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57 GMC shop truck
Well this going to be my second truck build. A few years ago i came across a super nice 58/59 short bed fleetside box with great patina which gave me the idea of building a second truck i could use every day. So this is going to be a low budget patina looking shop truck i can use anytime anywhere thru stuff in the back.
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After looking for a good cab for a while i came across this onse, 57 GMC in decent shape, it has the normal issues but very fixable.
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First thing is to find good doors. Gave a friend of mine a call that i knew had a few truck to see if he had decent doors. Got 3 doors that were pretty decent. The last two pictures shows the one i picked and mounted on my cab.
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Just playing around the other day, mucking up pieces together to see what it will look like.
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nice start. That is a verry impressive and agresive front.
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Killer project
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Deadly! Love the patina!
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well not too much going on with the shop truck project, got to finish a few other things first. A few week ago i bought a couple of front fenders that look really good from 20 feet away but after a closer look i was amassed by the way the last guy did the bodywork repairs. The guy installed full patch panels over the rusty areas but never cut the old rusty part off, also why use the whole repair panel when probably only a portion of it was required at the time. Now because it was double lair for a while its rusting again but now much further. Any way here's some of the cleaning i did to save those fenders and the rusty bits i cut off.
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I have been looking for a while now for a short bed frame and see what followed me home today.
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Looks like a fun project...
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and a straight front bumper too?
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Nice project .
BTW nice Chevy chassis. :-)
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She's starting to look like a real truck now.
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Not too much going on the shop truck project but while taking a break on my daughter's car project I started mucking up the new rear end, I quite like the stance so far. Has you can see still got to work on the front end, right now the front axle is sitting right on the ground.
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nice.
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Yes for sure just not quite sure yet what I want to go with. I have C4 conversion kit on my 55 but would like this one to be a little bit more low budget.
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Very nice looking project. I was looking for a big back window 57 GMC but settled for the 57 big back window chevy with a fleetside box. Will be following your build. Steve
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Not much is happening on the shop truck, still working on my daughter's 56 4dr ht. Couple weekends ago I spend a few days building the floor boards, came out pretty good.
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Also install the visor.
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welders series has a "build your own" MII front suspension. located in Canada so better pricing than the USD conversion. lots of other stuff on their site as well.
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Yes, I was thinking of that but still need to get control arm, spindles and rack.
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Mucking up seats and steering column .
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What vehicle are those seats out of?
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You know what I don't quite remember, a friend of mine gave them to me a few years ago, I think they were out of a Gran Am.
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