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The plan is to salvage the 500 Caddy, 400 TH transmission, and Chrysler 8 3/4 rearend out of my totaled '56 truck and put it all into this '56 panel. I will get a "booster shot" at the upcoming event in Pigeon Forge TN and get busy when I get home.

 

Keep us updated, looks like an interesting and ambitious project.

 

Ma thats a sad site with that 56. But nothing wrong with sa nice panel truck.

 

My goal is to get the panel on the road and drive it to the F100 event in Pigeon Forge in October, I think.

 

Well u better get to work then.

 

He was driving that truck when it got squashed like that.

Going to be a project of remorse/love at the same time

Glad you're still here to build the panel

 

I have changed my mind about how to do the panel. I just got my '55 Studebaker truck on the road and it drives great. It is on an '87 Dodge Dakota chassis. I believe I will put the panel on a Dakota chassis too. #ad

 

Nope. Staying with the original frame and using the Volare IFS and Dodge 8 3/4 rearend under the Panel.

 

Still no progress to speak of on the Panel, but boy when I get started, look out!
I just bought a new welder and I'm ready to start making stuff happen. Now I just need a sponsor.
I brought the wrecked truck home after 15 months of off-site storage to start salvaging parts off of it and my wife is on my case to hurry and get rid of it. She can't stand to see it, so I have it covered with a tarp for now.

 

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I finally started removing parts from my wrecked '56 yesterday to use on the panel. I am amazed at how damaged the dash and steering column was, knowing I an what caused the impact. I will be glad when the time comes to start reinstalling parts on the panel.
I now have a wire welder so I can repair the few areas of rust on the panel.

 

The mangled up cab and front sheet metal from the truck is gone. I hauled it to the scrap yard on Friday. The chassis is sitting in my yard under a tarp covered with several inches of snow. I will bring the panel to it's forever home in a few days.

 

I've had some setbacks and not been able to get anything done to the panel yet but I believe that I am now able to get busy on it. I hope I can get it together and on the road pretty soon.
The friend that I was able to buy the panel back from, after almost 18 years of indoor storage also had two '56 trucks. I think I will try to get them from him too! I should have enough '56s to last me my lifetime and leave one to each of my grandsons.
Neither one is a big window but they are both good solid trucks #ad

 

They look really solid. Save all the old trucks we can! Good luck, Steve

 

I found out that I can't buy the two pickup trucks, at least not right now, but that's ok. I need to get busy and stay with the panel truck to get it on the road.