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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Ruidoso, NM
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1948 Chev extended cab with attitude
About 1 mile from our home is a field that contained about 500 cars dating back into the 40's. I was able to locate the daughter of the deceased owner and learned the plan was to crush everything this year. I put the word out the best I could and some were saved, but about 300+ were scrapped 2 months ago. I purchased 6 trucks, 1 panel, parts from several more trucks and a '59 Impala to build MY extended cab.
While helping gather these, Diana found her '46 International P/U. Here's some of what we hauled home. Bodies rust well here, so it's going to take a piece of this and a piece of that to make one truck. The plan is for a 10" stretch, suicide doors, 6.5" chop in the front, 4.5" inch chop in the back and handmade 1/4 windows. Burned, but had a usable nose, box and rear fenders. ![]() Many thanks to "Muscle Man" my son Austin for helping gather the bodies. I could not have done it without him!! ![]() WOW! Amazing what 1/2 an hour with a torch can do... ![]() This will be the main cab for the build. ![]() Don't worry. The roof and back of the cab are headed for the scrap heap. ![]() This gem still had a decent grill and headlight rings due to them being hidden. ![]() Rolling it over... "IT WAS TRYING TO GET ME!!!!" ![]() ![]() Found a '59 Impala with...my 1st choice for a motor. It will be a different truck, so it needs a different motor... ![]() Yup.. a 348 Chevy! ![]() Thank goodness for friends!! That is a heavy car. Kicked my butt for two days while I fought to get it up out of the dirt and on the trailer. ![]() ![]() This is a long bed frame. Perfect for the stretch and a short bed box. ![]() Cut apart for the 10" stretch. ![]() All diced up for the new beginning. ![]() The two cabs meet... ![]() |
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