Pop and I's '51 pickup rust bucket build

CheapJ7 · Nov 1, 2014

No frills. 5k budget.
Started with a rust bucket 1951 Chevy, a running big block 1976 Chevy pickup, and a late model bad engine s10 that came off craigslist.

Specs.
51 body, s10 frame lowered and linked. Shortened bed.
454 with nice heads, cam, intake, and carb
Th400
Ford 8.8 with disks, 3.73s posi
Zero body work

Body was an old walker county board of education service truck that had spent just the right amount of time living in the woods.
Work in progress

CheapJ7 · Nov 1, 2014

CheapJ7 · Nov 2, 2014

Finally proud of my welds

infamous1 · Nov 2, 2014

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I am watching this!! I just bought an S10 donor with full intentions of doing this to a '47 to '53 3100.

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TheViking · Nov 2, 2014

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Subscribed my wife wants an older truck gonna show her this thread when she wakes!

grcthird · Nov 2, 2014

Awesome! An old truck is my next project, some where in the distant future.

CheapJ7 · Nov 2, 2014

we bought the 76 big block truck off a guy's trailer at the scrap yard, scrap price. S10 came from the hood and was super cheap, and I paid 100 bucks for the '51 tin. Rolling chassis

Floorboard was completely gone, build a subframe out of 1x1 square. Used the factory s10 body mounts and just moved their location on the frame.
Trying to figure out headers now, tons of frame clearance, steering shaft is the issue .

Leaving the rear leaf springs until it is a driver, then it will be getting an explorer 8.8 swap, links, and coil overs
Dropped spindles in the front.

Planning on 20x8's on the front and 20x12's on the rear. In the weeds.

Searching for a good radiator option and a pancake inside frame mount gas tank now.