#Kiowa57

1957 Chevy 3100 Duramax

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Build Details

’06 6.6L Duramax LBZ with Allison 6 speed.
Custom, titanium inner fenders, tanks, ducting, upper radiator tube and more. Work by Hutch’s Welding, materials supplied and sponsored by TiCON Industries.
Porterbuilt v7 front dropmember (modded to receive Duramax), CPP big brake kit, slammed specialties bags
Custom back half with watts link, spec built 9”, wilwood brakes, Ridetech shockwaves
Detroit Steel Wheels 20×8.5 and 20×11. Diamondback tires

Accuair Endo VT with e-level
Vintage Air HVAC and controls
Chopped 2” with modified door line
’55 Grill, ’58-59 fleetside
Advantage Stealth Black single stage paint, SPI epoxy primer
Hydroboost, water to air intercooler, removable bed sides, custom exhaust w/ tip made to fit cutout in flipped bumper, Air Dog.

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Behind the Build

After a bunch of conversations regarding the issues with the longevity of modern cars and the availability of parts, I started doing resto-mods.

I had a 1953 Chevy pickup (Dutch) on an S-10 chassis that I had been working on. I had finished the interior and it was so nice to be in I decided to do an 8000 mile road trip around the country so I could take shots of it in front of cool backdrops all along the way.

When I returned someone left me a note that they had to have it and I sold it. I purchased a 1952 Chevy Deluxe with the intention of using it as a daily but it was too nice and not ready for that.

I had been driving a first gen scion XB around for a while I was getting an itch for another truck that I could daily and heard about this truck. It was buried in a room of other vehicles so I didn’t test drive it but it already had decent curb appeal and bags, it started right up and idled smoothly, so I thought it was a good start.

Shortly after getting it, I noticed it was leaking and that led to inspection and I discovered the cam was worn out and it had terrible front suspension geometry. The 283 wasn’t worth rebuilding and I didn’t want to do an “in the meantime” ~350 replacement. My friend and I had just started Dmax Swap, he volunteered to setup the chassis with me and we’d put an LS in it. I told him, if you’re donating the time, let’s make it worth it for you too and put a Duramax in it! And that’s how it began…