Matshark`s 55 2nd project

[Matshark]

During the winter I will try to finish the engine so that
it will look the way it performs. I will have to get a wiring
harness for my LT1 and hope tho have it in the car by spring.
The transmission arrived last week so my drivetrain is almost complete.

Do you have any suggestions where to buy a harness ( no EGR, no VATs,
1997 LT1 with 4L60E) ??

[Jebb1978]

Looks awsome! Keep up the good work.

[71'tahoe]

matshark,
Sweet truck.My family,on my dads side,was origanally from germany.Im visiting w/ my aunt on Long island,New York and said she knows the area you leave in.Any ways good luck w/ your build.

[Matshark]

I like christmas, presents,presents,presents....



This is the old bezel and the teal filter, I will use the blue one.
Has anybody of you uses the dakota digital a/c controller with a vintage
air gen II a/c ?

[FRENCHBLUE72]

That is gonna be one sweet ride when shes done.

[56myway]

matshark, that is one sweet lookin ride man. Keep the pictures comin....

[Matshark]

Momentarily i am looking for a special kind of seats.
Because I want a modern look in the interior and good
seats, I decided to go with one individual sports seat for
me and a small "sport seat style" bench which is looking the same
way as the drivers seat.
This will need some fabrication onthe seats.
They shall look like this: ( with a dark blue instead of the read )



What do you think ?

[CAL 58 GMC]

Everything is looking really nice Matshark! I was wondering, what the classic truck scene like in Germany? Is there a big intrest in Classic American cars & trucks over there?

[Matshark]

After a long time, here some updated pictures of my project.
My work didn`t give to much time work on it.

Last weekend we test fitted engine and trans, so that all the brackets
for fuel, brakelines and so on can be installed.

The good thing was to fins out, that the parts of the exhast system I have will fit and tht there will be no clearance problems with the steering.

[Hhan's 57]

Nice work, the engine looks great along with the rest of the truck. Are you able to find parts in Germany? My father lives in Frankfurt and is thinking about building a truck as well but he says it's really tough to find anything. Keep up the good work

[Matshark]

I get most of my parts from the states.
To find parts here is hard, because you almost
do not find those trucks here in Germany.
The engine was dissassembled for cleaning and
making it look good, but we needed the block and
heads to check for clearance issues. Now it can be
taken apart again.

[OrrieG]

Glad you are working on it again, it is looking good. Who did you get the headers from??

[Matshark]

The engine is a callaway competition super natural and came out of a camaro.
It got the complete tuning treatment from callaway including the headers, so I am happy, that I can use them.

[BC Toy chest]

Nice, very nice, yes please keep the pics coming.

[Matshark]

I didn`t post for quite a while, but not beacause the project is dead, but because it didn`t work out to build a truck in a garage too far away from my house.

Therefore I decided two years ago to build another garage on my property.
For those who are not familiar with,how complicated this is in germany ( I think we invented administration, forms, and all this other stuff we all hate ), I can tell you, that it took more than half a year to get the permission to build it.
After that my son and I started to build it by ourselves.

If you are interested I can post a few pictures of my new "mens living room".

[Matshark]

Here is what my son Mike, my wife and I did the last year to give
my project a home closer to my house. I have now a seperate
garage where I can work at my truck and hopefully speed things a little bit up.

Because you always tell that you love pics, here are some, but keep in mind, in Germany everything is smaller and tighter, so is my garage ...

[Matshark]

[Matshark]

A few weeks ago I started making a frame for a sports seat bench.
This is what I came up with.

[Kim57]

Very cool. It must feel good to be able to have a place just to work on your truck.
Kim

[Matshark]

Originally Posted by Kim57

Very cool. It must feel good to be able to have a place just to work on your truck.
Kim

Yes it makes things so much easier. You can just stop and continue the other day without getting everything out of the way.

Yesterday I started working on the frame:

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Wow that garage is tight but it gets ya closer to home... What did the neighbors think?

[solidaxel]

WOW, that is a great looking project.............both of them !!

I like the floor and pic in the garage, I know what you mean by having a place to work, I wish mine was complete!
That is a stout looking floor with all the remesh in place, do you have earthquakes over there!!!

[Matshark]

Originally Posted by solidaxel

WOW, that is a great looking project.............both of them !!

I like the floor and pic in the garage, I know what you mean by having a place to work, I wish mine was complete!
That is a stout looking floor with all the remesh in place, do you have earthquakes over there!!!

We don`t have real earthquakes but that is the normal way we build houses and garages. I wish I would have had the chance to make it bigger but I didn`t get the permission ( not from my wife, but from the administration ) to make it bigger. But it wouldn`t have been much bigger, because there are 3 feet to the street and the backside leans against the pool.

I thought having a "street" in my garage an a motivating horizon would be a good idea.

[Matshark]

I added small bumbstops just in case..



I have to move the tube for the shock attachment a little bit further back, the
coilovers are slightly out of angle.

[Kim57]

Looking good.
Kim