55 Fleetside Restomod

[N123DY]

Hey Guys,
Pretty new here. Sitting in China for the last two days reading your build threads has motivated me to start my own, and my project. It's a 55 2nd series with a 58 fleetside bed on it. Kind of a cool story. My dad and I bought it in 1991 when I was in highschol from a local dealership in Longmont Colorado. It ran and drove but wasn't all that pretty. We were gonna restore it but after 3 years and no progress, we realized we had neither the time or the money to do much with it. Found a buyer, delivered it to him myself and forgot about it, or at least dad did. I never stopped building that truck in my head. 2 years ago, on my nightly craigslist search, I see an add for multiple old chevy trucks for sale. I called on it the next day, and spoke to the old mans wife and she directed me to his yard in Longmont Colorado! I drove straight down there and walk up to James Deans long lost Grandfather, and he recognizes me. I say," you actually remember me?" He says "of course I do, your truck is right over there." I look over and there it is, sitting where I parked it 20+ years ago. I told him I wanted to buy it back but didn't have the scratch to do it right away. He agreed to hold it for me, and last year my wife says, "go get it for your 40th birthday." What an angel! about a week later we do the transaction. He hands me the title, and it's still in my name. He had never had it transferred. Brought it home, change plugs, oil, blow out the fuel system, and it fires right up. After tires, wheel cylinders and rebuilding the master cylinder it's back on the road. This was October of 14.

Since then I've been driving it and I've begun buying parts and making plans.

As of now, here's the plan:
Iron block junkyard LS Stroker bulid. Shooting for 600 HP.
T-56 six speed.
C4 vette front and rear suspension and brakes.
20" wheels on all 4 corners.
big back window conversion
bucket seats with a custom center console
Etc, etc, etc.....

I might even build and additional stepside bed so I can switch back and forth because I love the look of both. Mainly what I'm shooting for is a great handling, fast truck with all the latest creature comforts.

Any feedback and ideas you all have along the way are appreciated.