Boone Buggy 1955 1st Chevy

Greetings from S. FL. Here is my 55 1st series that I have been slowly working on for the last 18 months. This is in tribute to my step dad, Daniel "BOONE" Hodge. We lost him 3 years a go to colon cancer. When we first moved in with him his pride and joy was a 51 chevy 5 window with a 350 sbc. He sacrificed it in order to get the down payment on the house i grew up in for the next 15 years.


I came across this on CL and bought it before I had a plan or a clue what to do. But I had to get it..



The frame ended up being totally rusted and cracked..



so I decided to do an s10 frame swap, the donor already had a 350...

so i tore into the s10 and sent the frame to get an air ride suspension...

started to disassemble the 55...

some inspiration for my build...







Boone collected, restored, lived, and breathed John Deere tractors. Here is the last one he worked on...

as for whats next...

i got 17" steelies off of a dodge (cheap CL find) to mount using 2 inch spacer/adaptors. they will be painted JD yellow to go with the John Deere farm truck theme. once that happens i will be able to lower the frame, get the measurement from the ground to determine how high to mount the cab support so that the running boards are on the ground.

i made up the cab mounts out of 3x3 square tubing i had laying around.

my engine should be mocked up some time this week (pix coming soon)

i am designing a 50's inspired John deere logo for door art

Going to be cool. Keep us updated.

its been a busy few weeks. unfortunately not much progress, but here is an update on the motor mounting... i would like to re do the transmittion cross member

Must say thats a cool build you got going man!

I know how you feel.I lost my father this past December.

rex1927 said:

I know how you feel.I lost my father this past December.

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im sorry for your loss. i am starting to realize boone's impact on my life, i fought my hardest to be the opposite of him and it turns out im more like him everyday...

good start, gonna be a nice truck.

Later