1952 Chevy 3100
 

I made a 7 hour journey to Pennsylvania and picked this truck up on St. Patrick's Day. I got it in the shop yesterday and started running through it, getting an initial assessment on the truck.
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What I've got is a very original 1952 Chevrolet 3100, still running the 216CI inline 6 cylinder, with the 3 speed on the column. The truck is still a 6 volt system. The truck came with 4 new tires, a new wood bed kit, tailgate, and some random paperwork.

So far what I've found, the truck is pretty solid aside from both the kick panels. I found one of the wheel bearings was completely destroyed, so I rebuilt the front brakes, on both sides and threw in new bearings. Of course I found some interesting wiring which i've started to fix as I find it.

The overall plan for this truck is to keep it on the road as much as I can, Try to enjoy it while I work on it. Initial plans are
-New Glass
-Convert to 12V system
-New Wiring Harness
-Disc Brakes


Way down the road I'll get real serious and do a frame swap and an LS but thats not until the Camaro is finished.


Now the reason everyone is here....Pics.
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She's got a few pedals....
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More Pics
 

Wheel Bearing,or what used to be a wheel bearing
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Got to the brakes, to discover i was missing this retention pin for the brake shoes, had to phone a lot of buddies and one eventually turn up.
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Maybe someone can help me out here, I know the C is Choke, what is T supposed to be hooked to? I found the Cable in the engine bay not hooked up. T=throttle? T=timing?
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Taillight wasn't working, started pealing back the Electric tape to find this.
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Heres a shot of the kick panels, Im afraid to remove these patches
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Beautiful truck!

Couple video clips
 

That's a nice find. I'm sure there's more than a few mysteries waiting to be discovered. No way it's one missing pin and on hacked electrical splice. I love the starter pedal...that's pretty cool and it's the perfect time of the year to just cruise around in it as is and enjoy.

I dig the full frame and LS plan. Congrats man, that's pretty cool.

Here's a great read on your T knob. It's a throttle control...

http://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthreads/...28451&page=all

Great find, by the way!

Thank you, Im sure I will only find more stuff as I dig more and more.

Frame and LS are a ways down the road.

Thanks for the info, I'll see if I can get it hooked back up when I get back to my shop tomorrow.

Sweet truck! Since this is Lateral G, I think we can agree that "T" stands for TURBO. It's just a bit of foreshadowing at this point.:y0!:

Anything new transpired here? :poke:

nothing new yet, Work happened. and trying to focus money towards finishing the camaro.

Update time
 

Well I have been making moves on the 52, I picked up a donor car dirt cheap from a buddy. LS1/T56, and anything else I can steal off the car. Going to be purchasing my new suspension next week, hopefully have the truck underway mid march!
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Oh hell ya! Great project...

Very nice find! I love these old trucks.

Nice pickup, Im sure there are a few parts you can use for thier fun factor.

Donor
 

Well I got home from a trip, started tearing down the donor car. Motor and trans are out, the starter mounting tab is broken on my block so that's going to be a fun repair. I guess now I wait for suspension

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Here's a picture of the broken starter tab
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Shop is pretty full right now
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Awesome truck! My first project was a 1947 GMC, I loved that truck. Can't wait to see what you do with yours.

Cheers, Sandro

Cool project. My grandfathers 54 ended up in Sweden. I always wished I had done something with it before it got away.

stuff is starting to trickle in
 

Go fast stuff is arriving :G-Dub:

I'll be taking the motor out to get that starter tab repaired soon.

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Those are some FAT tires for the truck! Really looking forward to seeing it later this year. It's a cool truck to cruise as is and turns a lot of heads. When it's done....pretty sure most people are going to be mind blown. Total Sleeper!!

:cheers:

Nothing special
 

Decided to run through the motor, found some stuff inside the oil pan I didn't like so tore it apart

Also my wheels showed up

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