FULL REBUILD: 1949 Chevy 3100 Truck with a Hopped Up Straight Six and Patina Paint

This 1949 Chevy 3100 will end up with a great new look and Chevy's vintage straight six. Our retro Chevy 3100 is not only going to end up with a great new look, but its power plant will also be Chevy's vintage straight six. We are "Frenching" our headlights and "Tunneling" our taillights, painting with brushes and a roller to create a look that takes mother nature 50 years to create, and take it from a three-window to a five-window fishbowl with some aftermarket glass.

[@jonarment1229]

And just like that, it's Saturday morning, and I'm a teenager again. I love these old Horsepower TV shows.

[@bldlightpainting]

KZbin, stop pushing your experimental drug ads everywhere! My immune system is just fine.

[@BruceLee-xn3nn]

Pill commercials on TV too. First prescription pills I remember being advertised on TV were Viagra. Now it's pill for everything under the sun.

[@patrickhurst6525]

I really love having undomack ❤

[@allentinnell4497]

Good to see you driving through my neck of the woods seeing you stop at all the places that I've been

[@mbot5839]

Glad you's are doing this on a buget, like most people would be doing..

[@robertberns3661]

a huge budget

[@garybrown7044]

i'll be glad when the"patina" craze runs it's course & restorers start building nice looking vehicles again.

[@adseish]

Yes I totally agree

[@atomicbogator6799]

Well I believe it looks great if its actually patina not paint to look like rust

[@usemyspork6544]

I agree, and this tendency to lower everything. leave the period pie crust tires get some white walls chrome steelies with a dog dish hub cap.

[@cadenwalker3938]

@@atomicbogator6799 yeah, a true patina is okay but when it’s obviously fake I don’t like it

[@williamcharles9480]

Patina separates the real hotrodders from those rich guys that don't know a wrench from their credit card.

[@franklinohlin8224]

My 52 is all original, and that's the way it's going to stay

[@thisfool260]

Congratulations Franklin thanks for sharing 👏

[@Ghost-og1oc]

And now...? What you wanna say?

[@franklinohlin8224]

So is mine... right down to the 6-ply 6.00-15 tires

[@knightdodson5573]

I have a 1949 and I’m going to put a 454 in iy

[@SpookStatik]

Yes

[@maggs131]

This is soooo much better than a $100k resto that lives behind a velvet rope. Ill take a driver over a pebble beach winner any day 👌

[@renegarza492]

good job boys

[@Mark_Tschetter]

These classics deserve to be restored and preserved.

[@Ilovechocolatelabs]

i agree 100% i hat it when people get great old trucks and turn them in to hot rods

[@jordanwiley4582]

well that one was restored in the 80s, so its not original anymore.

[@Ilovechocolatelabs]

@Motersickle Bum that is true I can’t stand lowered trucks such a waist

[@Ilovechocolatelabs]

@Motersickle Bum that is a terrible story I work in a tire shop and I occasionally see that kind of stuff and it just makes me so mad I saw a guy who had a diesel 1986 dually GMC that he had lowered and put passenger rated tires on it which is actually illegal for a 3/4 ton Axel it was so bad

[@Ilovechocolatelabs]

@John Smith keep it as a truck it looks pretty ugly lowered and you still have a bed a motor built to work

[@jamesscimone1447]

Nice custom work... don't listen to the "Haters" guys.... NICE WORK !!!

[@slowcountryboy476]

My last year in the military I had a '49 Chevy pick up. I rebuilt the 235 engine that was in it, backed it with a 3 speed overdrive tyranny (eh..which... I mean transmission) with a floor shifter, installed a '56 Chevy passanger rear end, and installed a '52 Chevy passenger car front suspension that lowered the truck way down. I installed 4" lowering blocks under the rear end. I converted it to 12 volts, installed a '66 Pontiac tilt column, and installed rear door window motor/regulators from a '64 Oldsmobile so I could have power windows. I also had Lakes pipes on the edge of the running boards with a notch cut into the front fenders. The mufflers were 12" oval glass packs installed just inside the notched fenders. The stock exhaust manifold was "split" for that old school "Twice Pipe" sound. The wheels were chrome Rocket brand brand wheels that kinda look like the old Cragers. The tires were 5x20x15 (white stripped) for the low rider look. That truck was my old girl friend's favorite vehicle to drive because she used to like to drive it on windy roads. She favored it over my '56 Belaire with a 375 horse 327!!

