First Truck

[Dale W. Verts]

Well, since coming back to the hobby anyway. This was also my first "hurry-up" job. I was at therapy last week when I heard the owner say his dream street rod would be a yellow '55 Chevy pickup. He also said he'd like a modern engine in it. Well, I happened to have a '55 AND a '99 Chevy, so with a little hackin' and choppin' I put it together. It's by no means perfect. but I gave it to him this morning and he looked like a kid at, well, Christmas.

The wheels are aftermarket also, because the ones on the kit just didn't work for me. I also dropped the axle until it was almost touchin' the ground up front, and the interior features the '99 bucket seats and steering console to spice it up some.

This kit had some pretty bad-fitting features, and I had no time to fix them and still get it done by Christmas. But my goal of "Lookin' good up on a shelf" was acheived.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Dale

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Looks good! I have one that needs finishing as well.

[mikemodeler]

Looks good! I remember getting back into the hobby back around 1993 and one of the first kits I built was this truck, in a similar color!

Nice job and I am sure he enjoyed being surprised with it!

[rmvw guy]

Nice truck! Your friend should be happy.

[unclescott58]

Very nice. Good job.

Scott

[Dale W. Verts]

Thanks, guys.

Dale