Great White North 59 Fleetside Build

[HiRMKin]

Well I have had this truck for a year now so I think it’s time to start a build thread for it. First off I’ll tell you how this obsession started for me. I bought a Truckin’ Magazine in the early 80’s and I knew I needed to get me an old Chevy truck. So at the age of 17 I bought two a 58 long box and a 59 short box in September 1982. I took the two and made a 59 short box step side. I did a few basic mods to it. I did a very mild 454 with a tunnel ram because it looked cool and a turbo 400. It had power steering with a tilt column. A long the line I bought another 59 for a few more parts. With the help of my HD Mechanic Dad (him telling me what to do from his La-Z-Boy that was his way of passing his skills to me) I got it drivable and drove it to my high school grad in 83. I drove it like that until winter of 85 in which I pulled the motor and rebuilt it with way to much HP for a kid my age and rolled it spring of 86. So I bought another 58 this one was not in as good shape as my last one so it sat in the shop for years. In the meantime I got married had a couple of kids got a job as a welder/fitter which turned into being the manger of the shop to which I’m still at after 24 years. So in 93 I sold it or pretty much gave it all away. That brings us to the present day to where I bought a 1959 Chevy sb fleetside a year ago with the hopes of passing some of my skills to my son or just get him away from the PS3.