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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Show Low, Arizona
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My new 57' stepside
Hey everyone, Just thought i would post up my new project. I am new to these trucks and am pretty excited about owning this one, I have wanted one for a few years now. I am doing some trading for it and am picking it up on thursday. Heres what i know about it.
1957 chevy 3100 full roller 350 turbo 400 lowered all new chrome shaved handles and firewall fuel tank relocated to under bed uncut Original front end disc brakes 12 bolt rear It has everything to put the interior back together besides the window regulators and glove box. Heres a few pics of it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Nice find. Looks to be in great shape
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Welcome to the board and that is a cool truck!
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Welcome.
Looks like a real clean truck. Kim |
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Very nice truck - good luck with it
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Western Iowa
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Welcome and congratulations. Time to buy another... this one's about done!
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Re: My new 57' stepside
On the picture of the motor, headers, steering gear box. How much clearance do you have from the header tube to the adjusting nut on the steering box?
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Thanks guys, the truck is just enough done that I can still get my feet wet in building these trucks and add my own touches to it. I am new to these trucks but I have built a few rock crawling jeeps so it's going to be exciting to switch up the style a bit
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Re: My new 57' stepside
very nice steel on that body, good place to start a project.
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Re: My new 57' stepside
welcome!
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Join Date: Feb 2011
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Love the custom battery relocation job! hah.. but seriously, nice SOLID truck!
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Its looks to be a really solid truck you have there. Please keep us posted.
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Well we picked up the truck yesterday and made it home with it without any issues
![]() Its in a little rougher shape than it was explained to me, which of course led to a cheaper price ![]() There were a few suprises though, No rust at all, already has bear claws installed, motor might be a 383 (the guy wasnt sure) eithier way its a clean strong motor, Fuel tank has already been relocated to the rear. Overall i am extreamly happy with it, i will get some more pictures today. What would cause the front end to feel like its wobbling all over the place? Everything feels to be tight, could it be the alignment? It hasnt been driven in 10+ years, just rolled and driven onto a trailer to move it around. I am going to adjust the carb today and see if i can figure out whats up with the front end and drive the **** out of it while i decide the direction i want to go with it ![]() |
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Re: My new 57' stepside
My better half, she actually insisted we get the truck. We have been talking about getting one of these trucks for about a year now.
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Re: My new 57' stepside
That is how I ended up with my truck. I have wanted a classic car/truck for a long time. We were at a big car show here in MN called Back to the 50's and she said we should get one and i told her that we can get what ever she wanted and she picked a truck.
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Your better half has good taste...but then again you have excellent taste
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Mine are 5 lug, does that mean they self center? If that's the case then they should even out when I put the 5th lug on all the wheels (each wheel is missing one lug right now).
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Re: My new 57' stepside
I found some lug nuts locally and installed them, it smoothed out the ride alot but it still has a shimmy from take off untill about 10 mph. Im going to take apart the front end today and check all the bearings, it has disk brakes up front so i am hoping that it has had the roller bearing upgrade already.
On the clearance between the front axle and the engine cross member i am not sure how to approach this issue, it looks like someone installed the engine and trans to far back. Here are some picutres to show what it looks like. If anyone has any suggestions i would love to hear them. |
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Re: My new 57' stepside
take it out and fab something like these.
i had these in my 58 for 15 yrs, cut them out when i did the mustII x-member. a short piece of 3/8 tube, a triangle from each frame rail and a gusset in between the 2. ![]() use the tube from your motor mount, i made/installed them without removing anything from the truck.
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Re: My new 57' stepside
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I don't think you can run the uni-lugs without the proper washers installed. They made different ones for the different wheel patterns. If you hit something hard it could move the wheels on the lugs IMHO. Kim |
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Ogre - Thanks for the idea, after looking at it some more i think i will go this route it seems alot easier than trying to mess with the current cross member.
Kim - I got the correct washers along with the lugs and you are right you deffinetly have to have them. I took it out for a drive today (only about 10 miles) but she runs awesome! It still has a shimmy at start off but im thinking it may just be the tires being out of balance. I found a good spot for some pictures so i took a few. |
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Re: My new 57' stepside
Awesome project! Keep us posted on your progress and have fun driving it!
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Re: My new 57' stepside
The truck looks real nice. I like the Cragars on it.
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Re: My new 57' stepside
I got curioius and did some more research. I found a site that said the round washers are used on GM bolt pattern the oval-pinched washers for Ford - Mopar bolt patterns.
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