Thread: 1952 chevy truck Basket Case

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Hey,
Long time luker.
Now I got me Truck to build.
1952 5 Window
basket 350.
basket 700r
Rearend from a Camero .
Mustang II frontend,

Welcome aboard,,tidy lookin old truck you got there...Wish we still had some that straight down in this part of the world...

that is incredible !! dont dare throw no paint on that thing

although it would be quite nice to look like thissun

just give it a warshin job and it'll be good to go! I am building a '49 chevy pick up, its pretty straight and not rusted, but not near as good as that one!

You mean I shouldnt have painted mine??

Looks like a good start jimbojive! seeing those pictures made me want to do another old truck...

thats a nice paint job! Mine will be red too!

I was checking out that viper build, thats Killer.

here's the worst rust on the truck, so far. Rt front floor.


i think there's a little in the Lt rear cab corner on the inside too.

Great start there. I love that era Chevy pickup, no matter if they are done stock or modified............just very pretty lines to them.

Keep us posted.

Don

Yeah, they have great lines. I am not chopping mine or anything, just updating it, inside and out. I am basically rebuilding the entire inside of the cab. Floor, kick panels, firewall, all being redone. I have no rust where you can see through the car like the picture above, but when i really looked at it, a bunch of the hidden structure of the cab is rusted, to get to it, gotta remove the floor, firewall, and kick panels. Don't worry, i am not cutting them all out at once! pieces at a time, and bracing if i am taking anything out that could make the structure unstable. May want to take a look at your truck and see. The worst portion on my truck is the rocker panel forward of the door frame (like inside the body), and the section of steel on the front of the door frame (inside/underneath kick panel) where it connects to the rocker panel.

Nice project anyway you look at it. Classic lines.

REGS