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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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