51' 3100 build in PA New to Site

[98layinframe]

Yeah very true I'm jealous my trucks no where near drivable. My stock frame is in near perfect unmolested condition, so i think im going mustang II or just gonna clip it. Any chance you have any nice body parts you wanna sell?

What part of town you living? Im out little east of Monroeville.
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[99 to Life]

Just PM me what you are looking for. I'm right in the southside of pittsburgh, but my truck is up north 2 hours. I have some parts here I'm working on for my other truck. I'd def come out and see your project sometime. hit me up, I don't have anyone else in the city that I know that is into this stuff.

[99 to Life]

6-4-12

Door locks. Well I finally got the door locks in and wired up with keyless entry. All went pretty well, minus the accuators I got are faulty, but they still work. also my door just doesn't seem to shut for crap. I know it has had some damage in the past. I tried putting a new hinge in it and it helped but didn't cure the problem. I have some more adjusting to do.

Anyway, I did mount the accuator in the cab. worked out nice.

1951 Chevy Truck custom locks.MOV - YouTube

[daverod]

OK you talked me into it. Any part # or the place you bought it from would be good too.Simple but effective.

[99 to Life]

I got the accuator and keyless entry from rockyhinge.com, I've also talked to AVS as I like their remote better. But they kept selling me on needing relays. For an accuator you shouldn't need a relay. The total with shipping was around $130. You get two accuators for $50 and keyless entry for like 70.

The dealbolt system, I made from scratch. got all that stuff at Lowes.
If you doors shut good and your latches and springs in your handles are good
or you have push button doors, I think this kit would be good and cheap. If they shut like crap I'd go with bear claws.

[daverod]

You mean your truck does'nt have a thing on the dash that tells you what kinda milage you get every second your driving? Can't wait to put a hundred on mine. What kinda trans are you running?

[99 to Life]

I'm running an NV3500 5 speed. I'm around 2-2200 rpm at 65 mph roughly, running 3.42 gears, 2 piece driveshaft, 355 engine with stock 305 heads and isky .465 lift cam with 220/220 duration, eddy 600 cfm carb.

Gas, ha I wish. I friggin bought an aftermarket tank and sending unit so I could use my stock gas gauge and I still don't have it working. I had it somewhat working with another gauge I had on a bench test. I have some more fiddling to do with it. Basically I have a voltage reducer going to the gauges power and I have a ground going from the gauge to the sending unit, also grounded the sending unit to the battery.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

I'm running an NV3500 5 speed. I'm around 2-2200 rpm at 65 mph roughly, running 3.42 gears, 2 piece driveshaft, 355 engine with stock 305 heads and isky .465 lift cam with 220/220 duration, eddy 600 cfm carb.

Gas, ha I wish. I friggin bought an aftermarket tank and sending unit so I could use my stock gas gauge and I still don't have it working. I had it somewhat working with another gauge I had on a bench test. I have some more fiddling to do with it. Basically I have a voltage reducer going to the gauges power and I have a ground going from the gauge to the sending unit, also grounded the sending unit to the battery.

Sounds I like mine better. I do still have my old gage though.

[papas52]

great info !!! up date on my build , i drove it out of the shop for the first time and in my yard a little bit ,done good !! so glad i can move it around. still a lond way to go , but feels good to get it moving !! thanks for all the help !!! papas 52

[Wybrow]

Absolutely love this truck. Definitely one of my big motivators on here.

[99 to Life]

wybrow, thanks man def appreciate it. I started on my door logos finally so I'll be putting those photos up next week hopefully. Glad I could be of some motivation. I only work on my projects on weekends so it is very overwhelming and now I only have one day a week, if that sometimes. So just stick with it and it will pay off. I got another one I'm working on. I am painting it and keeping it a bit more original, but maybe trying to bag the rear and lower the front, not sure yet.

[52 choptop]

99, I just bought a Maggie blower for my 52 when I realized that there is NO room for my mechanical fan. I already have the same electric you have installed on the front of my radiator (which I think I have turned on twice as this motor stays pretty cool). My question, now that you have some miles on her is your fan still doin the trick? thanks

[99 to Life]

chop top, yeah fan is doing the trick. However, before I added more antifreeze I was never above 190. I have gotten a little over that on hot days but nothing to worry about. The volume of my aluminum radiator might have some effect as opposed to yours. I used a 55-57 bel air size radiator, 2 core from champion. The fan is 16" I believe, something like 2200 or 2700 rpm. I'd recommend the fan and rad for sure.

