1948 Chev extended cab with attitude

[alaska gasser]

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...