What inspires your build?

[my56chevytruck]

my inspiration was to start with a 56 truck that needed to be ungraded to a running functional vehicle. And to know that I've done the work.

[GMtrucknut!!]

I admired my grandfather and loved the time spent with him, he drove a 1955 second series 3600 truck .The little guy on his right is me .This picture was taken in 1966. I built mine because of my memories from childhood riding with him in his .

[drivea55]

To be able to say "I built it" with all its flaws etc, It may not be perfect by any means, but I built it and it is mine.

And that there is not another there like it.

great stories!

[mobileortho]

Originally Posted by drivea55

To be able to say "I built it" with all its flaws etc, It may not be perfect by any means, but I built it and it is mine.

And that there is not another there like it.

great stories!

Ditto!

[hillshooter]

My inspiration is to have a piece of classic history. My truck was my dads and was his granddads before that. It set behind the barn for 25 yrs while i grew up and 2 yrs ago it was time to bring him back to life. You can follow along on my FB, GMC 150 longbed build page.

[Daze57]

i guess i would have to say it was my father --- he was never mechanically inclined so as a kid i was always workin on cars and bikes and trucks -- when i had a project --he;d come out ---watch and i would explain what i was doin -- he never could quite understand but he always was amazed that i could fix things like that ...because of who he was and what he instilled in me gave me the inspiration to build ----- back years ago i took him with me on trips in the old 57 before my rebuild --- he always thought it rode like a hay wagon
never complained ......he enjoyed the ride.
may sound a bit corney but he is what got me inspired to build !

[abig84]

Most trucks I ever built were pretty easy. Never any body work as they were all offroad trucks. Slapping a lift kit on a k5 blazer is done in a day (if everything actually comes apart). Longest built was a s10 I put k5 blazer running gear under which took 4 months. My 52 is in pieces and have crap all over and I'm 5 months in

So my inspiration is to actually get it done to drive it. So far it's a money pit. I'm at around 3k and my estimation was 6 k to have it running, so far looks like im about on the mark

[Janky59]

I got my truck from my oldest brother, from his widow actually. He was a life long hot rod guy and had this '59 Fleetside the last 5-6 years of his life. I grew up getting rides in all sorts of cars due to him - Olds 442, Nomads, Corvettes, El Caminos and so on. When I got my license at 16 he even let me drive whatever he had at the time. He passed in '08 and the Fleetside sat in a garage another 6 years, when I heard from another brother his widow was having to move I called her to find out her plans for the truck. We struck a very fair deal and the revival from its long sleep began.

It's mostly been a freshen up of various systems, not really a build, but I've been able to put some of my own touch on it as I go. I do get a sense of comfort when tooling around, thinking brother Jerry would be pleased with what I've done so far. In addition to being fun to drive, I keep the old girl rolling in tribute to him.