GM 1959 Chevy Pickup
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General Motors, Chevorlet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Saturn
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When you don't have anyone to help you move the frame outside but you have office chairs!
It was too windy to paint outside and I didn't want the overspray in my main shop so I moved all my junk out of the shed and painted the frame in there.
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- #86
Well the shop is a complete 
show...
And I just got back from Washington with another project...
You ready to come to Idaho and go to work @bobm
show...And I just got back from Washington with another project...
You ready to come to Idaho and go to work @bobm
Frame came out nice. Quite the fleet you have there!
Is that AD on the original frame or an S 10 chassis?
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Original frame with C-notch rear and Mustang II front arms.
I'll get better pictures once I get it out of the trailer.
Between you the shop dog and I we would have fun trying!too. But with my limitations I be more of a Burden
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- #92
Yes
Would Love to Buddy
. I appreciate the invite . 10 years ago I would have already hopped in a 
and headed that way. If I came out now I would just be shop 
#2 
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Engine is rebuilt and painted with some leftover paint I had from the 53 ..
About 50 years ago, the first vehicle I owned was a '59 half ton stepside Chevy pickup with a 235 six cylinder and 4 speed (w/granny low). It used to be a forest service truck that was green & white.
This photo is pretty close to what it looked like when I sold it to a friend:
Except I did not have chrome trim, nor whitewalls. I had swapped out the stepside for a Fleetside bed, and the paint job I applied to it (also black) was not as nice as in the photo.
I put an Offenhauser triple single barrel intake on it and a Clifford header. As shown, it did not have the panoramic window like that of the OP.
If I had it to do over again, I would put some kind of 4x4 setup under it. Maybe a Dodge chassis with a Cummins. Or just leave it stock.
This photo is pretty close to what it looked like when I sold it to a friend:
Except I did not have chrome trim, nor whitewalls. I had swapped out the stepside for a Fleetside bed, and the paint job I applied to it (also black) was not as nice as in the photo.
I put an Offenhauser triple single barrel intake on it and a Clifford header. As shown, it did not have the panoramic window like that of the OP.
If I had it to do over again, I would put some kind of 4x4 setup under it. Maybe a Dodge chassis with a Cummins. Or just leave it stock.
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This was a known good engine...That didn't take long
Cylinder walls looked great as did all the bearings and crankshaft, I installed a new cam lifters valve springs and lap the valves, new oil pump, timing chain and put it all back together..
Painting the last of the billet accessory drive parts now..
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Going to try my best to polish this
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