Red 50 Chevrolet 5 window Pick-up

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  I purchased “Red 50” a 1950 Chevrolet ½ ton five-window pick-up in 1986 while I was on a business trip to Phoenix, AR. to rebuild as a Hot Rod. I also purchased a junk 1970 Chevrolet pick-up to obtain 350 CI engine with four bolt main bearings and 400 Turbo transmission to rebuild.

I worked 2 ½ years rebuilding Red from the frame up with the following changes:

·I rebuilt & installed a 350 Chevrolet Engine using special hypereutectic pistons I helped develop for Sealed Power’s Speed Pro Division. The engine was run on the Dyno at John Lingenfelter Performance, Decatur, IN. It developed 335 HP @ 5,000 RPM & 345 ft. lbs. of torque @ 4,000 RPM

·I rebuilt & installed a 1969 Camaro positraction rear end.

·I rebuilt & installed an AMC Pacer front-end with power steering, sway bar and power disc brakes.

·New truck bed & hard wood floor with polished stainless steel hardware.

·Centerline Aluminum Racing Wheels.

·6 way power seat.

·A Jasper Engine & Transmission Chevrolet Turbo 400 automatic transmission.

·Genie shifter.

·Stereo radio with 4 speakers & a hidden power antenna.

·Evars Body Shop, Fort Wayne, IN. painted Red 50 Ferrari Red.
 
While I took a lot of the pictures that accompany this write-up, many were taken by friends shown below:
 
··Pictures were taken in front of Zollner Corporation by Jim Trainer to be used in a Zollner Calendar for our customers.

·My brother-in-law Glen Speer took the pictures in front of John Carnes’s home in Palm Harbor, FL. in December 2003.

·A few were taken by Dick Stockwell at a car show & parade I attended in Leamington, Ontario in 1990 where Zollner Canada is located.
 

January 11,2016