This 1949 Chevy 3100 will end up with a great new look and Chevy’s vintage straight six. Our retro Chevy 3100 is not only going to end up with a great new look, but its power plant will also be Chevy’s vintage straight six. We are “Frenching” our headlights and “Tunneling” our taillights, painting with brushes and a roller to create a look that takes mother nature 50 years to create, and take it from a three-window to a five-window fishbowl with some aftermarket glass.
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I have an old chest of drawers made by a furniture company in Nashville in the early 40s. The Cumberland flooded and ultimately closed the factory down. They rebuilt but my old chest is from the original factory.
I hope you straightened out the alternator
Awesome looking, but really, all this lowering trucks is just a sin.
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How come they don't say how much they got in the whole truck including buying the truck
Lol look how young Tommy is..
I had the same truck as the first 4 wheel vehicle, that I even owned. It was green, but was a rust bucket. The 3 on the tree would occasionally get stuck between gears too. Had the starter pedal on the floor and the oil bath air cleaner. A lot of fun, back in '82.
Very impressed with your work
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You guys have a great show.
I for one hated the Patina look. However, I do love the end result of this truck. I hated the look of the 'inspiration' truck and would gladly spent the thousands of dollars to paint it. But, I would not change a thing of the end result of this truck. Good job in changing my stance on some Patina paint jobs.
That's not a '49, it's a '51. The engine looks to be a '54 235.
Lol budget suspension. $3,100. I could have bought a junk car and used the suspension, for less than $1,000. They did put some advertising in for a few companies, so I would say that $3,100, was more like free.
Like seeing you use the inline6
Instead of replacing the entire steering, is it possible to change springs for different strengths, replace rubber bushings with polyurethane and change wheels and tires for one or two inch larger diameter rims and better rated sidewall tires?
I really loved the project. But those extra windows are horrible.
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A better way to get that patina look is oil and and cook it with the heat gun it will give you that real aged look and it will have the paint Crack and chip look.
The one guy sounds like Chrisfix lol
Love this build, it gives me inspiration for a future build.
Hey guys, nice job on this truck! I'm currently 6 years into my '51 Chevy 5-window build, and there are a lot of similarities between your build and mine. I live in Western WA and picked up my non-running (no engine) truck from the dry desert area of eastern Washington, for $3 grand in 2016. I added a 327 V8 and a 700r4 transmission. I upgraded to IFS, but did go with a kit from FatMan. It did cost significantly more, and that's where I can criticize. I would LOVE to have done much of the stuff you did on the budget you did, but I don't have a) a big shop (my truck was outside during summer months only), b) welding equipment, or c) many of the specialized tools you used to fabricate parts. The expense of my build ( about $30-$35k so far) has been in paying shops to do some of the specialized work. I paid a shop to install the IFS with power steering last winter. Early on I installed a power brake master in the original location but paid a shop to fabricate all the brake lines. I paid a shop to build a custom exhaust, and I paid a shop to rebuild and mount the 700r4. I'm not going patina on my build but I did have fenders painted a contrasting color. That was another large outlay in cost. The truck body still have some rust issues that will eventually need to be addressed. I mainly watched your episode to see you build the 4-link rear suspension, which is one of the next things I want to get done on my truck. Overall, I really like your build, but for the average driveway build, it's going to cost a bit more if you can't do a lot of the things that require specialized equipment.
Where are you guys located, I would love for you to do an old chevy truck for me.