Will's 1955 2nd Series Stepside Project

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Hey guys,

I'm new to this forum. I just picked up a 1955 2nd Series 3100 Stepside pickup project last Saturday! I am currently restoring a 1956 Bel Air as well and I will begin on the truck as soon as I finish it up.

A bit about it:

• It has a very ill 1980 Buick V6 with a TH350 transmission.
• Hood was swapped for a '57 hood
• Rear end was replaced with a 12 bolt 3.25
• Dash was smoothed out
• Came with two boxes of parts (Three speedo clusters, headlight bezels, emblems, spare door handles, regulators, heater boxes, lots of bolts, etc.) original bumpers, and a spare grille.

My plans for the truck:

• Swap the V6/TH350 for a 350 V8 and Munice 4 speed (or similar manual trans)
• Smooth firewall
• New wood bed
• Repaint and reinstall bumpers
• Ocean Green paint
• Rework all wiring
• Rework brakes
• All new glass

Someone did a very sloppy job of riveting some sheet metal in front of the original firewall at an attempt to make a "smooth firewall". It looks terrible, and I'm hoping I can get it off without too much trouble.

The goal is to make a good daily driver out of her. Nothing too fancy, but also something that would be fun at the cruise in.