1Bad37: C5 Corvette Meets '37 Chevy...

[1Bad 37]

My name is Christian, and this is my ride... It’s a 1937 Chevrolet 1/2 ton truck, with a 2001 Corvette engine, or LS1, a T56 6 speed trans, and 3.46 rear end. The frame was custom made by myself with help from my father over the last two years to suit the full Corvette independent suspension and disk brakes all the way around. The truck is supported by a set of fully adjustable coil overs. The wheels are stock 2001 wheels 18x9.5+56 rear, 17x8.5+56 with 255s on rear so they don’t rub on the already 2inch wider rear fenders. The front end is narrowed 6 inches. The Corvette trans is under the bed connected to the motor by a torque tube. The torque tube was custom extended 6.5 inches. The trans being in the back was the reason I made the bed tilt, so people could see the amount of time and effort that went into the truck.The Corvette’s electronics are all there, slimmed down by myself on cold winter nights. (PITA) The Security systems are all there, I just wired it in such a way that everything that wants to talk, does.
First off some "picking it up pics!" This kid has NO IDEA what he just got himself into!!!

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I remember being super excited the whole ride home! People were giving us thumbs up the whole way!

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These were two years ago in July ’11...

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That was the first time the frame had seen real daylight!

Fast forward to last summer...











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Annnnd some pics of under the hood and bed...
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IPhone doesn’t pick up light too well but I made due, the real camera was home that day...


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Driver’s point of view when cruising...

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Driving out of hell!

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A few with my great grandpappy’s truck he bought new...

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And to the reason I'm starting a build thread today and not earlier is I was swamped with skool (and working on my DD's several issues) all winter and basically got nothing done all winter is that I'm almost done with skool for the summer and I will be actually making some progress!!! I'll upload some pics of the parts I picked up last wee. Shaved door kit and some glass related parts... Today I dropped off my glass to get tinted. Pics when its back! Gotta have SOMETHING done before the Arlington Show and SHine on the 14th!