57 Chevy Panel Van

[mr48chev]

Cool, I had a 57 Chevy panel with a stout 327 under the hood when I lived in Texas in the early 70's.

[57ToyBox]

Originally Posted by Woodbutcher

Hey |toybox,
I thought I recognized that panel from the CR forum. Some of us get around, eh? Any progress as of late??

I'm curious to know what the CR forum is.

[Coupeguy2001]

I just removed axles from my 57. what parts do you need? I have 2 sets of kingpins I cant use any more as well.

[Woodbutcher]

Originally Posted by 57ToyBox

I'm curious to know what the CR forum is.

CR forum is the Canadian Rodder forum... Mostly cannucks with a sprinkling of Aussies and a few yanks. They aren't limited to any particular era - any classic car or truck is appreciated and everyone on there is pretty nice. A few of the guys here go there, too.
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[57ToyBox]

Hey Woodbutcher... Thanks for the reminder. I haven't been back there in quite a while. Went back and visited just in time to catch the get together in Sudbury at R & R Classics. Nice turn out.

[57ToyBox]

Well my project is on hold again for a while. Damn, sometimes life gets in the way.
We're selling again. This time I'm excited. Cause if we can sell we have an accepted offer on a house in Callander Ont that has two 2 car garages

[Wheelie]

Huge SCORE! Congrats on your GMCHEVY!

[Ferrofil]

Originally Posted by 57ToyBox

Thanks for the heads up Grimss.. I'll look into a replacement sheet B4 I start tearing in to this one.

Luke
I was surpriced to see that the cargo area is made up of a big peice of plywood with those metal slats mounted on to of the plywood.

I was expecting to see a similar floor as the pick up truck box. I'm wondering if I can make a fleet side box floor fit ???

The reason for the plywoodfloor in the paneltruck was to prevent dust coming into the truck
The earlier ones had planks...
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[lower50's]

Any news ?

[mosttoys]

Originally Posted by 57ToyBox

Well I'm having a ***** of a time finding a complete set of replacement Lower Hinge Pocket panels
I can find the Inner L pocket and the Hinge panel... but it's the Lower outer L pocket that always seems to be on back order.
If I'm gonna buy them and have to pay for shipping to Canada... I want the 3 pc set

A couple of posts ago I promised a link to my newest project truck. 57 Mack B61
http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/index.p...pic=10914&st=0

This is a real nice discovery. I was just googling 57 panel van and came across this. I own this truck now. It looks like you stopped at this point. I have owned over 50 classic vehicles and this is the first time I actually found some history on one.
It looks like it still has the original frame. I did see some pictures with a newer frame being prepared though. I am presently placing it on a 2002 Cadillac Escalade chassis.

[57ToyBox]

Hey MostToys
Glad you were able to find my old thread here on the Panel Van.
I was sad to have to sell the old girl.. I had big plans for it.
Shapiro (the I sold it to had big plans for it too. He was gonna make it his Tow and Tool truck for his Drag Racing team. But I guess his priorities got redirected.

He offered to sell it back to me, but it still wasn't a good time for me yet. I'm still recovering from seller's remorse.

Hope your able to stick around here, maybe start a thread on your build and chassis swap. I saw your ads on kijiji. If you do facebook I'd like to ad you to see pics of your build

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by mosttoys

This is a real nice discovery. I was just googling 57 panel van and came across this. I own this truck now. It looks like you stopped at this point. I have owned over 50 classic vehicles and this is the first time I actually found some history on one.
It looks like it still has the original frame. I did see some pictures with a newer frame being prepared though. I am presently placing it on a 2002 Cadillac Escalade chassis.

Good luck neighbor

[mosttoys]

Yes he moved to Scottsdale and sold me the 57 panel and the 50 custom 4 door pick up. He just shipped me a hood from there for the panel and I just located pictures of that hood on the truck from several years ago. It's a small world. lol

[mosttoys]

I will post some pictures once the work is started. I don't post pics on Fb as most of my friends are not into my vehicles like I am. lol

[lower50's]

It's tough when your friends aren't into the same stuff. Feel free to talk about cars/trucks all you want on here we all like them. Oh and pictures.

[57ToyBox]

Hey MostToys
Be sure to share a link when your ready to start a build thread.. I'd really like to follow your build up of the ol Panel Van