[@schoonymopar]

a former co-workers dad bought this truck and owned it for a short time before selling . I found it interesting that they never went back and finished a lot of the fabricated items like the mounts they only painted the one side.

[@sparky6086]

I had the same truck as the first 4 wheel vehicle, that I even owned. It was green, but was a rust bucket. The 3 on the tree would occasionally get stuck between gears too. Had the starter pedal on the floor and the oil bath air cleaner. A lot of fun, back in '82.

[@terencedoherty3645]

So professional. A pleasure to watch. We'll done.

[@NVMDSTEvil]

wish new vehicle water pumps were that easy to change

[@sparky6086]

This was the first vehicle, which I owned. The 3 on the tree shift linkage would also get stuck between gears, but it was easy enough to straighten out quickly at the field. It was stock and I used it as a daily driver back in the early '80's. It had no problems keeping up with traffic on the expressway. Don't know what the top speed was but cruising at 75 mph wasn't a strain. As far as the brakes, I had to "think ahead". It had the oil bath air filter, but didn't have an oil filter. That was kind of cool.

[@Frosty_Saiyajin]

A great man once said Your welds should sound like bacon, but if they smell like it, you're on fire

[@MB-xz1gh]

Never heard that one..i like it

[@johnnyhutto4281]

that blue flame 6 was also used in the corvette up until 1955.

[@Giitzerland]

THat older metal is so different than what we have today, it just wants to live forever, I love it.

[@txslxs]

I learned to drive in a 49 Chevy truck. My Dad bought one from a friend and he went they it front to back restored everything. Painted it midnight blue and keep it for at least 15 years. My maternal grandfather had a yellow one that was his farm truck and drove it all around the farm and ranch. Feeding cows taking water and food out to him and the workers I harvest and planting time. I also drove it hailing the cotton trailers in Sept and stacking old sq bail hay for storing in his barns. I was so short when I started that I set on a wooden coke/ Dr Pepper case to see over the wheel.

[@bigredracer7848]

8👍's up gunpowder & gasoline thanks again for taking us all along with you for the great show

[@jonathancohen2506]

I’m so glad I found this video! I have an early ‘55 in similar condition. I’ve long wanted to upgrade some aspects and you really showed me what’s possible. Luckily I’ve got lots of patina already! But the suspension and drivetrain tips were great. I already rebuild the engine but I do want to add the twin intake and carbs. I’d also like to add an electric choke. I’d like to stick with a manual transmission but I’ll find something for that. Love it! (I also live just down the road form Chevs of the 40s) so parts abound!

[@z-hilly4419]

I'm in Texas come get it painted. It will look like a mirror 🪞

[@canibmeplz260]

Vice grip garage did a fuel injection install on the same motor in a video. Check it out

[@ianhoyt2638]

@@canibmeplz260 Nope, VGG did a later six.

[@chopplolo72]

I watched this landscape on my 76 inch TV and those tight joggers had my wife drooling. Quit that immediately.

[@JustShortOf]

You guys are lucky you found a '49 in such great condition. I enjoyed watching your mods. Thanks!

[@SeeMooreVids]

Absolutely a super build. It’s what Dream rides are made of. Congratulations and Thank you for the video. Steve, Plymouth, MA

[@howardnielsen6220]

We own and built a 50 with a 261 out of school bus, duel Webber’s, Fenton Headers, Saginaw four speed transmission, twelve bolt GM rear end with 3:07’s Power disks brakes, power steering , mono leaf springs all the way around.

