3 Chevy project trucks

[warriorkin]

I have just started working on these: 58 Viking grain truck, 51 3800 long bed, 48 3800 stake bed.

This is the 1948 Stake Bed
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This is the 58 Chevy Viking. It is in much worse shape than these pictures.
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I will have to take pictures of the 51 later.

I started with the seats. They were all rusty from the pack rats living in them. I tried sand blasting them myself but they were too much for me. Luckily I found a place that did them. I had to prime and paint the frames and then rebuild some springs and fix the frames. I got vinyl for the 58 and got the burlap, felt covering, and cotton batting from PerfectFit. I hog ringed in the burlap and felt but used the C clips on the vinyl. Using them allows a person to keep tightening in stages to get the upholstery in the correct spot.

[Advanced Design]

Nice trucks! Both look very solid.

[warriorkin]

I started with the seats. The first picture is what came out of the 48 but they were all in a very rusted state.



The next pictures are of the 58 seat after sandblasting and priming and painting.



I used burlap over the springs. I folded the edges.


I used two thicknesses of this felt stuff.


In process of hog ringing felt and burlap into place.

[Kim57]

Cool trucks.
Lots of work to do three at once.
Kim