[99 to Life]

7-16-12 Here are some shots earlier in the month with my bro's 53'. Also shot of my freshly painted door logo. Just about done, now onto the other side. Might put one on the bed floor too. Been putting some miles on her. I have to wire up a relay for my headlights cause my light switch can't seem to hang when I am running high beams.

[wuss721]

Those locks are cool do u have any pictures of the door jam?
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[99 to Life]

I don't think I do have any pics of the jam at the moment. I will get you some however, maybe some measurements too. The unit I built is super snug in behind the door jam, just had enough room.

[99 to Life]

7-19-12 Car Cruise in

wuss721 PM me if I don't post any pics. I might forget, I'm always busy.

So I was working yesterday and my bro hits me up, asked if I wanted to head up to the Pleasantville car Cruise. Well, Pleasantville is about ten minutes from Titusville, where I keep my truck. But we are both in Pittsburgh, so that is a two hour trip. I dropped what I was doing and headed up with Kris in his 53', picked my truck up and headed out. The weather was pretty bad all day so it put a real damper on the show, but non the less some people showed up and it was cool. I really like the logo they had on their coozies and shirts. It was their 4th annual show. Kris and I both won our raffles, I got 5 qts of Brad Penn oil. Pretty psyched on that.

[LEEVON]

Truck is looking good, glad to see somebody actually driving one!

[Atommik]

Looks like you've got "a few" projects lined up. I really like the panels...maybe someday I'll get a chance to build one!!

[99 to Life]

Well I haven't even put a thousand miles on it this year, last year was about a thousand. So really I haven't been driving it much, just been soo busy and when I actually plan to the weather is crap. But the little time I have driving it is awesome. Can't wait to get another one on the road. I have a 235 with a t-5 that will go in my 52'. I'm gonna dress this engine up nice and put a pertronix electronic ignition in it, maybe a dual carb set up at some point. I'll start a thread on this real soon. Been putting tons of hours in metal work.

[99 to Life]

atommik, oh yeah plenty of projects. I'v slowly been working on a 52' that I'm gonna paint. I work on fenders and doors etc during the week after work. I'll do cab, suspension and all that stuff up north where I go every weekend, but get one day a week up there to work on anything. The 49' I just got, I'm hoping to get done first while I slowly work on the 52' because the 49' I'm gonna leave in patina. The 52' will be painted metallic seafoam blue with white roof and have the 235 in it, hopefully bagged rear atleast, this will be on the original frame. The 49' will have the sbc with 5speed and fully bagged on s-10 frame hopefully. Then I have a 53' belair I'd like to do for the family. I wanna paint it metallic pink with white roof and put a LS engine or something like that in it. So I got my work cut out for me. Not to mention, I have a 55.1 series 5 window, parts for a 63' chevy truck, and a 53' buick that could be done. OH and the panel truck. I was thinking of contacting a local votec school and see if they would be interested in working on the panel or buick, maybe spark some younger people into working on old stuff. Plus it would get me further along in some of my projects. I have no help and I'm still trying to build a garage and get more tools that I desperately need.

[cleanshaven84]

Wow, you weren't lying when you said you had some projects lined up, lol. It's good to see people saving these trucks though. Once I get my '49 done, I'm thinking of doing a panel or even maybe even a 1 ton crew cab to haul the family and a camper around with.

[Homebuilt Hotrods]

Coffee and Customs, awesome... Nothing better than the two.. Sweet truck by the way.

[daverod]

You need some more old trucks . I thought I had it bad. Dreams of old trucks on bags with LS's Keep pumping them out. It's got to get easier. Thanks for your help on stuff and stuff.

[99 to Life]

garage built, thanks man. I'm hoping to open an actual coffee shop and have a small private customs shop connected to it. I got the coffee going, logos, shirts, and working on a better website. So eventually I'll it will all come together.

Daverod, yeah man I just got a 52' deluxe fastback so my list is getting large, basically for parts and yard art, couldn't pass it up. I like to save stuff from the shredder, but I do have quite a few projects slowly in the works. I wanna get these next two trucks done and then maybe my 53' belair, which I'm hoping to put an LS in that one. Main problem for me is time, I get one day a week to work on some stuff and during the week I get 6 hours usually to work on my metal for my 52', got some stuff in epoxy just waiting to get more pieces ready for epoxy. I honestly want to work on projects everyday, but its probably a good thing I don't cause it keeps it fresh. I just have soo much to learn and so much I wanna do. But as I look back, I'v come a long way in three years. I can't emphasize how much good this site does for people. I love to help others with a problem, it how we learn.