[@jimjamess8633]

I have a friend with a 53, 3100. He also has a 261. But, had a radical cam manufactured for it and has a Corvette triple carb side intake and duel exhaust system. Damn thing is fast!

[@stevesimone1104]

"We don't build them to look at them". You obviously got that right.

[@gparrillo813]

Excellent job!! I love that all you did on this project is low cost..

[@abdullax2739]

The best truck project i ever seen, awesome simple job i would do on my 53 3100

[@Wicked_RotF30]

Better than copperhead?🧐 Highly doubt it.

[@ERProductionsOFFICIAL]

@@Wicked_RotF30 ñ ó poop ó poop lo😋 C.

[@tonyt.9430]

It's hard to make faux patina look good but they did it 👍🏼⚡

[@maggs131]

Yes I've seen sooo many that just look absolutely terrible but this truck looks sweet

[@ty2010]

Chopping up and throwing away half of a 49 in good condition is so much more rewarding than just putting a cab on a later model frame m'kay

[@TheMilfMoncher]

But that’s…not the point?

[@ty2010]

@@TheMilfMoncher Was destruction the point? We getting into ship of Theseus territory here.

[@foxmpomas2413]

This truck is 45 years older then me, and still looks better then me.

[@youngmijo6133]

I bet it does

[@LimitedGunnerGM]

I truly appreciate the start to finish montage videos.

[@FlyDown306]

Thank you for adding this!

[@brandonjimenez1798]

O o o o mmm mmm.

[@adwaafnan8083]

@@brandonjimenez1798 kokk

[@dtrides]

Nice job! I had a 50 with a 250 I-6 ,headers and dual exhaust and a car 4-speed. I slightly updated the suspension with mono springs, factory front sway bar and a disc brake conversion. A newer car rear end was installed with appropriate gearing so I could just slide down the freeway as needed. It was a lot of fun and literally used as a farm truck to haul hay for the horse and materials for home projects. :) DT

[@bgdavenport]

I'm seeing this in Jan 2020. The paint job ya'll did is an inspiration!

[@greenmachine55]

I love watching all these shows every weekend growing up and one day I want to restore a classic like this myself one day

[@michaelflores2680]

This project went on a body work tangent. The frenched in lamps and five window mods seem more suited to a basket case, not an original 3 window in pretty good shape.

[@dmc5291]

Just makes the 3 window unrestored survivors that much more rare and appreciated.

[@dennistromblee1630]

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[@JRRott-mj5jq]

I don’t always agree on the stuff yall do but I gotta say ever since I’ve watched truck’s show and shade tree mechanic before y’all you guys always do nice work and I really appreciate that.

[@makaylaslater5247]

I love those old trucks. The dings inside the bed just tell a story of it's life.

[@johnv.cramer3008]

I love the front motor mount.!!!!

[@knock904]

Man great video..This exactly my situation with a customer car ..this exactly how I showed them only with DVM..just ordered my oscilloscope..gotta have it ..I'm just a DIY mechanic..Gaining more more knowledge .Thanks to guys like you....I just shared video with customer..Only wish could have made follow through video..

[@Wrenchen-with-Darren]

Now this is a great show...awsome truck. I will be waiting to see more. Thanks

[@bdayo4406]

Great build! I've watched it 3 times. Thanks for providing the source name of suppliers and a rough budget. The paint is perfect!!!

[@randolfo1265]

REALLY Like this truck, and the choice to keep the six. I would have gone for a modern 5 speed, but still Love it!

[@Kunfucious577]

I about 95% sure none of that is as easy as it looks on this show.

[@tlm454x]

Love this build, it gives me inspiration for a future build.

[@XLexieXBabyX]

i would have kept it exactly how it was, but i will admit, thier work and welds are great!

[@BigDawgCleveland]

I agree!

