Saturday, 7 March 2015

'55/56 Chevy Pick-up . . .

 I must apologise on this one fellas/gals, when the boy's bought it in from the car-park I helped them load the front and rear ends onto trolleys and put them into storage before I remembered to take some pics. Dave is busily welding in support plates to finish the boxing-in of the front chassis rails for the extra strength required foe the big new front end and extra horse power motor. This one is also getting a right hand drive conversion, so there's a bit of panel work in the cabin for 'D' as well. . .

Not quite finished but you can see what Dave is up to. He has to finish all the welds and then grind/buff the rails so that they look like new and more importantly, they will supply the strength that should have been there from the original factory. New front end is factory Jaguar and will mount in behind the current crossmember . . .

Rear end, things couldn't be any better. Absolutely no rust in the chassis rails what-so -ever. . . 

Hodgey has cut out a template to show how much the rear rails are to be notched. The pick-up is going to be a daily driver so there is no point in taking the body waaay down into the weeds. Handling is an important requirement for the owner . . .

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