All Chevrolet and GMC trucks left the factory with bed wood materials through the early 1970s. The planks met with cross sills and reinforcement strips for a finished look. If your first-series Chevy or GMC truck needs restoration work, follow the instructions below to see… read more »
Project Builds
How to Clean Up Old Aluminum Valve Covers
When we were building the 1953 Chevy pickup, we had an older small block chevy sitting around and decided to clean it up and use it for the build. Since our goal was to build a better version of what might have come from the… read more »
How to Align the Hood on a 1947-1954 Chevy or GMC Pickup
If you’ve replaced any of the sheet metal on the front of your 1st Series (Advance Design) GM truck, then you know how challenging it can be to get it to align when putting it back together. We found this out first hand when building… read more »
The Raybuck 1953 Chevy Truck Build
About a year ago we decided that we should get a truck and repair it with as many parts that we sell as possible. In May of 2015 we found a 1953 Chevy 1/2 ton that was in need of some major TLC, and we… read more »