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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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this is my dads "57" Chevy pickup he bought it when he was 15 and finally gonna be done this summer at 45. when i was little it was running and he drove it around but the body was horrible so when he get to be friends with a body man they trade work to get her done. she's called the Frankenstein cause she's not really a 57 i asked my dad what all their was in her and i lost track after about the 15th item, i'll do my best though so the cab and passenger door is a 57 Chevy, drivers door is a 56 GMC, the front clip is a 59 Chevy, the engine is a 327 bored out to a 329 out of a 67 impala i believe, the tranny (4 speed), steering column and tail gate is out of a 60 something Chevy pickup, the frame is a 73 blazer, the yellow steering column is from a hay baler, and the seats are out of a 2006 Yukon plus lots of custom cutting and fab work. all the he has left is some interior work and wiring and 30 years of work will be done finally, but anyways here she is,
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 07:44 PM
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Love the truck no so much on the wheel choice! Super nice truck
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Old Jul 13, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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thanks i sometimes think he loves her more than us kids hahaha
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 11:25 PM
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here's a walk around video

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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LongArmXJ
Love the truck no so much on the wheel choice! Super nice truck
Agree, Some Cragar's or other vintage style wheels would = win.
My favorite era are the late 40's-early 50's Chevy trucks, and the 67-72. But still a nice looking truck.
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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take those toyota v8 badges off the fenders. that just ruins it.. the 327 badges explain enough. that looks like a ford metallic brown that came on king ranch trucks
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by ball buster
take those toyota v8 badges off the fenders. that just ruins it.. the 327 badges explain enough. that looks like a ford metallic brown that came on king ranch trucks
nice catch on that. the paint he used is a metallic pearl paint or something but any ways it's a very touchy paint and for some reason their was an imperfection in the paint on the left side. he liked those ones so he put them on to cover it up. i personally don't like the brown the best but it's his favorite color and it turned out pretty good anyways.
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Old Aug 7, 2012 | 08:10 AM
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beautiful truck! wish they still made body styles like that
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Old Oct 1, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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my dad took the truck to a local car show a couple weeks ago and won a sponsor award from one of the local Chevy dealers. probably the most excited I've seen him in a long time. a few people even offered to buy it from him cause it was 4x4.
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 11:41 PM
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Very cool truck
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 01:45 PM
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very clean awesome truck
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Old Nov 6, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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Woah, thats slick! That 327 looks like a mouse under that hood... Methinks there's room for a DD 3-53 Nice work
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Old Nov 7, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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haha yeah it looks even smaller in person he likes the 327 calls it the baby general thanks all
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