1957 chevy family truck

[lowrodderchev]

ok guys after years of reading other people threads i finally decide its my turn. keep in mind im going on a 2-3 year build. so this truck was originally my grandpas sometime in the 70's my dad got it till sometime in the 90's my older brother got it. were it sat in a high school auto shop in pieces till my dad took it back and restored it. the turquoise was sprayed on by my older brother 15 years ago.

[lowrodderchev]

so years and years ago my dad said it was time to sell it to be honest i was never a fan of this truck but i didnt want it to leave the family so i purchased it in hopes that my daughter would drive it when she got older. that all changed after i slapped the side pipes spider caps and a few other touches

[lowrodderchev]

so in march of 2011 i was heading to the next town to eat dinner at my parents went to pass a ford f150 going 30 in a 45 and i hit a water puddle sending me spinning around the results well take a look for yourself

[lowrodderchev]

good lord looking out for me that day 5:00 rush hour i didnt hit one car i hit the center divider so hard my tailgate flew off inot the other side of the road missing all the traffic there to i believe i seen a tear in my dads eye that day and no i didnt crap myself

[lowrodderchev]

so i figured haul it home swap out the axles get her back on the road, NOPE not that easy

[Jbm1956]

Good looking truck. I love the stance. What suspension you running. Also check your pm.

[lowrodderchev]

Unfortunately my computers freezing up more pix and info tomorrow

[alaska gasser]

It sucks that happened, but glad it wasn't any worse and everyone is ok.

[lowrodderchev]

yeah it did suck crazy thing is that same week 2 other cars wrecked in that same spot because of that clogged drain that caused the road to be flooded a few days before me was a brand new car she took out a light post that was 4 feet away from me while the tow truck driver was loading up he truck the city guy came out and clean the clogged drain

[lowrodderchev]

so when all this happen i was also getting married in 3 months so the truck was somewhat put on the back burner but didnt stop me from tearing into it. but i soon found out even a replacement spindle wasnt going to fix the problem i hit so hard i tweak the front frame horns pretty good after the truck was put back together new axle parts it was sitting about 2 inches higher on one side

[lowrodderchev]

again fellas this all started in 2011 so i'm a few years behind on this thread but plenty of pictures. after the wedding i realized i needed to clip this bad boy so i started to look int a camaro clip. everyone i found was going for around $400 after just getting married wasnt going to cut it so one day me and my bro were hanging out at a friends house e says hey i got a clip was for my truck but its going to be awhile before i get to it take it its at my dads house and so it began the clipping of the truck (i used the luxblue way from he hamb)

[Kim57]

Looks like a real nice truck.
Keep the pics coming.
Kim

[lowrodderchev]

ok more pix pulled the clip apart next bushings links calipers etc. the clip was minus the steering box an pitman arm so i found a pitman arm at the junkyard and steering box is new

[lowrodderchev]

[lowrodderchev]

so decied i needed a change in the wheel so lowered the column down pulled the 55 wheel i was running at put this 56 210 wheel i scored for cheap

[Jbm1956]

Wow thats a nice stance. Are you running lowered spindles? Or springs or what. Looks good

[lowrodderchev]

cut some rust out usual places

[Kim57]

Looking good.
Kim

[lowrodderchev]

Originally Posted by Kim57

Looking good.
Kim

Thanx kim

[_Ogre]

wow, never saw this. that was a hard hit.
glad your rebuilding the truck

[lowrodderchev]

Yep hit hard enough to bend the frame twist the bed funny I remember my shades flying off in slow motion

[Kim57]

Looks good.
Kim

[Burbanaro]

Sweet ride.....so how much of the spring did you cut? So you've been driving it...any rubbing or wishing it was'nt quite that low? I really like how it sits Im getting ready to do a clip on my 57 burb. Im thinking about sinking the subframe into the frame an inch or so instead of cutting the springs. Cool that you saved your dads truck.

[lowrodderchev]

Just 1 coil and in the beginning I had issues but a friend of mine told me to switch to a pre 56 car wheel (pre 56 are 15 inch wheels) worked out there more shallow, the ralleys were sitting out a little to much so I had rubbing issues, the rides real nice I just added rear bags when I go up drive ways I was leaving half my bumper but now I just lift up the rear

[lowrodderchev]

heres the wheels im running funny story about these is i pick them up for a buddy of mine in atascadero that while me and and my wife were heading to the coast he said he found a guy parting out a 56 chevy and he was getting the wheels i said we were heading that way i'll grab them for you he was using them on a ad truck he was building but ended up selling the truck so i ended up with the wheels