57 Chevy Z06 Pickup

[Raul_Perez]

This is the '57 Chevy pickup that I built in a Corvette theme for the '07 Santa Clara NNL.

This shot shows the side scallops from the AMT '62 Vette. I'm getting too old to remember where the front roll pan came from, but I think it was from an early '50s Vette. I added the foglights because I thought the roll pan looked too tall without them. I also added the gas door to the bed.

This picture shows how the Cameo bed was narrowed slightly to fit tighter to the cab.

This shot pretty clearly shows the Vette side scallops. Because of the color and lighting, this is often a difficult feature to see in the pics.

This shot shows where the rear bumperettes were replaced by the exhaust pipes. You can also see the "1957 Z06" license plate.

From here you can see the dash that came from a '94 ZR-1 Vette. A little narrowing and a small shoe-horn helps it fit right in...

The instrument panel is a photo reduced image that I copied from a 1:1 dash that I found on eBay.

You can also see the front tire through the opened side scallop.

Here's another shot of the dash...

Not much special in the engine compartment other than a 7.0 (427CID!!) small block Z06 Vette engine...

The rear wing, bed cover and the tailgate were made from Plastruc. The lid supports are aluminum tubing and straight pins.

Here's where I spent all of the money and a lot of time. I needed 2 of the '06 Z06 chassis' to stretch and widen the stock Vette chassis to fit under the slightly longer and wider truck body. If I remember, I added about 1/2 inch in length by splicing the two chassis' together. It was widened with Palstruc strips. Having the extra kit also provided the much needed longer exhaust and drive shaft parts.

I hope that you enjoy this one as much as I did building it.

Edited February 10, 2012 by Raul_Perez

[Hillbilly Deluxe]

That is a beautiful build!!!

Everything about it is sharp and well done!

John

[ismaelg]

Beautiful execution!

Very nicely done!

But the sides must be from a '62 not a '63

Is that a ZR-1 dash?

Thanks,

[Raul_Perez]

Beautiful execution!

Very nicely done!

But the sides must be from a '62 not a '63

Is that a ZR-1 dash?

Thanks,

Ismael,

I'm glad that you like the model and thanks for the correction!! I went out to the garage and checked the box, and yes, it was an AMT '62 Vette.

Yes, the dash was from a '94 ZR-1.

Edited December 10, 2007 by Raul_Perez

[dub]

Very well done! From the perfect paint to the flawless fit and finish, this one is tops! Keep up the good work.

[Raul_Perez]

Very well done! From the perfect paint to the flawless fit and finish, this one is tops! Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the compliments, Johnathan, and thanks for the compliments of my friend Jerry Cardinal's work. His brass models are amazing. It took me a while to convince him to post his stuff, but now that he has I think that you'll see a lot more of it, thanks to the comments people like have posted for him.

[ajulia]

Hello there friend! I have to say that is very clean. I dont see much of trucks at this age where im from and im pretty much from the new school but there is nothing like the style of the older trucks then the new.(of course no offense- only my opinion Very cool build Keep on wit the keepin on!

Peace

Ajulia

[Gray Smith]

Looks great Raul, very well integrated into the truck, and very easy to do in 1:1 i'd think....keep up the great work on all your builds..

Gray

Edited December 14, 2007 by stryfe101

[lonewolf]

AWESOME!!!

[Randy Kern]

Raul, I like every modification you have done to this truck! You can't go wrong blending newer 'Vette components with an older Chevy car or truck. What's really cool about it, is every modification looks right. The scallops break up the large expanse of side sheetmetal nicely, and the front and rear treatments blend in smoothly. I'm not one for wings on pickups, but here again it blends in smoothly and looks good. The forward tilting hood is neat, as is the bed cover and tailgate. I also have to comment on the fit and finish of everything, it's perfect! I'll take a 1/1 like this In fact, this is how Chevy should have done retro, instead of that goofy looking SSR.

[Raul_Perez]

Raul, I like every modification you have done to this truck! You can't go wrong blending newer 'Vette components with an older Chevy car or truck. What's really cool about it, is every modification looks right. The scallops break up the large expanse of side sheetmetal nicely, and the front and rear treatments blend in smoothly. I'm not one for wings on pickups, but here again it blends in smoothly and looks good. The forward tilting hood is neat, as is the bed cover and tailgate. I also have to comment on the fit and finish of everything, it's perfect! I'll take a 1/1 like this In fact, this is how Chevy should have done retro, instead of that goofy looking SSR.

Thanks for the compliments, Randy. Yes, it's hard to go wrong mixing Vette components with older Chevy cars and trucks. The danger is always in going overboard with the modifications. For me, I like keeping the changes subtle. When done right, a little can go a long way towards portraying an image. In the case of this truck, the scallop does it all.

