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- Uncle Robert, my Father (Lee Ottis) and I taking a photo break in front of the truck during the rebuild process.
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- My Father reworking the new brake lines
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- Upgrading the dash to include additional guages
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- After stripping the paint and starting to rework/replace rusted panels
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- Front view of reworked hood, front fenders and grill area.
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- Starting to come together and look like a ’57 truck again.
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- Sneek preview of the finished product after the front has received a fresh coat of paint.
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- Preparation prior to pushing into the paint booth.
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- Reassembly of the bed (box) and cab after receiving some paint.
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- My cousin Al reworking/sanding the hood
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- Another angle of the front coming together after coming out of the paint booth.
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- You can see the reworked dash and custom steering wheel that matches the custom Bonspeed wheels.
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- Side shot and peek of the finish product
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- Truck bed in prep before going under surgery in the paint booth by Dr. Al, the auto plastic surgeon when it comes to silky slick paint jobs!
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- Here’s the reworked frame after sandblasting and being covered with rust protection…I had the opportunity to paint a few strokes here (smile).
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- The truck bed after paint…literally night and day from where it began.
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- Back of the truck cab after paint.
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- Back of truck cab before being painted
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- Preparing for the paint booth!
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- Here’s a side view after the truck bed, cab back and jams have been painted.
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- A quick shot of the engine bay after paint.
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- Do not touch!….Wet paint….actually it’s dry but the craftsmanship & skill that went into completing the paint gives the allusion of “fresh paint”. Very hard to do when painting black because it exposes all imperfections
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- Here’s the original ’57 completely dissembled before the restoration started.
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- Before picture of the rear frame, drive train and inner bed box without the wooden floors.
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- Original picture of the Chevy small block 350 before receiving a bath and some new shoes.