408calirides Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Ok here's another project that i've had in my stash for over a year and brought it out occasianly when i got in the mood to work on it. I had bought the resin cab 54 abd removed the grille and was gonna chrome it and work on the resin cab, but after looking at it i decided why not try and use the 50 chevy cab for better plastic fitment and make my own 54. So little by little i had worked on it from an old spare 50 cab i had and started from the grille work back. So today i brought in with me to work and got back into it. Here is were i'm at on it so far. Reworking the front fenders, windshield, upper vent and fixing some cracks the cab had. I will also be making the correct rear bed sides as the 54 had them flat tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altered Visions Customs Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Very nice i hope u keep it that low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbox55 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 There's a way to save yourself a bit of work with the bed, use the bed from the AMT '55/'57 Stepside kit. The bed, other than the fenders, is correct for a '54-'87 Stepside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
408calirides Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 There's a way to save yourself a bit of work with the bed, use the bed from the AMT '55/'57 Stepside kit. The bed, other than the fenders, is correct for a '54-'87 Stepside. you are correct. just looked into it and they are very very similar other then the inner side of the bedsides, but all can be worked, thanks for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpletcher55 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 ISMAEL ,where would one get the grill that you are using , I have wanted to build a 54 for a long time , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Cool project, looks great so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
408calirides Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 ISMAEL ,where would one get the grill that you are using , I have wanted to build a 54 for a long time , I cut off the grill from the resin 54 cab I got bout a year ago. The cab and grille was all a one piece cab. At the time I wanted to chrome the grille so I cut it off with sewing string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Great looking work so far ! That '54 grille does look pretty cool , do you remember where you bought the resin cab ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbox55 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Just to throw this out there, the same grille, along with the bed I mentioned, can also be used to build a '55 First Series Chevrolet truck. They are for the most part, identical to the 54s, with only a few minor detail changes. Also, for anyone wanting to build a replica stock '54/'55 first, you will want to use the steering wheel from the AMT '55 Cameo/Stepside instead of the one from the '50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Do you remember who the resin caster was that made the '54 cab you bought?I'd like to have one to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Cool project, nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
408calirides Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Great looking work so far ! That '54 grille does look pretty cool , do you remember where you bought the resin cab ? thanks & The resin cab i got off Ebay, i still see it from time to time on there too. Just to throw this out there, the same grille, along with the bed I mentioned, can also be used to build a '55 First Series Chevrolet truck. They are for the most part, identical to the 54s, with only a few minor detail changes. Also, for anyone wanting to build a replica stock '54/'55 first, you will want to use the steering wheel from the AMT '55 Cameo/Stepside instead of the one from the '50. It's funny how when you see someone post a 1:1 54 CHEVY TRUCK with that 47-53 5 bar grille and they say to them selves," thats not a 54" lol, but those who know there trucks like mentioned above. there was a 54 FIRST SERIES with that 5 bar grille and yeah some stuff was changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
408calirides Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Do you remember who the resin caster was that made the '54 cab you bought?I'd like to have one to work with. don't recall, i got it off ebay over a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Please show us how you "cut the grille off with sewing thread".I have never heard of that being done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderbread Kustomz Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 If you scribe with the back of an exacto until you break through the plastic, you can use sewing thread and thread it through the hole and run it back and forth along the plastic and it acts as a saw cutting through, but more like a hot knife cutting through butter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Who'd a thunk?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost8100 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Where did you buy this cab and where can I get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) The OP stated that he got it off of e-bay and he has not posted anything on here for about 4-1/2 years…so I doubt you will get an answer. Edited May 13, 2022 by NOBLNG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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