1949 Chevy Full Custom Leadsled Styleline
1949 Chevrolet Pickup Description
1949 Chevrolet stylelineListing my 1 off custom 1949 Chevy styleline. I started this project with the intentions of having a great driving lead sled. After some snowballing and over building it I would rather put money into things that I can enjoy more often.-mustang II front end with tubular A-arms-4 link rear-custom rear notch-front power disc brakes-rear drum brakes fully rebuilt-custom made driveshaft fully balanced by Machine Services in Green Bay WI-power rack and pinion steering-airbagit front air bags-Slam specialty rear air bags.-1/4 line air bag setup-little Larry’s manual valves-viar analog gauges-twin viar 450 compressors-8-10 gallon tank with drain, and quick disconnect for running air tools or airing up tires-Vent windows modified and rechromed-amazing paint job by Mitch Knaack at Neenah main auto body (a few small flaws but this paint and body work really speak for itself in person-chopped 3” A-pillar 7” C-pillar-pancaked decklid (roughly 4” off the back)-frenched headlights-peaked hood-shaved gas filler-shaved door handles-shaved antenna-1950 dodge taillights grafted in and mounted upside down (rechromed)-molded rear splash pan-custom glass with 1 piece windshield-custom white headliner done the right way, all headliners bows were reworked for it-custom carpet that Velcro’s in and out-dash pin striped by Ryan Evans from counts customs-tilt column shaved and painted body color-restored 1956 bel air steering wheel with new chrome horn ring-all new weather stripping, window felt and tracks-sill plates sandblasted and powder coated silver metalflake-garnish molding professionally straightened and polished-all new stainless steel interior trim screws-all garnish moldings chopped and repainted body color and pinstripped-factory gauges do not work. Custom IPad flips behind speaker grill and runs obdII blue tooth for gauges and gps speedometer-5.3 lm4 (LS based all aluminum) engine fully regasketed, new valve seals, valves lapped roughly 140,000 miles originally-4L80e trans with a Gennie shifter and a 1 off shift knob (has noise off of deceleration and comes with a low mile replacement)-BOP non c-clip 10 bolt rear end fully rebuilt with Yukon limited slip and motive gear 373 gears, new bearings and seals-core support and inner fenders have been blasted and powder coated-factory 15” wheels blasted and powder coated with chrome spider caps-new Coker radial wide white wall tires-quiet 2.25” dual exhaust that dumps before rear tires-champion polished 3 core aluminum radiator-all new wiring by Rebel Wire-Spal electric cooling fanCar runs great, stops good, handles and rides well but these are the finishing things it needs:-seats need to be redone as well as the door panels (my interior guy quoted me 3500-4000 to be finished, most material has been purchased and included, if you want him to finish it that would be great)-bumpers arent very nice, they have chrome tape on them, new chrome smoothies are $700 for the pair-needs front bump stops (had to weld some metal on temporarily since I had to put car in storage for a year after I sold my house)-Could use some under dash wiring cleaned up-rear window hasn’t been installed because package tray is incomplete (was trying to decide on sinking speakers into package tray)-air filter setup isn’t done and is temporary-transmission makes bad noise on deceleration and i will include a low mileage 4l80e upon purchase this is still a project car but add your finishing touches to interior to make it your own! sold as is
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