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The New 1988 Corvette Donor Car Has Arrived

February 24, 2016 1957 GMC Project LS-Z57

If you have been following us you will recall we have been planning a build for our 1957 GMC truck project. The truck has been in the family since it was almost new and it has been in California so very little rust. It is still in California and it looks like it will not be ready to ship until mid March so that has left me a lot of time to do planning and parts collecting 🙂

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