Custom, Frame-Off Restored 5-Window 3100 327ci V8 Automatic Air Conditioning ///
This 1949 Chevrolet 3100 5-window is a ground-up custom build blending traditional Advance-Design styling with modern performance upgrades. Sourced from the Southwest, it was fully disassembled and restored with new fenders, running boards, and complete bed sheet metal, along with 1952 doors featuring factory vent windows. Finished in PPG custom-blended Pond Green with a black cab top, it features fresh trim, NOS Unity fog lights, a power-operated hard tonneau cover over a pine wood bed floor, and 15" US Wheel "Rat Rod" steel wheels wrapped in B.F. Goodrich wide whitewalls with bullet caps and custom trim rings. Power comes from a Five Star Engines-built 327ci small block with Sealed Power pistons, Comp camshaft, and double-hump heads, topped by an Edelbrock three-deuce intake with triple Rochester carburetors configured with a functional center carburetor. A GM 700R4 automatic four-speed transmission sends power to a 10-bolt rear axle with 3.42 gears and Moser axles. The boxed factory frame incorporates a Mustang II independent front suspension with power rack-and-pinion steering and four-wheel power disc brakes. Inside the two-tone cabin, a custom Glide Engineering split bench in black diamond-pattern leather is complemented by Classic Instruments gauges, a 1959 Impala-style steering wheel on a tilting ididit column, Hurst shifter, modern air conditioning by Vintage Air, power windows, backup camera, and a Custom Autosound head unit. A cohesive and well-executed build, this 3100 combines structural refinement, vintage character, and strong street manners.
This 1949 Chevrolet 3100 5-window is a ground-up custom build blending traditional Advance-Design styling with modern performance upgrades. Sourced from the Southwest, it was fully disassembled and restored with new fenders, running boards, and complete bed sheet metal, along with 1952 doors featuring factory vent windows. Finished in PPG custom-blended Pond Green with a black cab top, it features fresh trim, NOS Unity fog lights, a power-operated hard tonneau cover over a pine wood bed floor, and 15" US Wheel "Rat Rod" steel wheels wrapped in B.F. Goodrich wide whitewalls with bullet caps and custom trim rings. Power comes from a Five Star Engines-built 327ci small block with Sealed Power pistons, Comp camshaft, and double-hump heads, topped by an Edelbrock three-deuce intake with triple Rochester carburetors configured with a functional center carburetor. A GM 700R4 automatic four-speed transmission sends power to a 10-bolt rear axle with 3.42 gears and Moser axles. The boxed factory frame incorporates a Mustang II independent front suspension with power rack-and-pinion steering and four-wheel power disc brakes. Inside the two-tone cabin, a custom Glide Engineering split bench in black diamond-pattern leather is complemented by Classic Instruments gauges, a 1959 Impala-style steering wheel on a tilting ididit column, Hurst shifter, modern air conditioning by Vintage Air, power windows, backup camera, and a Custom Autosound head unit. A cohesive and well-executed build, this 3100 combines structural refinement, vintage character, and strong street manners.