Just some good news...Little Black Truck.

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke)
10/03/2014 at 11:30 • Filed to: None

Pictured here are the remains of my dad's old 1950 5 window Chevy truck. My much more mechanically inclined nephew, who lives several thousand miles closer to it than I do, has decided to re-haul this bad boy. Believe it or not, that rust isn't as bad as it looks. I guess they used a much thicker gauge of steel back then.

So after some discussion here's what we can probably expect at first.. LS swap, much much rust removal, wooden bed (probably).....It will be an interesting project.

DISCUSSION (7)

JR1 > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/03/2014 at 11:34

Keep the patina the truck lived a hard life and patina is so wonderful

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/03/2014 at 11:34

Awesome. I'd love to do something similar. I've been itching for a similar project, but with a baby on the way and working two jobs, the likelihood of that happening any time soon is slim to none.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/03/2014 at 11:34

Believe it or not, that rust isn't as bad as it looks. I guess they used a much thicker gauge of steel back then.

Yep. I raise this issue from time to time. With the advent of the Budd steel body in Dodges in the late 20s and shortly thereafter everywhere else, up until the 50s cars were made *fucking heavy-duty*. Stiffness improvements and advancements in sheet metal forming led to a massive diet by the end of the 50s in a comparative sense, because it's hard to do year over year model revisions and minor tweaks when body metal is simple-formed tank armor.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > JR1
10/03/2014 at 11:39

No patina. Back in the day, dad intended to make it a hot rod, but life happened and it fell to the wayside. I think the plan is to make it into something he would have liked.

CalzoneGolem > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/03/2014 at 11:47

Visor? Check!

Stepside? Check!

West coast mirrors? I'll be in my bunk!

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > CalzoneGolem
10/03/2014 at 11:58

I thought you'd approve.

CalzoneGolem > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/03/2014 at 13:24

There's nothing I don't like in this picture. Except for telephone poles. I'm ambivalent towards them.