[@billsancho6428]

Excellent play-by-play! Fantastic job explaining everything and a real nice job on the outcome. Guess you can't please everyone! Nice looking truck!

[@thomaslockwood8870]

Yeah I put it on fast forward a couple a times. Looks like they did full rerun at the end. Could a skipped it all. I don't like the looks. Not a rat rod lover. Ugly as hell and slow. Other n that I love it.

[@andrewpotter9308]

No point Samson? Nicest place we stayed on the coast of WA! The wife and where walking out on the point with water on both sides and then suddenly a whale no more than 20m away came up for air. Amazing!!!! Still enjoy your travels and reminds me of 15 years ago when we did it! Keep up the good work!

[@crotalusatrox7931]

Reminds me of my first vehicle, a fully restored to original 1950 GMC pickup which I purchased for $300. That was in 1973 and it was old then but looked and drove like a dream. 3 on the column of the largest steering wheel you've ever seen, had to be big because there was no power steering. 6 volt battery system located under the passenger side of the bench seat, floor starter which required you to push in the clutch and gas pedal while crossing your right foot across the starter petal. A toasty box heater underneath the passenger side dash, no turn signals (you had to use arm signals sticking your left arm out the window) and one tail light located on passenger rear bumper. Positive traction and could go most anywhere. Once drove it across a flooded lowland and the water began to come up into the cab, 2/3 of the truck was submerged but it made it across. Changed the oil with no damage...what a truck.

[@martentrudeau6948]

What a great truck, I like everything about that truck. It's mechanically and aesthetically a work of art! Great video too.

[@DE-ok4ld]

Love these builds that don't require a DEEEEEP pocket book! Too bad you guys don't do shows like this anymore (for the average joe). Not all of us get our parts donated to us from Summit racing.

[@theweldor757]

I grew up in a 49 truck like this . The old man put a willies front axel in it . So it was 4wd . He liked brownie transmissions ! He shidt 3 gears . Reach down grab a third lever on the floor . Go through the same 3 gears again . Old man was sharp ! He was knowin back in the day for building straight six 250s that ate fords 390s ! Guy put a brownie transmission in his 1980 chevy dually . Flash back ! Oshkosh Nebraska . Big hill headin south . Old mans brother had a new ford with the 460 . Both had goose neck trailers loaded to the hilt with hay bales . Old mans brother says keep yr chevy outta my way goin up that hill ! We took off . Old mans brother got out front early . About half way up the hill we blew on by ! 400 small block ! Low gear high range on the brownie ! Left mac behind ! Those were the good ol days ! Good times !

[@obs4life228]

I love this truck. Nice jobs guys

[@Friedbrain11]

First vehicle i learned to drive was a 1951 Chevy pickup my Grandpa owned. Love those old pickup trucks still to this day. A friend in high school had a '49 and it was our favorite vehicle to run around in and to to other small towns. A 4 speed with floor shifter solves the hanging shift mechanism. My ol' '60 Apache 10 had the same problem. Made some changes and got it working ,but i was still the only one that could shift it. Automatic in those ol' pickups is heresy and a Ford crap front end...you guys really know how to screw it up.

[@55classic1]

would you rather have seen a Nissan front member in there instead?

[@richardarthur8191]

I like the copper bumper and grill, and the upgrade on motor and transmission.

[@gerardothielen4310]

Nice job. I like the fact that it is a truck you can drive everyday.

[@nevyen149]

I just became the 3rd owner of a 1948 5-window with duallys and a nice stake bed. It needs work, but it runs, and looks all there...including the original owner's manual and every registration card ever issued.

[@bizkit81]

Love to see you guys riding around Lawrence county!

[@brickcity9mm327]

So right this channel butthole & vaseline makes great content.

[@user-wm1js2no9x]

Thats one GORGEOUS truck inside&out love the SOUND.😊

[@user-ob2me8us5v]

I’ll will love do this kind of stuff like this someday

[@2darknight]

Just found this, thank you! I love the explanation on the mods and detail on the work. You guys are doing DIY right! Appreciate the time/effort put into this!

