Home > Rat Rod Galleries > Cyber Car Show > 1940 Chevrolet CHOPPED FENDERLESS Truck

1940 Chevrolet CHOPPED FENDERLESS Truck

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE BUILT THIS TRUCK TO DRIVE AND THAT IT DOES. IT WILL PASS MISSOURI SAFETY INSPECTION; WORKING HEADLIGHTS WITH DIMMER SWITCH ON FLOOR. WIPERS, REAL GLASS, NOT PLEXIGLASS, V BUTT WINDSHIELD. INSULATED INTERIOR, SEAT BELTS, AND LOADS OF CHARACTER. IT IS A 1940 CHEVROLET THAT HAS BEEN CHOPPED 5 INCHES, THE BED IS FROM A 1955 CHEVY AND HAS BEEN SHORTENED 18 INCHES, IT HAS A 350 C.I. WITH A 700R4 TRANNY WITH A LOKAR SHIFTER. STRAIGHT AXEL FRONT WITH DISC BRAKES AND ALL CUSTOM MOUNTS, 1975 CHEVELLE REAR CLIP AIR SPRING SUSPENSION ON ALL 4 CORNERS. ONLY THING NOT CUT ON THE TRUCK WAS THE HOOD. IT HAS A 50's FARMALL TRACTOR GRILLE. AND USED BRASS KNUCKLES AS A DECORATION. CUSTOM MADE WRENCH WIND CHIME HANGING FROM THE MIRROR. IT HAS 1967 CAMARO GAUGE CLUSTER WITH HANDMADE FIBERGLASS DASH TO MATCH. 1959 CADILLAC WIRE WHEELS AND WIDEWHITES. 20 GALLON GAS TANK, BATTERY AND STORAGE AREA BELOW THE BED FLOOR. EVEN HAS WORKING DOME LIGHT AND OOOGAH HORN. MOTOR HAS BEEN RECENTLY REBUILT and has Edelbrock carb and intake, TRANNY IS JUST A GOOD USED UNIT. TONS OF NEW PARTS IN THIS TRUCK, INCLUDING EVERYTHING IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF THE PROPORTIONING VALVE AND THE REAR DRUMS. HAS PLENTY OF STOPPING POWER AND NO PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATION. THIS IS NOT SOME THROWN TOGETHER TRUCK LIKE SO MANY OF THEM THAT YOU SEE. THINGS WERE THOUGHT OUT AND DONE RIGHT WITH LOTS OF MILES OF SHAKE DOWN VERY FEW PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN FOUND. THINGS THAT ARE WRONG ARE: STEERING BOX LEAKS AND COULD USE NEW SEALS, SPEEDOMETER NEEDS TO BE CALIBRATED TO BE CORRECT, DRIVERS WINDOW IS BROKEN RIGHT NOW, IF THAT WAS A DEALBREAKER, I WOULD HAVE IT FIXED. IT IS A RAT ROD THAT WILL DRAW A CROWD WHEREVER YOU GO WITH IT. I HAVE WON SEVERAL AWARDS WITH IT AND HAVE HAD A BLAST WITH IT, IT IS JUST TIME TO MOVE ON. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT RUN GO TO YOUTUBE AND TYPE IN RATTITUDE RAT ROD. 1940.


The first half dozen or so photos are of how the truck currently looks. The rest are as it was while building. Will be sold as it looks, with the wires, side pipes, Etc.

more pics →

       

Click any photograph to See-It BIG!