AURktman

You will find the 55-59 truck repro market is more than robust, you can build a brand new 55-59 Chevy truck from scratch now.

Bump, it’s still for sale.

I can’t upload a pdf here, so I linked it to the other website I posted it on. If you know the dimensions of the shock, you can find any suitable replacement. https://www.trifive.com/threads/shock-length-cross-reference.236539/

For my office.

My deepest condolences Ed, he is in a better place now sharing a beer with his old crewmates and catching up on old times.

Rear quarter on passenger side finished, just need to block sand it with the rest of the car. Only problem rust left is the rear passenger dogleg.

More work done. I’m still fighting the quarter panel, I messed up the cut so I have to do some splicing. This is the last rust repair I have in a door to fix, will get it cut out and patched tomorrow. Gauge cluster mocked up and trying to decide which side I want the 2” tach.

Quarter panel getting welded on bit by bit. Grinding and sanding the seam as I go along.

RaptorLiner on both sides of quarter panel inner.

Cleaning and repairing rust. It seems like that is all I do.. lol…. Before and after. I still have to spray the RaptorLiner tomorrow.

Looking better now. Back half cleaned and a coat of rust converter curing overnight. Will start again tomorrow and finish cleaning, epoxy prime, and RaptorLine. Then weld on the quarter in very small spot welds.

Ahhh, the surprising items we find when quarter panels are cut off..

Replacement quarter panel (original I had from old body) stripped, cleaned, excess metal from cutting it off the old body removed, and in a good coat of epoxy primer.

Those hinges deserve a spot at SEMA just on their own!

Love that car!

After I finish this one and my 60 Bonneville, I’m done with 4 doors. Twice the pain block sanding them…. 😆

Ooooh, that will look good!

More work done today. Door primed with high build primer and blocked out again, replacement quarter panel gone over and any little prang tapped out and back side cleaned, and wheels sanded again for another coat and center caps checked for fit.

Passenger rear door 75% finished. A ton of sanding and tapping out one small prang left.

Annnnnnd single stage Strato Blue. Firewall done!

The firewall was bugging me so I lifted the body again and resanded/filled/sanded, primed, sealed, and resprayed. Here it is in sealer, I just finished respraying paint and no photos yet.

Thanks! I was thinking of putting a matte clear on them instead of gloss.

Same caps as on my Pontiac. I might add rings too.

Wheels painted. I have a couple of runs to sand out but almost ready for chrome valve stems and tires.

I keep forgetting to snap photos of the roof as I progress so I used a snapshot from my webcam. There has to be 10 pounds of filler and primer dust on the ground now and I’ve vacuumed it twice. It won’t be perfect, but it’s a driver anyway.