Project "Molly" - 1952 Chevy 3100 S10 swap

[dettmer13]

Well, after lurking the site, I've finally decided to start my build thread. My wife has always liked these style Chevys (and my father in law retired from GM, so I had to build a Chevy). I am active duty in the Army, so when I finally moved back to Georgia, I decided it was time to find one. I bought this truck from a Baptist preacher in South Carolina, and the S10 at the same time.

My plans for the truck are to swap the body over to the S10 frame, put in a 5.3L LM7 paired with a 700R4 transmission. Thinking about putting in a Ford 8.8 rear end, but haven't quite been sold on the idea yet.

This is when I bought the truck:


Floors are rotted out of it.


The truck was hit from behind and it pushed the bed into the cab. THe fact that someone put a 1/4" steel plate as the bed floor probably didn't help.


Dash is in good shape though