Project: "Earwig" '52 Dumptruck to cruiser

[TheGr8Doughboy]

Hello, and here's our first post/intro/and project thread all in one.

We got married 7-7-07 and her wedding present to me was rescuing a 1952 Chevy Dumptruck from Floyd County here in Southwest Virginia. I am a machinist by trade and still going to school full time to get my degree in Instrumentation and Automation. My wife just finished up her undergrad in Industrial Design at Virginia Tech and is persuing her Masters in Technology Education. We cut our teeth working on our '85 Toyota Landcruiser it's a Chevy 350 swap to a 700r4 (we rebuild in our apartment, that was an adventure) Lifted on 35's. We don't have a whole lot of cash flow or a whole lot of time... but, none the less we excited to get started.

I know... a little risky with an import on the first post... but it's a neat truck... figured I'd share...



Onto Project Earwig (she doesn't know I've named it yet... so that is subject to change as well )
Current plan:
Clean up and swap the cab onto a late '70s 2wd Chevy with a 292. With a clean utility flatbed, either wood or steel to give it a farmtruckish look... clean but no show truck...

Reasoning: better avaibility of parts, cost effectivness hoping to find a tired donor frame/drive train for under $1K this spring), we arn't looking for big block power and I think a 292 would make a neat street rod/driver <-- Subject to change

Where we found it:




Loading it up: the rear drums were locked up tight!


Hiding out at my buddy's place: