1957 Chevrolet Pickup Owned by Ted McArthur

This 1957 Chevy Pickup is owned by Ted McArthur

In April of ‘95, he purchased this 1957 Chevy pickup for $1,200. After driving it home and cleaning it up a bit he decided it was time to start with a new engine.

He got a 327 cu.in. motor out of a ‘66 Impala that his Uncle had acquired. He rebuilt the motor with a crank built up and rechromed. Bored the motor .020-over, new pistons with a set of 202 heads. He put on Edlebrock split level intake manifold with and Edlebrock street performer 750 carburetor. To this combination, he installed an overdrive to a 3 speed transmission that was a column shift and changed the differential to a 3.56:1 for highway driving.

During this process he found a set of rims from a yard sale in Roxbourough off of some guy that said his Toyota pickup didn’t have enough power to get him down the road like he wanted. $40.00 got hime the set of four.

The frame was cleaned up and a bunch of rocks that had been wedged between the cab and the bed had to be removed. Somebody must have used the truck to haul some river rock back in the day. The chassis, except for the drive train, is all original, as well as the body.

He had to find a replacement door for this 1957 Chevy Pickup. The truck also needed a bunch of other bump work on dents and dings before he primed it. In was eventually painted Dove Grey with a Teal tinted clear coat over the top.

The seats were upholstered as a birthday present one year.

Since he uses the truck in a lot of parades, he installed two 200 watt amplifiers to power his concert speakers

Awards

He took it to many parades and car shows during the work stages. He took 2nd place in Albuquerque New Mexico at a show when I went down there.

He also won trophies for things such as the amount of primer on the vehicle, and for his exhaust pipe configuration at the Funplex Car Show through following years.