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1957 Chevrolet 3100 Pick Up Truck on 2040-cars

Year:1957 Mileage:16500
Location:

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
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1957 Chevrolet 3100 Series Big-Window Short Box Pickup


CUSTOM STREET CRUISER


{ALL PHOTOS EXCEPT FOR THE HEARTLAND NATIONALS PHOTO WERE TAKEN AUGUST 23-24 2014}






Three year complete frame up build finished in 2010.  16,500 cruising miles since then.  Runs and drives nicely and is in near perfect condition.  Selling only to make room for the next project vehicle. 

Chassis:  Original ’57 frame that was stripped of all suspension, all unnecessary holes welded shut, new crossover installed, new suspension mounts fabricated, completely sandblasted, coated with POR15 and then top coated with POR Chassis Black.  Still in perfect condition.  NO RUST!

Front Suspension:  ’72-83 Camaro A-arms and steering.  All new ball joints, steering box and link joints.  Disc brakes with vented rotors.  Custom mounts built on new crossover on Original Frame.  This is not a Frame graft like so many are done.

Rear Suspension:  Chevelle 4 link and coils with all new custom mounts and link arms made just for this truck.  Rear axle is “79 Chevelle with new 3.42 gearing and Tru Trac locker.   Disc brakes.   Chassis work done by DCA Race Fab in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Motor: 1963 Chevrolet 292 inline 6 cylinder built by Clifford Performance in California.  1986 292 head, Bored .030, flat decked to top of pistons, 270 cam, Clifford 4 BBL heated intake, Split Cast exhaust manifold, Large Cap GM HEI Distributor with DUI LiveWires, Holley Truck Avenger 470 4 BBL w/electric choke and re-jetted using an O2 sensor gauge.  New aluminum Radiator, new alternator, new high torque starter, new AC compressor.

Transmission:  ’91 GM 700r4 with overdrive.  Completely rebuilt by local shop.  1900 Stall converter, TC lock up by Bowler Trans. Lokar linkeage.

Wheels/Tires: Cragar 17 x 8” Chrome one piece aluminum 610 mounted with Kuhmo 235/55/ZR17 Ecsta LX Platinum.  60-70% tread remaining.   

Body:  Original cab and hood with new firewall, floor, cab bottom and door jams.  New front fenders, new fender liners, new doors, new Mar-K bedsides, bulk head, tailgate, bed supports, roll pan, and steps.  Body modifications include a 1.75” roof chop, rain gutter trimmed, 2” hood pancake, doors rounded, cowl vent smoothed, front signal lights frenched, antenna frenched, grill teeth removed, PU Bed side roll turned into tailgate, stake pockets extended and rounded off, tailgate chains shaved, Mar-K stainless tailgate support and hidden latches with a custom locking feature so tailgate can be opened with a key, frenched ’48 Chevy LED tail lights, Custom hinged license plate with 2” receiver and drop hitch. 

Paint: Professionally sprayed 2005 Mustang Lime Gold metallic B/C with enlarged metallic flake from stock color.  Cab and rear fenders were sprayed underneath with SemTex bedliner.  Frame and chassis components were sprayed with POR 15 and a top coat of black or silver.

Interior: Glide Engineering split back sliding bench covered in Custom Leather.  Matching Leather headliner and door trim, Custom console with Kenwood DVD, iPod ready, GPS unit, Hidden locking storage compartment, Dual Sub woofer box behind seat, 400 Watt amp in console.  Dash is smoothed.  Flaming River polished tilt column equipped for cruise if you want to add it.  Hot Rod Air AC unit under dash.

Other: Custom built tonneau made with aluminum frame and polished stainless steel trim, custom tonneau hinges, powered lift operated from Key Fob.  Oak bed wood treated with POR 15 on bottom and sides of planks then tops stained, 3 coats West System clear marine epoxy, 3 coats automotive clear coat, stainless steel bed supports and bedwood strips.  20 gallon aluminum fuel cell and electric fuel pump beneath bed.  Power steering, power brakes, Auto dimming mirror with compass and temp, Power windows actuated with window cranks.  Stainless steel 2” dual exhaust with stainless FlowMaster mufflers.  Custom one-of-a-kind rear bumpers cut from original front bumper.  All new chrome, al new door and window hardware, all stainless steel hardware wherever possible.  Remote battery cutout.  Gauges are the Tachforce set from Classic Instruments.  Wiring harness is from Ron Francis.  Steering wheel is a Grant Leather wrapped.

