55 first series on a 1998 C5 chassis - PICS

[62lwbc10]

Hello All, spent some time helping my buddy work on his project: a 1955 5 findow first series cab that he is mating up to a 1998 Corvette C5 chassis. Spent months on frame/grafting to vetter frame. Now onto cab and floor work. Fabbed up the pass side floor and installed, took 6 hours. good fun. Enjoy

[62lwbc10]

more pics

[62lwbc10]

have to do a few at a time for some reason

[62lwbc10]

template for floor

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rolling beads

[62lwbc10]

finishing up. it was a joy to work with nice thick 16 gauge steel instead of the thin original metal i usually have to deal with. Still lots to do as you can see. Will keep you all posted.

[Daze57]

now that is a cool project !

[iowaboynca]

Yikes! That thing is going to handle like a slot car racer!

[Old Crow]

Can't wait to see where they put the gas tank. Very cool project.

[62lwbc10]

Hey Crow the plan is to have a custom made racing fuel cell made. Will go somewhere under the bed behind tranny

[Old Crow]

Gotcha. Thanks.

[ChuckDriver]

Cool build!

[Richs'55]

Pretty cool. And I bet you'll love the ride. Pretty amazing work there, considering the C5 doesn't really have a chassis, but a torque tube to hold everything together.
Just so everybody else sees how much work you have done there, here is a pic of the C5 with no body. That's the engine to the lower left.

[oossuuu754]

Any updates here? Was curious if anyone had tried this with 60-66 C-10s but I digging this on the AD truck.

[Richs'55]

Originally Posted by oossuuu754

Any updates here? Was curious if anyone had tried this with 60-66 C-10s but I digging this on the AD truck.

I have a 55 2nd series and am installing the body on a 81 Chevy C-10. Have had a few problems mating the two together but it is working out. From what I have heard, the 47-55 Advanced Design works better on a S-10 chassis.