I drove a 1954 Chevy truck to high school back in the 70’s, then married my HS sweetheart and started having kids. So, the truck was sold to buy a family car. For our 30th wedding anniversary my wife found a ‘54 Chevy project truck in Michigan and we went up and bought it. 9 months later it was on the road. For the last 10 years I’ve been buying new parts to do it the right way. We put over 87,000 miles on it during the 10 years and LMC truck featured it in their magazine. But now it’s getting a full frame off restoration plus a fresh 383 SBC with Holley Terminator Stealth fuel injection, headers, E-street aluminum heads, Strange Engineering Dana 60 with true track posi 3.73 diff., Tremec 5-spd, and a new double din radio with navigation and backup camera. The last owner cut part of the dash out and we spent hours looking for a ‘54 cab to take the dash out of. It’s going well but I’m so busy at work that the project is taking longer than I hoped. All the fab, bodywork, paint, wiring, A/C etc. I did myself. I call my truck Houndog because that’s the only name my grandfather ever called me. The pictures of the truck painted is what I did in 2011, then we drove it until I collected all the new parts. This will be the last time I restore it. I hope to get it done before the snow flies so I can drive it a little this year.
