PNW 1949 Chevrolet 3100 truck build

07/01/2026

I must be sick? This followed me home today, lots of good parts for my patina project truck. Good head light buckets seem to be hard to find. The 235 in this whip is froze up, it has a rebuild tag on it so I will try to break it loose. Yep, I'm still working on my nice truck but can't seem to resist junk!

06/26/2026

06/13/2026

The Altman latches function very well but I have 1950 and earlier doors on a 1952 cab, Altman sells a kit for this but the spacing was off by a bit, I had to fab up these spacers.

06/07/2026

Hey Jeff Foster, I decided to buy the 64-66 door handle relays so the flat bar would lay in the doors correctly, Well, I found that the 64-66 relays top bolt pattern is too high and I had to modify that hole, not a big deal but I wanted to share that tidbit with you as I know you are doing the same modification. I was able to tweak the Altman flat bars that came with the kit to work. I have to say the latches work very well.

05/25/2026

Inside door release relay rebuild time. Most of the serrations are striped and rounded off. I am turning down a part from a later model truck in an effort to make it fit my early relays.

05/04/2026

Door trim installed! I took pictures of how rough the trim was before dinging out the dents, sanding and polishing.

04/18/2026

Glass is in! There are handprints all over the truck, I will clean it up later. I was standing four hours, I'm still healing, it was tough but worth it.

04/11/2026

I finally found usable rear fenders, thank you Sam Simone! They went to Performance Surface Prep yesterday morning. I will post pictures when I pick them up.