bad boy. Got pretty much 80% of tools and equipment to do what I want but still require a few odds and ends. This is what it looked like before I started... The car was standing for about 5 years in a workshop ba*****t before I went to go and collect it. Still original straight 6 motor and all stock from front to back excluding the wheels... Basically I want to do a cl***ic look with a bit of a modern twist. Full build thread to follow soon...
Hi. Looks great. Pretty cl***ic & a bit modern with the wheels and diamond plate. It should have 235 inline engine and that is a great base motor to build up if you want to stay with a 6. My avatar photo is a 1957 Inline Chevy 250 installed in my 46 Coupe. This engine is bored 0.060 with a 268 grind cam, dual 2 barrel Weber carb's & tube headers to dual exhaust. Running original 3 on the column with a 355 ratio pickup ring & pinion instead of original 411 gears. It scoots down the road with the traffic at legal Hwy speeds quite well. Post more photo's & start a build thread on the hokey *** message board when you get started. Good luck, Jim
Thanks man. Well that was what it looked like when I got her, and didnt like the color or the look of it, so hence the new build. As for the motor, we already have a 305 Small block V8, but will be keeping the 6 for something else later. I will get my pics ready and start the build thread soon... Thank you and I know I will.
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