Greg@RME
Active member
Just picked this up today, it was too much to pass on!
It's a 1953 Chevy 210 4 door that has been converted into a truck. The bed looks to be from about the same year pickup. Looks like it was built back in the day.
It's awesome... the builder grafted the back wall of the truck cab right into the car, and it matches up pretty well. The bottom half of the rear doors are still there, just welded up. The bed has the old wood flooring... Tailgate still says 'Chevrolet' with the old school chain and hook for the tailgate. The interior is pretty decent actually, I love the lines of the dash and how simple it is. It's a manual, 3 on the tree! It has some old plates on it, all the hub caps are there, man... it's perfect! Well, almost... the floors are see thru. Will take some patching to seal them up from the elements.
Some more fun info... both doors open and close just fine, although there is about a 1/2" of slop in the door, once closed. Probably due to the fact that the weatherstripping has rotted out? The drivers side window rolls up and down fine, the passenger side doesn't budge. The wing windows work... with a crank, just like the big windows! The front glass is intact... no cracks, chips, etc. The rear window is shattered and I like it.
The bed of the truck fit perfectly into the opening of the trunk. Looks like this was meant to be! The bed of the truck is SOLID, it was mounted to the car quite well. The wood on the bed floor looks pretty weathered, but still in decent shape. I may sand it down and re-seal it.
It has 'truck' license plates... There are 97k miles on the odo, unknown if it has rolled over, but I doubt it.
I really want to try get it running with the stock drivetrain, we will see how that goes. And it's 6 volt... would be nice to convert it over to 12v.
The Plan?
I'm going to leave it as-is, for the most part. No body work besides the floor inside, I don't want to disturb that patina.
I want to put some good wide white walls on it, drop it about 3" and just drive it. Bagging it would be killer, but I don't want to spend that much on it. I would love to do it cheaper, if possible. Any ideas?
If I can get it running with the stock engine & trans, it will get driven as it is. If not, a hot SBC and manual transmission will find their way under the hood.
It's a 1953 Chevy 210 4 door that has been converted into a truck. The bed looks to be from about the same year pickup. Looks like it was built back in the day.
It's awesome... the builder grafted the back wall of the truck cab right into the car, and it matches up pretty well. The bottom half of the rear doors are still there, just welded up. The bed has the old wood flooring... Tailgate still says 'Chevrolet' with the old school chain and hook for the tailgate. The interior is pretty decent actually, I love the lines of the dash and how simple it is. It's a manual, 3 on the tree! It has some old plates on it, all the hub caps are there, man... it's perfect! Well, almost... the floors are see thru. Will take some patching to seal them up from the elements.
Some more fun info... both doors open and close just fine, although there is about a 1/2" of slop in the door, once closed. Probably due to the fact that the weatherstripping has rotted out? The drivers side window rolls up and down fine, the passenger side doesn't budge. The wing windows work... with a crank, just like the big windows! The front glass is intact... no cracks, chips, etc. The rear window is shattered and I like it.
The bed of the truck fit perfectly into the opening of the trunk. Looks like this was meant to be! The bed of the truck is SOLID, it was mounted to the car quite well. The wood on the bed floor looks pretty weathered, but still in decent shape. I may sand it down and re-seal it.
It has 'truck' license plates... There are 97k miles on the odo, unknown if it has rolled over, but I doubt it.
I really want to try get it running with the stock drivetrain, we will see how that goes. And it's 6 volt... would be nice to convert it over to 12v.
The Plan?
I'm going to leave it as-is, for the most part. No body work besides the floor inside, I don't want to disturb that patina.
I want to put some good wide white walls on it, drop it about 3" and just drive it. Bagging it would be killer, but I don't want to spend that much on it. I would love to do it cheaper, if possible. Any ideas?
If I can get it running with the stock engine & trans, it will get driven as it is. If not, a hot SBC and manual transmission will find their way under the hood.