[@MrTPoops]

i love these full builds thank you keepem coming

[@kevinfox500]

The employees at Advance Plating coming in, and doing the clean up and other work, in shifrs, every day says so much about about fhe kind of people fhar work there. A crew any boss would be proud of. And even more about their boss. Respect.

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. A TOTALLY AWESOME BUILD!!!! A GREAT DAILY DRIVER. TOTALLY AWSOME VIDEO!!! I LEARNED SO MUCH. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT. SHE CAME OUT GREAT!!!!

[@Volfandt]

I HIGHLY enjoyed your build and Vlog. I saw many things I'd like to do to my 49 restomod GMC but wouldn't think of doing to my mostly stock 49 Chevy 3100 which has it's natural petina going on. The GMC is for mod and fun, the Chevy is to remain as period correct as possible but both are road machines and get driven regularly. Thanks for the idea's and references. Carry on.

[@rustygladden9781]

Nice work guys!

[@nancysmith9487]

Really nice work, cool look on a budget... neat idea with copper and especially the statue of liberty techniques

[@dannybetts6929]

🙄a budget most can't afford.

[@nancysmith9487]

🗽 Statue of liberty had help from workers with it coloration during golden showers of the days...

[@JakeHarrington]

Awesome build! The fauxTina is beautiful!

[@PsychoDad1]

Those LED headlights are bright as hell I love that part but I still can't accept how the inside of the bulb looks all bug eyed.

[@NWGarage]

“ leds aren’t just for your computer anymore “ the nostalgia is gnarly 😂😂😂

[@williamfreret6859]

Seeing the picture of the video I was reluctant to see it so I've seen all other Full Builds video but now I've to admit it's the best I've seen!!! 🤩Of course all others are great too but this one is a Real Budget in Mind (from products to tools used) every gear nuts can do it from start to finish and I'm sure the driving experience must be top notch! A perfect mild Custom daily driver that can do it all! Nice. 😎

[@darthbuster]

Like others have said, it would be nice to get a total cost number. I was torn about modifying something so old and nice, however I love the finished product.

[@luckygunner8089]

Hell yeah! It looks really sweet! The only thing I really didn't like was the primer spots on the paint job. Everything else rocks!!

[@keithmorse7665]

I for one hated the Patina look. However, I do love the end result of this truck. I hated the look of the 'inspiration' truck and would gladly spent the thousands of dollars to paint it. But, I would not change a thing of the end result of this truck. Good job in changing my stance on some Patina paint jobs.

[@KAS6558]

nice work!

[@mistervacation23]

Back when grandma would knit a special embroided lace dust cover for it.

[@TungstenCarbideTempe]

And you’d swear to you friends that it improved car’s performance

[@mistervacation23]

@@TungstenCarbideTempe For sure

[@brucewilson1958]

I drove a '49 as my work truck for 15 years until it was falling apart and I sold it on Ebay. I miss it sometimes but have so many good memories...except for the brakes.

[@terrypetty9822]

When I got mine, I had to put new rubbers on all the brake cylinders and the master cylinder.

[@stephenlangsdorf1230]

I believe in the very beginning you said I ad a 216 an you were going to move the gas tank, just wanted you to know that someone really listened. Good job really appreciate the time and effort you put into the show, thank you.!!!!!

[@dennislockhart5820]

With the alternator upgrade the belt is out of line, maybe one of the reasons the water pump went out. Enjoyed watching another good episode.

[@fixitmann6685]

Shoulda left it 6 volt original generator, more authentic. But then again, the old 6 volt systems didn't work all that well. I had numerous problems with my '53 back in the day when I put Yellow Front batteries in it about twice a year.

[@johnswick4593]

If I had two 5 windows I would do this to one of them. My 54 is bone stock, however, I would do what you guys did to your 49 as a daily driver. Nice work.

[@swivelgate]

One of the best videos on these trucks !

[@Unit957]

... I'm reliving the younger years of my life through your videos..and learning some new stuff also.

[@dkenney3076]

I love how you guys go for cheaper options for those of us who cannot afford something new or dont want sometjing new

[@apatriot1762]

I can’t believe you picked up that gem for only 6k

[@no_lft_shft]

I was just saying that. It's like an entire secret society of people they know that just has cheap non rust trucks laying around some where lol.

[@nmosfet5797]

Cool. Can you now do a follow up video where you restore it to the way it looked originally?

[@stevesimone1104]

Yeah, because it looked much better originally.

[@kord7779]

my favorite build yet ty for patina paint ideas.

[@allanredgrift217]

kord

[@partridgepimp3363]

When I was a young boy my dad had a 53 3100 in the 70’s. I loved that truck, the side windows, hood, cool tailgate and bed. We used to get our firewood down over this big ridge on the back 40. Even as a kid I was amazed the way that old rear wheel drive would go through the mud and up the ridge on that tiny little tail. The granny gear going up over that hill with a full load of wood. I would love to get one and restore it one day🙂

[@GUNMETALGUYUSA]

DItto, Exactly Every Detail, DItto 👍

[@itsflaco7858]

restoration is the key word.These guys are butchers.

[@fredgalehouse4567]

I will take some tips and use them on my 49.

[@scottburns4515]

This truck build was built years ago. Friend of mine ended up with it and showed it less than 2yrs and pulled the 6cyl out and put a sbc in it. The build was nice but rhe way they did the paint really didn't look that good in person. He sold the truck and I havent seen it since but it was a nice build just not the way I would go with a truck like this.

[@user-cu2ix2cs5b]

너도 이트럭 빌드는 몇년이냐

[@lear187]

Very impressed with your work

[@fertroya5406]

Congrats!!!! Real professionals

[@mattmoschkau84]

Awesome build and my current project truck is following a similar style. You did a great job!! The only complaint I have is as a professional driver. Those little steering wheel knobs are usually referred to as suicide knobs by us, with good reason. Ditch them fast, even a small bump at highway speeds can break an arm if using it, and for more serious incidents that’s when they earn the name suicide knob! I know that’s being kind of picky but that’s one thing that pains me to see on a vehicle! A darn suicide knob!

[@davidbillingsley2763]

I drive a '47 1&1/2 ton almost daily. I took 2 wheels off the rear. I run 7.50x20" 6 ply all around. It's a blast. Not fast, not easy on the spine, but high fives from many folks.

[@deancarver6899]

Dont need 30 ads every episode

[@mikehunt8375]

KZbin vamced! Come on man this is the 21st century why would you pay for KZbin or watch ads? There's ALWAYS a way around ads these days. Google KZbin Vamced. You're welcome.

[@robertberns3661]

I stopped watching and raced to the last few minutes. What a disappointment!

[@pmotorsports8276]

FF to end then re-start no commercials

[@krakenstars5042]

Loved watching this process. Gives me some confidence that I can get an older truck and make it better without breaking the bank. I’m thinking of a ‘67-‘72 c10 as my first project. They’ve become hard to find in decent shape or that have not had “$50k of restoration” performed…

[@elrielero84]

Clean & Bad Ass Work 🔥🔥🔥

[@kellykonoske91]

Glass packs are the shit for a split six! Unfortunately, I liked the truck the way it was.

[@richardcline1337]

Kelly, I agree. I liked it much better than what it is now. My one question is if they were going to hack it to pieces and create nothing like it was originally, why not go to a junk yard and find one that was headed for the crusher and save this beautiful old classic? What they did makes no sense at all when there are so many being crushed daily.

[@nateplacko8323]

This is what I wake up to when I just rest my eyes for a few seconds at night.

[@chrisherbster9589]

Same thing just happened to me lmfao

[@joemitchell2909]

You guys have a great show.