1940 Chevy The original that started it all 15 years ago. Bought and sold 3 more for parts over the years, and one of the sold one should be on the road this summer as well...watch for it!
I cut out the index stub off of 2 lower "A" arms and welded them on to the truck "A" arms in order to get the cross member and adjustment keys behind the transfer case.....Still uses OEM torsion bars
#4 on the hoist for a look see......
#2 taking up space and becoming a shelf unit
1940 Chevy This is what went to the body shop July '07 ...
Sometime in 2008 @ the body shop........
Back yard , painting the freshly sand blasted frame and tanks.
Sandblasted and coated with Rust Bullet. Check out the S-10 4x4 front clip.
2 coats of Rust Bullet and a coat of Rust Bullet Top Coat.
Dual 425 Impco mixers and the plug n play MSD distributor
Kris pulling down the GM block to get it ready for a rebuild
383 ci stroker engine Scat 400 c.i. crank, .030" over pistons, 400 rods, RHS heads, LPG cam, MSD dist., dual Edelbrock intake manifold with 425 Impco LPG mixers est. 425 HP
Frame all done, running gear is in, stroker motor, 700R4 auto trans, NP 207 transfer case, 1998 S10 Blazer rear diff.,custom dr shafts, disc brakes all 4 corners, front and rear sway bars...
Dual LPG mixer/regulator set up.....
Vroom........vroomvroom.............grrrrrrrr......vrooooooommmm
stock 1940 1.5 ton Chevy truck rad, re-cored and shortened by 2" to fit with S-10 clip. I had my concerns with a 7 lb rad cap but the cooling system handles idling in traffic on 30' days running at 180' with the electric fan.....
Glide Engineering seat with new upholstery........gonna be easy on the butt when cruisin'
fresh paint on Bed - Nov 2009
Bed sitting on the truck, yeah...starting to look like a truck.
It really wants to be whole truck....really.
Ooooooooooooooooooh.......
Trial fit with the fenders, pipes, etc.....starting to look like a truck.
Stock 1978 15"x7" Trans Am rims, 4.25" back space , work great with fenders........would love to have some stock looking steel wheels with stock caps with the same size/backspace
Body shop 2009
Body shop - sometime in late 2009
There's potential there.....
closer...........
Looks like it wants its bottom scratched
sometime in early June 2010, ........My plan is to have this on the road for June 29.......I've got some late nights ahead of me!
1940 Chevy June 12-2010 Not many days to get it road worthy
" and here I'm thinking "Maybe I should take a minute and cut the grass?". (not too bloody likely)
New master cylinder and disc/disc combination valve (combi valve leaked too....had to use parts from the old one after the manufacturer wouldn't come good on it)
June 21, if you look close, I'm gouging out the frame behind the steering box to provide clearance for the shaft and u-joints. I didn't really know how this was going to fit till the cab came back from the paint shop.
Custom steel bed bottom ( wood looks nice, but I do live on the WET COAST) Soaked the wood mounting blocks in preservative....(last ones were still good after 60+ years)
Bed floor in for the 27th time........
This is a bed and cab dolly that I built from plans found on the Stovebolt Page. I built two, and they have been invaluable..
38 gallon LPG tanks, 1998 S-10 Blazer 4x4 rear axle (3:73-1 ratio) custom sway bar links, spring mounts, LPG tank rack, flip down license plate to hide ugly yellow LPG filler knob, SS tail pipes,roll pan.....
there's that ugly yellow knob.......
1940 Chevy bed bottom fab'd by Campbell River Metal Fabrication, then coated by local Courtenay Line-X company (hats off to both company's, very happy with work done)
My better half helping to lay the B-Quiet sound deadener.
1940 Chevy - Centech wire harness for dash gauges....sure made life easier. I would recommend it to anyone...much better than hard wiring the gauges in the dash.
spaghetti?????????????????? sure felt like it at times
1940 Chevy - looking like it got a bucket of spaghetti poured on it with all those wires.
1940 Chevy - looking just a lil helpless without its wheels. This was apart for its inspection, turns out it needed new rear brake rotors and pads,(2 mm under) all else was good to go.....
First venture out under its own steam ( steering, brakes and power) Yahoo......
the vehicle inspection is passed, now off for the LPG certification. Had to up size tank bolts and add heat shield along frame to pass.......home from initial trip by 10:30 a.m. finish upgrades and back to the garage by 1:30 p.m., where I got a pass for certification....whew! Thanks for the lift Willy!
lets start with the running boards......June 24
1940 Chevy Getting closer by the minute....really thrashing it now 4 days left to Grad...lots of work to do yet.... Thanks SO MUCH for every ones help!!!!
1940 Chevy - waitin' for it's left side fenders....
1940 Chevy - taking my honey out for her first ride (my better half, not the truck)
first bath....I can see this will run its course pretty quick......
is that Kilroy?
I don't think it will be too long that it won't look so shiny.....enjoying it while lasts.....
It'll get us thru the summer
Most of the wiring is sorted out, nice to clean up the column wiring with a cover .......
1940 Chevy - Lookin' Good and not a moment too soon. On its way to the Grad Parade......I'm feeling pretty friggin good right about now for pullin' this one off.......
1940 Chevy Drivin' in the Grad Parade.......Congratulations Cody!
......out in the yard .....probably lookin' for some dust er' something........
Summer time is for cruisin' ( and washing the bugs off....)
@ the ATHS show in Duncan, BC...these are both '40 trucks, the left one belonging to a couple out of Victoria. ..............beautiful day for a drive down Island. July 2010
'Nuff said?