I really struggled finding the right year Vette scallop to fit the truck. I didn't want the front wheel opening to be too far different from the stock one and I didn't want to reshape the rear opening. It probably would have looked like ######, (and would be a good example of too much), if I would have added a rear scallop to the Cameo bed...

The wing was added towards the end of the build. It really needed something back there to compliment the Cameo bed and help balance the overall height of the truck because I didn't chop the top. At the same time I didn't want to add a tall "Daytona" style wing to a truck that's based on a Vette theme. It also makes the recessed cover easy to open...

Yes, to me the SSR certainly looks like it was designed in segments by different people, each with different objectives and styles. While I like most of the front-end and cab design, I think that the bed looks like an afterthought.

Anyway, what’s the Pug’s name? Ours is Otis (yes, from the movie).

[Randy Kern]

He's Chumley. Yes, named after the Walrus in the old Tennessee Tuxedo cartoon

[outlaw035]

raul...my 1st car was a 55 chevy...but never cared much for the trucks til lately...i just want to say with out a doubt thats awesome....the vette dash adds alot to the truck...i put a vette dash in a 53 ford for a club project we did few years ago here is a link if ur interested....neal

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff87/ou...5/53forpuoh.jpg

[Raul_Perez]

raul...my 1st car was a 55 chevy...but never cared much for the trucks til lately...i just want to say with out a doubt thats awesome....the vette dash adds alot to the truck...i put a vette dash in a 53 ford for a club project we did few years ago here is a link if ur interested....neal

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff87/ou...5/53forpuoh.jpg

That looks pretty cool, Neal!! Do you have any more pictures???

[bsoder]

Gotta love it when a plan comes together!!..and this one sure did...NICE

[Raul_Perez]

Thanks for all of the compliments, guys!! This was one of my favorite builds. I went together pretty well and I like the way it turned out.

Regards,

[KDog]

Thanks for all of the compliments, guys!! This was one of my favorite builds. I went together pretty well and I like the way it turned out.

Regards,

Very Nice Build My Freind Very Nice !

[cruz]

I am not a man of many words but I think "Stunning" pretty much captures it all!!!!!

[outlaw035]

hi raul....i posted the 53 pickup pix that i have in under glass for u....neal

[ScrappyJ]

That is one awesome '57, Raul! I like all aspects of it.

[Raul_Perez]

Very Nice Build My Freind Very Nice !

Kenny,

I like your avitar!! Have you modeled it yet?

[robertw]

That is a beautiful build in its own right and it's Corvette heritage just adds icing on the cake.

robw

[Bernard Kron]

Hey Raul:

Very tasty indeed!

B.

[evilone]

nice and clean

[Clay]

This is the '57 Chevy pickup that I built in a Corvette theme for the '07 Santa Clara NNL.

This shot shows the side scallops from the AMT '62 Vette. I'm getting too old to remember where the front roll pan came from, but I think it was from an early '50s Vette. I added the foglights because I thought the roll pan looked too tall without them. I also added the gas door to the bed.

This picture shows how the Cameo bed was narrowed slightly to fit tighter to the cab.

This shot pretty clearly shows the Vette side scallops. Because of the color and lighting, this is often a difficult feature to see in the pics.

This shot shows where the rear bumperettes were replaced by the exhaust pipes. You can also see the "1957 Z06" license plate.

From here you can see the dash that came from a '94 ZR-1 Vette. A little narrowing and a small shoe-horn helps it fit right in...

The instrument panel is a photo reduced image that I copied from a 1:1 dash that I found on eBay.

You can also see the front tire through the opened side scallop.

Here's another shot of the dash...

Not much special in the engine compartment other than a 7.0 (427CID!!) small block Z06 Vette engine...

The rear wing, bed cover and the tailgate were made from Plastruc. The lid supports are aluminum tubing and straight pins.

Here's where I spent all of the money and a lot of time. I needed 2 of the '06 Z06 chassis' to stretch and widen the stock Vette chassis to fit under the slightly longer and wider truck body. If I remember, I added about 1/2 inch in length by splicing the two chassis' together. It was widened with Palstruc strips. Having the extra kit also provided the much needed longer exhaust and drive shaft parts.

I hope that you enjoy this one as much as I did building it.

Man I was getting anxious scrolling down wanting to see that Z06 engine, Whew i'm glad I saw it before I had a heart attack. Awesome work by the way. I have a Cameo kit and a camero kit and seeing this makes me wanna combine the 2 and I think it will be my next projet after I finish my current 7 ongoing projects