1949 GMC 150 ecorod shop truck Red

1949 GMC 150. LU3 4.3 V6 and 4l60e automatic, S10 chassis, new everything, wipers, HVAC, tilt, cruise, full gauges. Old look, modern everything. Perfect for a shop runner, great truck for someone who wants the old farm truck look without the banging or rattling or tinkering with carbs when the weather changes. I am not a pro builder, just a hobbyist, a work-from-home contract engineer with lots of free time, and someone who loves making dissimilar stuff work together. Originally a grain truck with a flatbed, found in a kansas field with other trucks. It was going to scrap because it was a hard luck truck, the frame cut in half and the grain bed long gone. the odometer only showed 1300 miles and, according to the owner, it had been wrecked twice in that short time, the first was a fence post down the passenger door (repaired) and the next it had rolled down a hill into a tree, ruining the motor (cracked block) and the front clip. Maybe I shouldnt have, but I agreed to buy it with the other trucks he was selling me, five in total, and this is the last build from that purchase. Squirrels nesting in the cab for nearly 70 years rusted out some of the cab and I replaced both rear cab corners and both lower hinge pockets. It also needed replacement (used) front end sheetmetal. I used a truck bed trailer with a nice 1/2 ton bed and half running boards and combined them to the existing short running boards. I did not spent hundred of hours fixing dents, but the body is structurally sound again. this truck will never win best of show but it will haul a load of lumber and drive very nicely. The frame is a 2003 S10 longbed. The drivetrain, fuel system, electrical system, steering column, brake system, also came from the same 2003 S10. It has an EFI Vortec 4.3 LU3 MPFI engine, no spider poppets it has fuel injectors. The engine and trans are installed complete and unaltered with PCM and BCM. Has bussed electrical system and high pressure fuel system with plastic gas tank. Cruise control, daytime running lights, lights on bonger, 30 second dome lights. stock S10 HVAC installed and working, works from factory S10 controls in glovebox. 4L60E overdrive trans with 3.42 rear pinion. power steering and disc front brakes. WHen you need parts, any parts store will have them, there are no special components or mail order only parts used. New parts installed: upper and lower control arms with balljoints and bushings, sway bar and end links/bushings, front calipers pads and rotors, brake lines, master cylinder, 2" drop springs, 2" Belltech drop spindles, KYB monotube shocks front and rear, 4" western chassis drop leafs, replacement 53" driveshaft, engine mounts, new radiator, new Mobsteel Detroit Steel Wheel 20x8 and 20x9 artillery wheels powdercoated red with 20" stainless trim rings, new 245/45 and 275/45 all season tires, reproduction 1949 stainless GMC hubcaps modified to fit the wheels. There are no spacers used, the wheels were custom ordered with the correct offsets. new lug nuts, new cap and rotor, temp sender. New 2 chamber headlights (for proper operation of DRLs) LED front turn signals and stainless 54-49 LED rear taillights, fuel filter, air filter, rubber backed carpet and heavy jute under carpet padding, recovered (vinyl) bench seat from 88-98 chevy truck, new port engineering wiper system, windshield and windshield rubber seal, door glass and door glass felt and rubber seals, door glass channels, door windlace, running board gap seals, stainless mirror, outside door handles, front fender hardware, rear fender hardware, running board hardware, new transmission cover, borgeson steering shaft and u joints. Mobil One full synthetic oil change, and all new fluids. I sanded and painted the frame black before installing the body. New CON2R GMC programmable gauges with LED backlighting, these are custom made to exactly fit the openings and be driven by the 2003 senders.