Alright, my name is Travis, I'm 20, and this is gonna be my " restore " thread. I know it's not a Honda, as I am an avid fan, I know the're fans who enjoy a v8, but mine's a bit older.

What I have is a 1959 Chevrolet Apache 3100. The motor is a 350, with th350 transmission. My father has owned it since he was in highschool, so, along time ago, now it's my toy.

Plans are right now, B&M ratchet, different headers, disc brakes in the front ( currently a 6 bolt front, 5 bolt rear ), different gearing, and a new 4 core radiator.


Hater's can simply click back if they don't wanna see this classic

Alright, let's get started. First, you're going to need some safety glasses for what I'm doing, so, grab a pair of your grandma's 30 year old glasses, which make you see double



Next, let's put some music on. Nothing beats my old man's collection of LP's. 192kb/s ain't got **** on my record player



Just a quick tour of the truck, in all it's glory




Rota's ain't got nothing on these badboys !



Money shot



Mad 70's interior LOL. You can see part of the fox tail hanging from the mirror. And it's got a push button start from factory




Now, it's time to venture inside. Here's my sweet $40 set of parts I bought today. 3/8 air hose, air gun, magnetic tray, couplers, and not pictured is a new pressure gauge for my compressor



Alright, those glasses are worn for a reason. I'm basically trying to polish/buff remove the old paint/rust off this GM 4 barrel intake





Slowly looking better



Well, I decided to give it a rest tonight, as I'm sick and tired, so I decided to put an old Holley carb on for a test fit.

No idea what model this is, no tags, just says Holley and "482"





Anyways, I'll add more as I go along.

 

oo wow looks great. restore it

 

good luck with the build

 

hell yes.

 

Apon further thought, I know I'm going to have to have the intake soaked in acid, and the carb rebuilt, so I'm just going to sell the Holley, buy an Edelbrock 650 w/elec. choke, and get a Professional Products intake. I have a good dealer who sells products for below costs .

 

this is interesting. lol it seems like you put about 10 minutes into it before you gave up today

 

Lol, well, I've changed my mind AGAIN. I did some quick searching, and apparently the intake came off a 1970 Corvette, 350, 350HP. I hate decisions.

/end intake talk.

 

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thats awesome, wish i could get my hands on one of those...goodluck

 

phew, looks like you have your work cut out for you

 

in for more

 

I'll check back in four pages.

 

I love build up's!!!

 

Well my friend gave me his Bassani X pipe off his 99 Mustang GT, so all I need now is some mufflers and dumps. Going to dump it right before the axle.

 

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bad ***

 

good luck, should be hot when done

 

Ordered my B&M ratchet, pics in a few

 

Alright, we're trying to ID the diff, anyone know ?

 

rearend looks stock 59,not sure on the motor,I would say sell the intake and use the money to buy a vortec 350-the heads flow really well and they are a dime a dozen,have fun with it