TRUCK SPECS
OWNER
Pat Cheatley/chee Chee’s Choppers & Rods
1949 Chevrolet 3100 Five-window Pickup
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
ENGINE
Shop: Chee Chee’s Choppers & Rods/ron’s Transmission
355 cid
700 R4 transmission
COMP Cams camshaft Edelbrock intake
Hedman long tube headers
Dual Thrush mufflers
Vintage look chrome valve covers
Stainless fuel line
March pulleys
Tuff Stuff chrome alternator, water pump and power steering pump
2000 Chevy Blazer 4x4 rearend with disc brakes and Auburn posi 3:7:3 gears
CHASSIS & SUSPENSION
Shop: Chee Chee’s Choppers & Rods
Boxed and powder-coated S-10 frame
EZ Chassis Swaps mount kit Belltech drop spindles and drop shocks
Stock S-10 control arms Parallel 4-link with panhard bar QA1 coil-overs at rear
WHEELS & TIRES
20-inch American Racing Torq Thrust wheels
Nexen N1000 tires
PAINT & BODY
Chee Chee’s Choppers & Rods/ Trevor Bezzina
Dupont Subaru WR Blue paint 2-inch body drop
Shaved gas neck filler
Door lock added to driver’s side Altman bear claw door latches from Trique Manufacturing
Roll pan
Smoothie running boards
Red oak bed wood with chrome strips
Stainless steel bed-mounted gas tank
Hidden tailgate latches and hinges
1955-59 Chevy truck taillights Custom transmission tunnel cover
INTERIOR & STEREO
Shop: Upholstery work by Brent Woods
Factory bench seat covered in white and blue with green piping
Factory dash setup Omega electronic gauges
Stock chrome dash bezels, speaker cover and glove box door
Custom tuck-and-roll headliner and full door panels
Painted interior and engine bay to match outer color Retrosounds Bluetooth MP3 head unit
Retrosounds speakers
SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “This project couldn’t have come together if it weren’t for great people. Thank you to my wife and her extreme patience with me as well as her helping hands. Thanks to Paul Devries who told me we could save another one from the crusher.
(He never mentioned how much it would cost though.) Thanks to my father who told me never to become a mechanic, Scott Miller for the countless hours he spent in my shop working and drinking coffee, Jim Wildgoose of Wildgoose Performance, Shawn Patterson of S&P Motorsports, Charlie Schafer of CSI Racing, Trevor Bezzina for his talent putting paint through a gun, and all of my buddies who kept asking me when the truck was going to be done—thank you.”