my 56 hydromatic build
 

I have always hung out in the squarebody forum with my 84 scottsdale LQ4 swap. March of this year, I was able to purchase a 56 Chevy 3100 Hydramatic from 2nd owner. It has sat behind his shed driven around the yard every couple of months and now it's mine. Progress pics

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More pics. First pic is from original owner.

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Looks to be in pretty good shape. Did you get your subframe from Porterbuilt yet?

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My porterbuilt stuff:metal::metal::metal: About to mock up eng/trans.

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As Frankie Lymons used to say " Goodie Goodie!"

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It would be cool if you made an install video. That way novice guys could see if it is beyond their skill level.

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I'm still asking questions myself. Del is gonna give me some advice on his install and I will put it on the board for everyone else. Now I just have to open up a lemonade stand to fund my A-arm purchase.

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Welcome to this part of the board.
Looks like a real clean truck to start with.
Kim

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needs step repair and inner vent repair. plus doing back window swap.

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I will be posting up where to cut and mount the PB sub arms after u cut the frame.
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I have added some pictures to show where to mount the Porterbuilt subframe once you have measured and cut your frame. The arrows point to the holes that actually match up to holes in PB subrame. I still need to clean up my frame cuts.

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more progress. my buddy tony cutting frame. He is building a sweet 64 pro street but is now considering a PB Dropmember.

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more. Gonna start rear notch soon.

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Nice progress. That Porterbuilt stuff looks real nice.
Kim