1929 Chevy Truck

1929 Chevy Truck

Just starting to do some visualizing on what it's going to look like

Just been gathering parts lately, I've changed from a tuned port to a blown 350 and have gotten it mostly together. I've got it so the injector hat fits entirely under the stock hood for that ultimate sleeper look. It will have electronic injectors under the Enderle hat and my plan is for the EFI to appear to be a mechanical injected motor to the inexperienced eye.

(I love it when someone tries to tell me "you can't run that on the street")

Blown 1929 Chevy Truck

I also have a Dana 60 rear axle that I've put disc brakes on, a 5" drop Magnum axle company front axle, and a Turbo 400 (I may end up going to a 4L60 or a 4L80, though)

I've got the motor and trans in the body and the front mounts made, also have the rear duals in the plywood bed mockup and I think I've got the bed length right to look best.

1929 Chevy Truck Street Rod Mockup

Don't worry the bed will be made out of steel instead of plywood.

1929 Chevy Truck drawing

Here's a CAD drawing of the 29 so I could see if I liked the looks of a Carson-Style top on it;

I think I'll probably be going for that look

Currently I'm working on the 6-71 Blown & Injected 350 Chevy I'm going to be putting in it, it's not going to be a racer so I plan to keep the boost at 5 PSI or lower; HP around 400 to 500.

The work I've done this year (2009) on the truck was clearancing & re-assembling the 6-71; Making the 12 injector plate, idler bracket, V-belt pulley, and bending the stainless steel lines going into the 12 injector plate under the Enderle Hat.

Lately I've been machining everything going on the motor on my Tree 320 CNC mill in the background, I guess with the economy the way it is I've got more time than I've got money, and I can make extra parts and sell them if there's some demand for the parts. I've made a page of parts that I have for sale so I can make some extra "Truck fund cash".

Things that I've made so far are the Billet dash gauge insert, the 12 injector plate under the Hat; the lower V-belt pulley and upper pulley spacer; The idler bracket for the 6-71; Rear blower bearing cap spacers for the HD bearings; among other small parts.

Dropped I-beam axle air bag Getting ready to mount the front axle, you can see in the above view the firewall modification to give the motor clearance, the 6" dropped Magnum axle company axle, the kingpin/spindle mounts so I can use the 1 ton hubs on my street rod axle, and the power rack and pinion which I will soon be replacing with a manual rack because of clearance issues.

To the left shows the start of the airbag suspension, I needed some way to cut the brackets out easier so I made an arm to mount my Plasma-cutter on my CNC mill, now I don't have to hand cut out the brackets or even drill the holes, I just Plasma cut them!

29 chevy dropped I-beam axle with air bag suspension

The lower axle mounts are made from 6 separate steel weldments with 4 functions: Hold the axle with the 4 link bars; Lower mount for the air bags; Lower mount for the shocks; and mount the rack and pinion directly to the axle on the back.

I've machined my "Bud" rims because I decided that the spokes were to big, the video on the left shows me milling the rims, the vid on the right shows the air bags doin' their thing

Now I'm starting on the rear frame, I got lazy and didn't document the narrowing of the the rear axle, I opted for a Dana 60 (3/4 ton) rather than a Dana 70 (1 ton axle) because parts are more available for the 60's, and I doubt I'll be loading this thing up more than a 3/4 ton axle will handle.
I just made a 1 ton axle out of the 3/4 ton, and added disc brakes in the process.

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