'55 Chevy Dually

Here is a teaser picture for you all:


PS: I blame this build on SOMEOTHERGUY, you just had to buy that '58 didn't you.

Got a few minutes here so I will explain the build. It started as a '74 Chevy crew cab dually with plans on being fully bagged out. When I bought this truck I was looking for a '55 Chevy truck since that was my dads FAVORITE truck (yes another tribute truck but if wasn't for him, I wouldn't be building) but couldn't afford one. Found the crew cab sitting at a buddies place and after a few adult beverages we came to a price. So the build started from there, got it running, added a bed, chopped the front springs, took out 12 leafs out of the back and raised the spring hangers for that lowered looked.
Life was good, drove it a few years that way while gathering parts. I say gathering parts but they were not the usual parts for a square body truck, they were Tri-five parts. Rear fenders for starters were cut and trimmed down to be added to the box to cover the dually wheels. Liked the look but they needed some work so I found another set to rework them and then take the wheel opening and rework the front fenders so the wheel openings would match. Found a couple dashes I was going to graft in for a different look inside the cab. Even gathered up a '55 hood that the corners were rotted but it was ok since all I wanted was the center of if for a cowl hood after I Z'ed the frame 3 3/4".
Everybody kept asking me," If you want a '55-'57 so bad, why don't you just build one?" I would tell them," NO MONEY for the right donor rig."
Well as luck would have it, time was a virtue, the right rig showed its head. It showed up across the street from my shop. The PO was going to build it but found another one in better shape. The part about this truck was it came with 2 extra cabs, 9 doors total, another step side bed and more misaligns parts that just keep showing up as he finds them. OH YEA, TWO titles !!!!!!!!!
So know that we are all up to date, let the NEW build begin........
Right now plans are to get it up and running on the '74 dually frame and ENJOY the HELL out of it. Future plans is to start on a new cab build for the frame. Yup, you guest it, a CREW CAB will be in the works over the next few years.
SORRY for the long drawn out second post but this way you all know the story behind this build. Well off to work but will post more as progress continues.

Here is what the old '74 looked like before this started:

That's a badass project to say the least~~!!!!

IT gonna be a cool truck.

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Well made a little progress this weekend. Made and tact welded the cab mounts to the frame. Cab is sitting on bushings, decided to use the '74 style since I had them (might make it ride better) and bolted down. Started on mounting the front end but couldn't get the drivers door to align so it wouldn't tear up the fender, ended up finding that someone had used coarse thread bolts in the bottom door hinge. So off to grab one of the spares I had. Got it close to being right but close enough to sit the front back on and bolt it to the cab. YEP, going to have to do something with the front end, the tires hit the inside of the fender, anybody know of some used tubed control arms laying around for cheap?

Will get some pictures up this week of the progress.

Made some progress over this week with it being slow at work. After searching and looking for info on shorting the control, Comegetsome said his hits the steering box with only a 1 1/2" taken out, I needed 2". So new game plan, lets tube the front 4", out came the marker, tape measure and ALOT of bump stratching, the front is now narrowed up and sitting back on the rollers,,(no springs thou, wanted to see how low it would go). Will post picture tomorrow.

Well, here is the new slammed height.

You coulda bought it from me! I sold it ...

Your build is looking pretty tight tho! I like it.

Richard

Oh trust me, I was trying to figure out how to come up with the cash to do just that.