This is my 1956 Chevy 3100 Stepside.Me and my dad restored this truck about 4 or 5 years ago now and two years ago he gave it to me for my 16th Birthday(Ya hes the man). The truck was painted a BMW maroon and i really shines. The truck origonally had a spare tire on the driver side rear fender but we purchased a origonal 56 rear fender at a swap meet and changed it out, I think it looks 100 times better. As of right now it still has the origonal 235 Straight 6 but i have a 350 4 bolt main out of a 1980 Chevy Van. It was Hot tanked Bored and Honed 40 over with new cam berrings and brass freezeplugs and i also had the crank polished so it would be perfectly smooth. The truck also has a M21 Muncie 4 speed close ratio transmition with an aluminum case. The rear end is a 10 bolt out of a 51 chevy with 3:90 Gears but i will soon be swapping for a beefier 12 or 10 bolt with 3:73 or 3:90 ratio. We have also changed over to power brakes but it still retains drums at all 4 corners so i will also be adding disc's up front and possibly in the rear depending on the rear end. I will also be keeping the straight axle up front so i will be adding Mono leafsprings all the way around to give the truck a nice stance. The truck sits on mid 80's chevy rally wheels with custom center caps to match the paint, they also have 3" wide beauty rings that give them a little bit of shine. The grill and headlight bezzles along with the front bumper are all origonal, we had them rechromed and they came out really good. I also recently added seats out of a 300M. They are a light tan leather with power, Heat and Driver memory to remember the position of the seat, and they are fully functonal. They match the carpet and they look pretty badass. Well heres some pictures of my pride and joy.
Heres my 56 and my daily driver my 98 Silverado stepside. Oh ya im only 17
Here are some pictures one night after i gave them both a quick wash
Got to represent the Bowtie
This picture really shows off the glossy Bmw maroon
thease are some pictures of my truck at a local car show that i attend every sunday
The new rear bumper because we got rid of the origonal step and tow and the nice wide rear rubber
New V.S Old stepside body style
The new 300M seats, 4 way power and the leather is mint, I stole them for 100 Bucks a pair!
The black Headliner i got from ChevyDuty along with just about all the other parts for this truck
The nice wood three spoke stearing wheel, Its small and is killer with no powerstearing but i still like it
New chrome bezzle and glass along with a new spedometer guage(notice N0 Miles)
The new Bed wood and stainless bed slots. its always an eye catcher
A very nice assend
Nothing but the best quality shifters
The new chrome door handles and wildow cranks
The three peddles and the bold that serves as a starter
My dads truck and both of mine in our driveway
The origonal 235 six with 140 outrageous horses. This along with the 3:90 rear end will push it to about 70 mph haha
The exhaust exits before the rear tire. the new exhaust will exit the same place but on both sides and will have 3" exhaust tips.
The Bfgoodrich rubber with custon centercaps and beauty rings
The M21 Muncie with aluminum case, A big improvement over the origonal 3 speed
The new Hurst shifter and 4 speed linkage with Chrome T handle shift knob
The 1951 Chevy 10 bolt with 3:90 gears and 18 spline axle's
The origonal bench seat that was recovered and the 480W pioneer amp, pioneer 6 by 9's and 6 Disc changer
The frame mounted Brake booster and resevour
This is when the interior was compleatly stripped so that i could mount the new seats
This is the first 350 i picked up, I got it for free from a buddy it came out of a 1978 corvette and i was told it was the origonal engine. I was also told it had 10:1 compression pistons a comp cam and 202 heads but uppon further tear down the engine did have the pistons and the cam but the heads were 170cc off of a 1968-1970 chevy. The cylinder walls were also pretty scored and a coupple main berrings were spent so the crank has some pretty narly scars in it so i decided to put this engine in storage for a later project and search for another block. My friend at the local junkyard hooked me up with the 1980 chevy block that just had the crank and pistons and cam and lifters. It was pretty clean and i got it for 100 bucks. It didnt sit around for long i ripped it apart on a sunday and it was at the machine shop on monday so ill take pictures when i get it back.
Thats pretty much all the pictures i have now but ill get pictures of the new engine soon and of the truck before restoration so stay posted.
*9/12/05*
This is the 1980 Small Block Chevy i picked up, Sent her out and had $485 worth of machine work done to it, 40 Overbore,Hottank,Powerstroke & Hone Cam berings,Freezeplugs,and Polished Crank.Then i Painted it Chevy Orange and put about 5 coats of clear on it
Fresh 40over Bore
Then i spend another $665 on Keith Black Silv O Lite pistons, 5.7 Connecting rods and Hasting piston rings.
Rings
5.7 Rods and pistons
THe 9.5:1 Compression pistons
1980 Small Block- $100
Cambearings-$30
Freeze Plugs-$10
Main Bearings-$30
Hot Tank Block-$65
Power Stroke, Hone & Bore .040-$175
Install Cambearings,Plugs and Crank-$130
KB Hypertunic Pistons-$300
5.7 Rods-$250
Hasting Piston Rings-$65
Mount Pistons on Rods-$50
VHT Engine Paint and Clear-$23
Total-$1273 So far
Ill be putting the pistons in soon and then in a coupple weeks im gonan go order my Heads so stay tuned
12/21/05- Ok well i haven't been on here in a while but i ordered my heads and they came in, they are Pro top line with a 64cc combustion chamber to bump the compression up to right about 10:1. My intake also came in, it is a Edelbrock performer Air gap with the new Endura shine finish. My came is a comp cams extreme energy cam with a .550 lift and a very rough idle. I also ordered hydraulic Lifters and chromolly pushrods. I will be ordering my mallory ignition and my carb and fuel pump + my oil pump very soon. I will post pictures with more info Asap.
Check out my other truck
1998 Chevy Silverado stepside
