Vehicle Description
1955 Chevrolet 3100 For Sale in Farmington, New Mexico 87410 � This
is a one of a kind custom 1955 Chevrolet 3100 show truck that took
over 8 years to complete. It has less than 500 miles on it since
completion. I am thinning out my collection due to health issues,
so it is now for sale. Here are the details. The body is as cherry
as any 55 you will find. All rust etc has been removed and new
sheet metal welded in. There was very little to begin with, since
this is a NM truck. The paint job is truly a one of a kind fade
effect that follows each contour - horizontal surfaces are black,
vertical is light blue metallic, with transition colors of darker
and lighter blue in between on each curve, and this is done over
all contours in all areas. I have never seen or heard of another
truck done this way. The motor is a professionally built and
balanced 454 with ported heads, stainless headers, the best
ignition system, and a blueprinted quadra-jet carb. It starts with
one flick of the key and yes, it will haze the 35" tires. It runs
as good as it looks. Transmission is a new 350 turbo with flow
master exhaust, gear driven P205 transfer case, and 456 gears. I
bought this as a running vehicle and stripped it down to the body
and frame. Conversion to 4x4 was courtesy of an 83 blazer, so both
axles and entire drive train is from that with the addition of the
454. All was adapted to the original frame, as it was in good
condition. It has both a straight blade cooling fan as well as a
pusher electric fan in front of the radiator. This truck has power
steering, power brakes with a dual reservoir master cylinder, power
steering with tilt/telescopic steering wheel, air conditioning,
electric windows, 3 point retractable seat belts, and 6 way
electric bucket seats and console. Stereo is a Kenwood model KDC mp
4032 stereo with Kenwood amp, and 8" Rockford Fosgate subwoofer,
and 2 Roadmaster 6x9 speakers. Wheels are directional 15x10 and
tires are almost unused as you can see. The large rear window is
very desirable as you know, but there is no protection in the event
of a rollover; it would crush anyone inside because the pillars are
so small. No one thought of this in 1955, so I modified the bed for
safety as well as for style. You will notice the bed rails are
actually 2x4 square tubing and there is 14 gauge steel braked over
them that forms the custom made bed sides. The bed itself is 1/8"
steel plate with a stainless gas tank mounted between the frame
rails under the truck. The custom roll bar is 3/16 steel that bolts
to the frame thru the bed - in the event of a rollover anyone
inside is completely safe. The entire bed is designed to act as a
roll cage to protect anyone in the cab. The roll cage can be
removed easily if anyone wants to do that. The bumpers and grille
are removable and can be replaced with chrome original style ones
if the new owner decides to go in that direction. There is space to
mount a winch on the front if anyone wants to put one there. Now to
address what it needs. This truck has been sitting for several
years and has been driven very little except to show it off. It
could use a buff job on the paint to make it a complete
knockout/show winner, but most people would consider it a knockout
as is. The tires are out of round and balance from sitting so long,
but they have no miles on them - I've had this problem before, and
usually they do round out after being driven a while with low air
pressure. It would be fine to drive around town or go to the car
show with as it is, but will have a bounce at highway speed at
least for the first 150 miles or so. Some of the gauges are not
working as they should, they are new and do have the correct
sending units, so I'm not sure why they are not working properly.
They are US made by westach and can be sent in for repair if
needed; they can also be replaced, but one or the other may need
done. Beyond those things, this truck needs nothing as far as I am
aware.