James Williams  

Douglas, KS

1940 Chevrolet Pickup

 

James has acquired a little 1940 Chevrolet pickup and is placing the body on an S-10 chassis. He is also installing a Chevrolet 350cid engine e/w an 350 turbo-hydro transmission..... The project is currently underway at the Mayo Shop. 

Check out the pictures below... 

Just click on the thumbnail pictures to see them enlarged!

Well here's how it looked when I found it!! Spread all over the place......!!!

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jw40_008.jpg (85972 bytes)   jw40_009.jpg (81426 bytes)                 Getting it Home. one piece at a time!     jw40_010.jpg (30803 bytes)   

Now the "Fun" begins.. Sand! Sand! Sand! jw40_011.jpg (22169 bytes)  jw40_012.jpg (56236 bytes)   jw40_013.jpg (64078 bytes)  jw40_014.jpg (70693 bytes) 

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Now! This is the donor vehicle for my chassis. It's a Chevy S-10, I have taken it to Jon's shop to remove the body. 

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Bye Bye S-10 sheet metal!..jw40_027.jpg (13775 bytes)   WOW! Finally.. Down to the Chassis   jw40_026.jpg (30328 bytes) 

Here I am with the '40 at Jon's shop. Some of the  club members are going to help me get the body onto the S-10 chassis.

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 Here are a few more pictures showing the projects progress. 

The last two shots show the front clip minus fenders mocked up. Pretty...C..o..o..l UH!

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We will post more pictures as we receive them.  Stay tuned!!!

 

 

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