1957 chevy longbox to shortbox

[billrobbobjo]

I have also made the top to my hood rockets, I took a 5/8 inch plate and cut them out on a plasma cutter and then ran them on a mill to make them tampered then had them chromed.

[Kim57]

Very nice work.
Kim

[billrobbobjo]

Thanks Kim I should keep the updates up if anyone cares to see how i did it haha, just get lazy on the upload
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[billrobbobjo]

Making some inner wheel wells for my box so I can put a bit wider of a tire on it, I bought some 1960 chevy truck wheel well fenders for a fleet side, I cut them down from 13 inches to 9 inches wide, from Lip to lip. Heres some of the work.

[Kim57]

That's a nice idea.
Kim

[billrobbobjo]

This is what I have been doing on the truck this spring.

[billrobbobjo]

Painting and wood cutting, making better OEM looking bumper brackets, Hopefully she will be on the road here soon!

[billrobbobjo]

All the work over the winter is starting to pay off. Got the hood emblems on and the box back together, almost ready to go down the road. Hope you guys enjoy looking at it as much as I do! haha

[59chev]

Looks great!!

[dsraven]

looks like it will be sooner than later for the finish.
just a note on the muffler. it looks quite close to where the bed wood will be. you may need a heat shield to protect the wood from scorching, or worse.

[billrobbobjo]

What would you do for a heat shield? make one or junkyard it?

[_Ogre]

truck looks good!
for the heat shield bend or weld up a piece of steel

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and screw it to the bottom of the bed

[ChuckDriver]

Looking good!

[billrobbobjo]

Thanks guys hopefully get it down the road again after the winter work! haha I will keep you posted on any other updates!

[MARTINSR]

I think that front end is the way to go! MUCH better than a Camaro sub frame, way more available at a cheaper price and better to boot!

Brian

[billrobbobjo]

I think the front end is great, Its been great for me, The only bad thing is the custom parts are not made for CV front ends, So if you wanna lower it anymore either you got to cut springs or maybe cut a notch into the frame if you want it lower. Wish someone would make 2 inch lowering spindles for CV. I cant only seem to find springs. Maybe shockwave shock for a nice ride, 1000 bucks seems kinda spendy for me right now though.

[SCHRUMGMC]

Looking good

[billrobbobjo]

Update: Last summer I bought a 3500 Express with a 6.0. Cut it up and I am putting the motor in my 57. Here is some pictures. I'm going to try to bolt my T5 to the back of it for the mean time. I hope to find a t56 for it but they are hard to come by, not totally wrecked.