Vintage Truck Restoration

Happen to be looking for tech support? Maybe installing something on that project of yours and you need a few pointers? Well, here in our technical section you can find articles, tips, and helpful guides related to anything you might be building on your classic truck.

Page 1: Classic Truck Parts & Accessories

	Custom Luggage Rack - Hauling The Goods With Class Owning a wicked cool classic truck certainly has its benefits, especially when you top off the tank and hit the open road to enjoy putting... more


	1956 Chevrolet Door Install - Swingin’ For The Fences Midway through the process of installing a load of patch panels courtesy of Brothers Trucks on the Project ’56, we came to the realization... more


	Ford F350 Rear Suspension Fix - The Hot Rod Hauler It’s been said that no good deed goes unrewarded, but if recent events give any indication, we’d also say that no stupid act goes... more


	1968 Chevrolet C10 Restoration - Two-Tone Revival! After installing the Custom trim kit on the windshield and rear window of the ’68 C10 project truck, it was painfully obvious that... more


	Crafting A Pickup Bed - Bed Styling On Order Back a decade or so ago, our buddy Kev Elliott, as editor of Custom Car in the UK, was building a ’46 Ford roadster pickup. more


	May 2012 Custom Classic Marketplace Check out this month's selection of parts for your custom classic truck more


	Ford F-350 Rear Suspension Upgrade - Spring Time For The Hot Rod Hauler No matter how much planning is done project vehicles seem to establish their own direction. Take our Hot Rod Hauler as an example, we had... more


	Adding Contemporary Cab Components - Hidden Tunes Over the past couple of months, I’ve sorted out just about every aspect of the C10 that’s mechanical in nature. more


	Filling Holes & Fixing Mirrors - A Shave And A Haircut Like many old trucks out there, my ’68 came with all the extra add-ons and “upgrades” that the previous owners deemed necessary at some... more


	Shaving A Firewall - Smooth Moves After last month’s inspection of his newest project and following its return from the sandblaster, our tech center main man Jason... more


	How To French Headlights - Head Strong When GM developed the headlight design of the ’55 Chevy, it was all about show and chrome. The design was structured around a lustrous... more


	April 2012 Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace Rocket Racing Wheels changes the game by unveiling the first 6-lug, five-spoke, classic-style truck wheel. more


	1968 Chevrolet C10 Air Conditioning Install - Creature Comforts On Ice, Part Two When we left off last month, I’d pulled all the stock heater junk out of the truck and installed the condenser and dash vents, as well as... more


	1956 Chevrolet Truck Project - Blast Off! Having had my fun with a few projects over the last couple of years, I figured it was time to let our SIM Tech Center Manager Jason... more


	Chevrolet Suspension Upgrade - Stand And Deliver, Part II When we departed last month, we had the nose of our project C10 down nice and low, but the rear had yet to be sorted. more


	March 2012 Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace Check out this month's selection of parts for your custom classic truck. more


	Tips On Backyard Bodywork - Home Study Building a custom classic cruck can be an overwhelming activity, particularly when lots of bodywork is required. more


	1973 Ford F-350 Air Bag Install - Hot Rod Hauler When we started project Hot Rod Hauler, our intent was simple enough, we wanted to make our workhorse ’73 Ford 350 a little more... more


	February 2012 Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace - Classic Marketplace Check out this month's parts in the Custom Classic Trucks Marketplace. more


	Chevrolet C10 Suspension Upgrade - Stand And Deliver I’ve covered a handful of upgrades made to the project C10 over the last couple of months but by far the biggest improvements I’ve made... more


	Air Conditioning Install - Creature Comforts On Ice One of the best creature comforts that can be added or upgraded to our old trucks is air conditioning. more


	Bear Claw Latch Install - Striking Distance One kit that will bring things full circle is their power bear claw latch kit, which will outfit your ride with all the necessary upgrades.... more


	Rear Axle Install - Hot Rod Hauler One of our goals for the Hot Rod Hauler was to get it a little closer to the ground and still maintain its load carrying capacity. more


	1955 Chevy Chop - Chop Suey Last month we left off finishing the structural support of this ’55 Chevy’s chopped top. more


	DIY Stainless Steel Exhaust - A Sound Alternative Exhaust work is something that most guys outsource to a local shop due to the fact that most of us either don’t have a lift, don’t weld,... more

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	1954 Ford F-100 - Jumping In At The Top! When you talk about creating a top-of-the-line, trophy-winning, feature-worthy, custom truck, the progression generally takes a while.... more
	Crafting A Pickup Bed - Bed Styling On Order Back a decade or so ago, our buddy Kev Elliott, as editor of Custom Car in the UK, was building a ’46 Ford roadster pickup.... more
	1954 Ford F100 - Tangerine Dream Building a truck in your home garage is time consuming, fun, frustrating, rewarding and in the end well worth every minute spent in the garage. For Brent Dockery the building process was a great way... more
	1969 Chevrolet C10 - Inverted Inheritance Passing a classic truck down from father to son is an American tradition. However, for Steve Johnson and his son Sam, that tradition actually worked backward.... more
	1957 Ford F-100 - Readers' Trucks We have a feeling we’d like Louisiana’s Phillip Jones, the owner of this emerald green F-100.... more
	1961 Chevrolet Apache - 1COOL61 Most classic trucks when they were purchased new or second hand years ago were purchased for utility, after all they were trucks—they served a use—and in their owners minds would likely serve no... more
	1985 Chevrolet Silverado - Readers’ Trucks Dewayne Lashley from Moss Point, Mississippi, shared the story of his C10.... more
	1951 Chevrolet Truck - Show ’n’ Go Chevy Remember that Christmas (birthday/anniversary/Valentine’s Day) when you bought your wife the MIG welder (socket wrenches/jet ski/pool table) that was supposed to be hers but you ended up using it... more
	May 2012 Custom Classic Marketplace Check out this month's selection of parts for your custom classic truck... more
	1968 Chevrolet C10 Restoration - Two-Tone Revival! After installing the Custom trim kit on the windshield and rear window of the ’68 C10 project truck, it was painfully obvious that something needed to be done about the top half of the cab.... more

	Classic Instruments '53-'55 F-100 Package Check out Classic Instruments retro-fit unit for '53-'55 Ford trucks. Original... more
	Presented by The Long Beach Model "T" Club All Antique, Classic, and Automotive Hobby Related Items Friday July 20, & Saturday, July 21,... more
	The Grand Daddy of Them All Jan. 27-29, 2012 at the Fairplex in Pomona Over 500 show vehicles and motorcycles will compete for... more
	Saving the Salt: Part 4 When it comes to the BLM assuming its responsibility to preserve and protect the Bonneville Salt... more

	59 fleetside electrical question. my father and i just finished a project on this truck. he is retired so he did most of the work.... more
	58 chevy apache fleetside restore Hey everyone, I just started on my 1958 Chevy apache fleetside 3200 truck. So far, I have the... more
	1956 3100 chevy truck. help! Hi all!! hope some one can help me with this.. please! I am trying to restore my 1956 3100 chevy... more
	WANTED: Early 50's Suburban Fender Help! I need to locate a clean 1948-1954 Suburban or Panel truck driver side rear fender and... more