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DrHotrod---I like your truck. Is that chrome grill insert from a Ford car? I built a 56 in 1975, and customized it extensively. The only thing I didn't do was chop the top----I didn't have the guts to try and cut that enormous wrap around windshield that the 56's had. I put a 390 Thunderbird engine in the truck in the picture. It had gobs of power, running thru a c6 automatic. I could perform an absolutely amazing smoke show with it, but really it didn't hook up worth a darn, even with 13" wide tires on it. I even went so far as to weld a section of railroad track that weighed about 200 ponds between the rear of the frame rails, but it didn't help. The grill opening was made from 2" muffler tubing and mandrel bent corners, with Monte Carlo headlights and grill teeth from what I think was a 56 Buick on a home brewed support frame.