My 49S10

[49S10]

I posted some info on my truck in the Welcome forum but thought maybe some on here might like a little more information and additional photos.

First of all, I like ALL old trucks, not just Chevy's.

I built my 49S10 while working ( and still am, although not enough) on a long term '56 F**D pickup that I'm installing Corvette C4 suspension and a Lightning supercharged engine. I saw it was going to be awhile before the F**D hit the street so I wanted something to drive NOW. After doing some research I felt the AD series Chevy pickup on a later model S10 chassis would be the way for me since I really wanted a daily driver type pickup, not a show queen. Of course being an old guy I also wanted the creature comforts of power steering, power brakes, decent ride, AC, and dependability plus some power.

I found a really solid 49 5W that had been in storage for 28 yrs. It was sitting on a Blazer 4x4 chassis 3 feet off the ground. Nice thing was they had not cut up any of the sheet metal. A buddy was in the middle of buying a 52 project sitting on an S10 chassis and he wanted to go with an original chassis and Mustang II IFS so I bought the S10 chassis. I wanted to get my pickup driveable asap so I opted to use the AD Engr. Kit rather than fab my own.
It worked out well except it sat too high for my taste so I added 2" dropped spindles, 3" lowering springs, and sway bars front and rear. I also rebuilt the front suspension and brakes. I left the exterior pretty much alone so it is not real pretty and certainly not a show queen.

The drive train is a late model low mileage 350V8, 700R4 tranny, and 4x4 rear end with 3.42:1 gears. A nice highway cruiser.

I've taken it from Kansas to Minnesota (Back to the 50's) and to Scottsdale, AZ (Goodguys) running 70-75 without any problems so I'm a happy guy.

Seems like when I'm at a cruise or show I get one or more inquiries if it for sale so I have '48, '49, and '52 that I plan to put at least two of them on S10's and sell. You can see some photos here-
http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r246/49S10/

[dls69cst]

Cool nice truck...

[Daniel U]

Very cool, and you don't have to worry about door dings! That's what I'll do with the next project. An unfinished exterior.

[TimE]

Cool daily driver.

[72BlckButy]

Sweet!

[55dude]

really cool! thanks for sharing.

[Lrall]

Awesome ride, i just got my cab mounted today, hows the ride? We're going 350 TBI w/ 700r4 trans. What did you do as far as mounting the master cylinder on the firewall? Did you just pull it and stretch the 'coil' brake lines?

[Lrall]

whoa, you have a drivers side door lock, you MUST tell me how/what you did

[49S10]

Lrall-
I mounted the booster/mc where I wanted them then made new brake lines down to a connection point with the original lines near the frame.

As fas as the dr. door lock it is non-functioning at this time. I assumed the internals of the latches were the same on both sides like they are in Fords but they are not. I have purchased an extra passenger latch and plan to see if I can modify the dr. latch to accept the lock rod from the keylock but I haven't made it a priority as yet. If I am successful I will let you know.

[2manyprojects]

Sweet truck. Thats kind of the look I want to go for. I love the fact that it's a daily driver. I don't know if mine will be. With my job the inside will be trashed within a week. Who knows there is always bubble wrap lol. What size wheels and tires do you have on it?

[49S10]

2manyprojects-

The wheels are 17" and the tires are:
Front = 225/55
Rear = 235/60

[Big Block]

Very nice looking truck.

[Lrall]

49s10..i PMd you about steering column length..

[Lrall]

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