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Offline BEG

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1953 Chevy
« on: June 19, 2011, 10:59:46 PM »
My husband had to slap his '53 Chevy truck project together so he can pull it on a trailer back to Texas.

He went from this....



to this...





Finally to this...

He got some tires at a junk yard so he could roll the truck onto the trailer. He made his own white walls with a can of white paint.  :p





He is going to have to take it apart again to work on it but I think it is really going to look cool when he is finally finished.  We went to a car show today for fathers day and they had some classic Ford and Chevy trucks there, it kind of made him depressed because he isn't going to be able to work on his truck for a long time.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 08:53:06 AM »
Quote from: BEG on June 19, 2011, 10:59:46 PM
He made his own white walls with a can of white paint.  :p
You say that like it's a bad thing.  :tongue:

Nice truck.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 09:14:06 AM »
Being a car guy, I can see that the truck is going to be a beauty when your talented hubby finishes it.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2011, 12:45:48 PM »
I sympathize with him.......back in the 80's I had a '62 Corvette frame-up restoration project that I had to load (in pieces) on three different moving vans before I finally finished it........took me six years.

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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2011, 04:48:03 PM »


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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2011, 05:20:55 PM »
How did he get the cab off the frame?
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2011, 07:14:04 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 25, 2011, 05:20:55 PM
How did he get the cab off the frame?

On a truck of that vintage, once you remove the fenders, etc, there are only six "lord mounts" (bolts through rubber bushings) that attach it to the frame.

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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2011, 07:15:25 PM »
Quote from: TVDOC on June 25, 2011, 07:14:04 PM
On a truck of that vintage, once you remove the fenders, etc, there are only six "lord mounts" (bolts through rubber bushings) that attach it to the frame.

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Yeah, I know... my '59 was the same way.  I was afraid I would warp the cab if I lifted it with 2x4's so never got to that point with my truck.  I thought I might be able to use an engine hoist, lumber, and chains and do it in my driveway.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 07:26:59 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 25, 2011, 07:15:25 PM
Yeah, I know... my '59 was the same way.  I was afraid I would warp the cab if I lifted it with 2x4's so never got to that point with my truck.

When I took the body off of the frame on my Corvette restoration, I rigged mover's straps (2) under the body hard points, and lifted it straight up with a chain hoist........built a frame out of 2 x 4's, with industrial casters on it, and after removal of the rolling chassis, lowered the body onto the homemade carriage.

The cab on that pickup, with nothing in it, likely doesn't weigh 300 pounds.....a guy on each corner should be able to pick it up easily......they are a welded assembly, and  pretty rigid.  I was much more worried about cracking the fiberglass on the Corvette.

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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2011, 04:04:51 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 25, 2011, 07:15:25 PM
Yeah, I know... my '59 was the same way.  I was afraid I would warp the cab if I lifted it with 2x4's so never got to that point with my truck.  I thought I might be able to use an engine hoist, lumber, and chains and do it in my driveway.

He has an engine hoist. I assume that is how he did it.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2011, 12:45:07 AM »
That is just the project I have been looking for cept I want a 5 window.

Nice start on a great truck!
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2011, 01:44:41 AM »
That is one tidy garage.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2011, 08:01:01 PM »
Quote from: Dblhaul on August 27, 2011, 12:45:07 AM
That is just the project I have been looking for cept I want a 5 window.

Nice start on a great truck!

My husband wanted a wrap around back window (I don't know if that is what you call it), but this one fell in his lap. It belonged to the grandfather of a friend of my son. The grandpa died and my sons friend's dad offered it at a price he couldn't resist.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2011, 08:03:01 PM »
Quote from: Delmar on August 27, 2011, 01:44:41 AM
That is one tidy garage.

We sold that house in July (in CA). We just moved back to Texas.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2011, 11:52:46 PM »
I don't think the wrap-around rear windows were available until 1955, and then it was only on the Deluxe mdels.  My 1959 Apache had the same small rear window and didn't have the wrap-around rear window either.
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2011, 10:27:25 PM »
I learned to drive in a 50 Chev 5 window truck. Straight six, three on the tree, six volt.  Great memories.

I'd  like to get one now and restore it to stock..  cept a 350/350.. *G*
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Re: 1953 Chevy
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2011, 11:00:13 AM »
Quote from: Dblhaul on August 31, 2011, 10:27:25 PM
I learned to drive in a 50 Chev 5 window truck. Straight six, three on the tree, six volt.  Great memories.

I'd  like to get one now and restore it to stock..  cept a 350/350.. *G*

I learned to drive stick in a 1930 Model A pickup truck. I sure wish I had it now.
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