Stewart's 1954 Chevy Shop Truck

It has been talked about on here many times. If you don't know how do something get help from a pro. It's okay to learn to do stuff but ask questions and get someone to look over your work if you are not sure. DON'T put your life in danger or the life of others. This set up could have easily broke the mounts and had the engine resting against the the open steering knuckle it has. At that point it would be a guessing game as to who you were going to run into. I started to cut through this but thought I'd check. I scored the welds a little with a cut off wheel and then smacked it with a hammer. The mounts went flying.

There are two times in life when penetration is important, and welding is one of them!

Blue Eyed Devil wrote:There are two times in life when penetration is important, and welding is one of them!

Hahahahaha!

are you going with a 350.

I think you should put a big six in it. That one in Junkyard Jeff truck really sounds good. You just don't hear a split six that much.

Stock 305 with a 700R transmission. I'm tired of stopping for gas. I want something I can get out in and get some MPG's!

Mpg's are a good thing these days..Going to swap out my 350 for a 200r. Dont have to change much. I dont have a race car anyway.

Firewall was butchered.



Since the firewall was shot I went ahead and sunk the firewall back. This will let me shove the engine and trans. 5 inches further back and a couple inches lower than if it was left alone. It will let it ride, handle and transfer weight better this way.

It took me a few tries. I know it looks like a bunch of scratch but it took me 30 minutes to get what I wanted.



Time for the hammer and dolly. I rolled the lip around so it would flow into each other rather than having a pointed edge.

It took a while but the lip is rolled.

A 5" strip was cut out and both sides were rolled over to give the flow I wanted on the firewall. This will be the piece that moves the firewall back.


The engine had to go in before I could make the back panel. I'm sure this will be one of many times this engine and trans go in and out before it's in there for good.

I put the engine right where it should be so I whipped up something to hold it. Riggs dropped these off a few months ago. They came in handy.

Advance Auto came through again with our club discount. Two heavy duty mounts and a can of engine paint for $14.00. Not bad.

Johnny stopped down and hung out for a while. I was glad he stopped by. It's always nice to have an extra hand when you are taking the engine and trans out. It's a bear with the way the garage is. No room...


I welded the plates on and then ran a kicker over the the frame for a little more support.


The plates worked better flip over. It moved it up the cradle. No big deal but doing so left the rubber mounts upside down. That leaves 1 bolt at the top instead of 2. I'll just drill through and add 2 to the top. I think it would hold with one but it's no trouble to toss another them in it so I will do it.

Reb Stew wrote:I put the engine right where it should be so I whipped up something to hold it. Riggs dropped these off a few months ago. They came in handy.

Advance Auto came through again with our club discount. Two heavy duty mounts and a can of engine paint for $14.00. Not bad.

should have yelled i had the motor mounts also. would have cost ya the same though

I put the engine back in tonight. I put on the rest of the firewall and made the first piece for the trans tunnel. I didn't get as much done as I would like. In and out of the garage all day. I had to jump on a guy today. He was being a little too friendly with Aryan for my liking. That got me in a foul mood for the rest of the night and I waited for the police to show up to ask me what happened but they never did. Oh well.

and no garage time tomorrow either with graduation. HEY ill see ya there

Whipped up a fast template

I'm using the pipe to see how deep the back panel for the firewall will be.

JRiggs wrote:this thread will hit 8 pages before we see any recent pictures . its in the back yard i know you stewart you been monkeying around with it.

WHERES THE PICS.

See we got pics before 8 pages.

I broke the exhaust bolts loose and Sami took them off.

Time for the transmission tunnel. I didn't want a huge hump in the floor. Just enough to lift the trans up to get the cross member out when I have to pull it. The engine and trans was put back in the truck to get it as close to the trans as I can.

I was going to run these headers. After cutting on the motor mount shells and slightly dimpling them on one tube so they would fit I found out the steering hit them. So they can't be used.

It's a late night fuzz-o-graph.
This sheet metal I'm using is pretty thick. It took me and Corey to get it to bend like I wanted it too.

Again anything that can be used to get the shape will work. The telephone pole in the alley came into to play on this one.