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Little
Red Truck
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OldSub
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Primary
Driver
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Teri
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Steve
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Basic
Concept
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Car
for general use locally, and occasional run to a car show. Must
be comfortable for Teri to drive, since after all, this is her truck!
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Light
truck, with some capability for heavier use such as pulling a trailer
for general use. Also might get used for family trips of two hundred
to six hundred miles.
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Basic
Look
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Original,
lowered with wheels, stock bumpers. Standard door handles and such.
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Classic
body built today. Implies modern bumpers, smoothed doors, smoked
glass, BIG wheels and as low as the driveway will allow. Hidden
gas cap. Leave the gutters because we live in a rain forest.
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Engine
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Spunky,
but mild mannered and very reliable. Chevy 305*.
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Torque
with power to pull a trailer with a truck on it. 383 Chevy, or big
Buick, Pontiac or Cadillac. 455 Pontiac with GMC valve covers from
50’s GMC? |
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Transmission
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Automatic.
Turbo 350*. Lokar classic type floor shift.
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Automatic
(heavy duty for towing).
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Front
Suspension
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Subframe*
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Light
three-quarter ton like the five-lug stuff under a G-20 van.
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Rear
Suspension
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Four
link*
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Light
three-quarter ton like the five-lug stuff under a G-20 van.
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Brakes
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Disk/Drum
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Disk/Drum
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Wheels/Tires
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Classic
look: beauty rings and Chevy hub caps.
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Tall
wheels with tires that can handle the load of towing a trailer with
a heavy pickup on it.
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Steering
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Power
with tilt wheel. Classic steering wheel.
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Power
with Tilt and modern fat wheel
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Electrical
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12v
with alternator sized for the need
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12v
with Alternator sized for the need. Multiple stereos, power seats,
windows, door locks… Needs a big alternator and battery.
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Comforts
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What?
Good heater and defrost
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Air
conditioning, heater and defroster, power windows, door locks, power
mirrors. Cruise control. Rear heater/defrost.
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Seating
and Interior
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Stock
bench? Back seat from Monte Carlo? Clean and neat. Look inviting.
Move fuel tank out of cab.
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Four
leather buckets (power!). Posh with everything upholstered and
power everything.
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Sound
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AM/FM
Stereo with CD Player
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At
least an AM radio… Full stereo system with Cassette/CD, and should
have separate front and rear audio.
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Glass
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Stock
clear glass
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Tinted
glass in front, mini-van type windows on sides and back.
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Dash
Board
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As
stock as possible
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Modern
instruments in stock look dash panel.
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Controls
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Updated
stock type
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Modern,
column mounted. Heater controls with the three dial approach.
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Bumpers
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Stock
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Wrap
around with modern look.
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Exterior
Lights
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Stock
look with modern turn signals and side markers
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Halogen
and LED.
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Time
Frame
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Start
as soon as Sub is a driver again…
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Driver
now, customization begins when ’54 is a driver.
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Donor
Car?
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’78
Chevy Monte Carlo. *identifies parts from this car.
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Nels
’75 Chevy ¾ ton van?
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