52 Chevy Pickup With Complete C5 Suspension and Drivetrain

[Nate_ERC]

Well, everyone keeps telling me that I should start a build thread on this 52 Chevy truck we are building. I tried to push it off on the owner, but it turns out that he doesn't even own a computer. Is that even possible anymore!?

So anyhow here it is... The truck came to us as an ex pro street basket case. We are doing a complete custom build on it. It's getting a Torque 3G chassis that uses all C5 components. Some of the performance upgrades will be big brakes, coilover suspension, and a worked LS1 with a Kenne Bell blower. It's going to run a 6L80e transmission.

We are keeping an old school theme, it will feel (to me) more like a pro street car. With the vette chassis it will be a pro touring car at heart though. The owner plans to autoX it, and take it to some vintage races.


Here are the initial renderings...




And here is the truck when we got it...