This truck runs and drives nicely.  More than $55,000 was spent, not counting my time in building it and it is a real head turner.  It has won awards at every show it has been to, including several best of show.  It was built as a cruiser and the 6 cylinder is a work horse that runs about 2200 rpm at 70 mph.  It has a lot of torque and will get you from light to light quickly, but it will not do burnouts like a pro-street rod.  I suppose the 6 could be swapped out for a SMC, but the 6 is way cooler and not just like every other truck out there.  Chevy ran this motor in trucks for almost 30 years so you know they work right.  It has only been driven from May through October, not in any salt.

The bad: It will spin the tires some, but it won’t do crazy burnouts. There are a few tiny (1/8” to 1/4 ”) rock chips that have been touched up on the lower valances, grill, and tailgate edge.  There are two rub marks on the radiator support cover that have been touched up. Because the manifold is water heated and it has an electric choke, it takes a few minutes to warm up. If you let the battery go dead, the wireless remote actuator for the tonneau cover lift has to be reset (not hard to do, just a nusance), but if you keep a battery maintainer on it that won’t happen.  It is ready for cruise control, but doesn’t have it.  It has a new wiper motor system, but we just used RainEx and didn’t install wipers.  The cab is pretty air tight and the doors have to be closed firmly if the windows are shut. Air vents could be installed in the step area to allow air to escape, but we never did that.  The windshield has a very small rock chip (not a crack and not all the way through) that was repaired two months after the project was completed and it has not changed since then.  These are all minor things that should not detract from the value.

I wouldn’t be offering it for sale now, but we’ve enjoyed it for four years and 16,500 miles and now we’re wanting to make room for another project.   You should be prepared for a lot of “Thumbs up” when driving this!!!


On Aug-26-14 at 07:57:52 PDT, seller added the following information:

FOR OTHER PHOTOS INCLUDING MANY OF THE BUILD PROCESS, GO TO  https://post.craigslist.org/manage/4634913753 


On Aug-26-14 at 08:02:51 PDT, seller added the following information:


FOR MORE PHOTOS GO TO....

 http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/4634913753.html 


On Aug-26-14 at 08:09:13 PDT, seller added the following information:

 Apparently only the 2nd CL link will work, so go there for more photos.


On Aug-26-14 at 09:25:06 PDT, seller added the following information:

ONLY WIRE TRANSFER TO OUR BANK WILL BE ACCEPTABLE PAYMENT (EXCEPT FOR DEPOSIT THROUGH PAYPAL).  ROUTING NUMBERS AND INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO WINNING BIDDER AFTER DEPOSIT IS MADE AND VERIFIED THROUGH PAYPAL.  POSESSION OR SHIPPING WILL ONLY OCCUR ONCE FUNDS ARE VERIFIED. 

TRADES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.


On Aug-27-14 at 06:34:09 PDT, seller added the following information:

I've had to respond to many questions regarding trades and a "Buy it Now" price. 

So, NO TRADES and the reserve is set at the bargain price of $29,950.00 even though we'd expect it to go much higher than that, but it will have to go to the end of the auction to buy it.

If it doesn't sell on this auction we will keep it, so don't assume we'll offer any second chances.  This is a great truck that is a blast to drive and we'll hang onto it rather than take less than it's worth.


On Aug-27-14 at 12:06:43 PDT, seller added the following information:

The above CL links no longer work.  This one has just been put up with some other photos to look at.  If it quits working let me know and I'll email photos if you leave an email.  I don't thinnk I can attach them to a  reply on ebay however.

 

http://milwaukee.craigslist.org/cto/4634908782.html  

 

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