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CHEVROLET PICK-UP

Sale price: £27,500.00 make an offer

Car location: London, United Kingdom

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1957
Doors:
2
Engine:
5,900
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CHEVROLET PICK-UP for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.1) based on 227 votes
I always knew this was a good truck (obviously otherwise I would not have bought it) but it wasn't till I got it back to the UK and drove half a dozen more that I realised just how good it was.
I honestly use it every day and there is virtually nothing I can think of that prevents it from being as reliable as my 2005 Dodge ram. aside from slightly soft front shocks which. should I keep it. I will definitely upgrade.
I admit that I bought it precisely because of the looks; I fell in love with the colour and most importantly. the exquisite 'stance'. the sort of thing that people underestimate and looks easy. but of course. like everything is actually quite complex to achieve and the product of years of experience at balancing things like flip rear axles. wheel sizes. raising/lowering the bed and front drop axle kits. This particular pick has indeed benfitted from a combination of all four. the key being the raising of the bed slightly. the dropping of the front axle and the 'flipping' of the rear. Wheel sizes are 20 out back and 19 front. There are discs at all four corners (also very difficult to achieve without body mods) and it is no exaggeration to say that it is the best braked vehicle I have ever driven.
The motor is a 400 with the de rigeur 700R auto trans. I bought the car knowing there was a main seal leak and rather than take the short cut the first thing we did was take the motor out. replace the seal properly. renew all the timing gear. inspect the bottom end and generally replace anything that looked worn. This alone cost 3k. I then added power steering. a massive and expensive B Cool ali rad. vintage heat and air and a period stereo. Before I acquired it the truck had been the subject of a frame off resto and repaint and re-wire. plus the installation of a Camaro front clip with rack and pinion steering. Basically. even underneath everything looks brand new from the ali petrol tank to the starter motor.

I think it would be hard to find a better runing. more practical yet drop dead gorgeous daily driver and I can say hand on heart that £25k does not even begin to represent what is invested. The car is fully UK reg'd. immune to an MoT and needs nothing that I know of. There are a few blemishes in the paint because I use it every day but nothing that detracts from its sublime genius.

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