

s much as I love writing about other people and the trucks they build/own and drive, I also love when people have a great story to tell themselves. Not only does it make my job easier, it prevents me from messing anything up. More importantly, it relays the personal perspective just as it was intended. This is Jason Odell’s second 1949 Chevy 3100, and as he’s about to describe, it might just be his last!





s much as I love writing about other people and the trucks they build/own and drive, I also love when people have a great story to tell themselves. Not only does it make my job easier, it prevents me from messing anything up. More importantly, it relays the personal perspective just as it was intended. This is Jason Odell’s second 1949 Chevy 3100, and as he’s about to describe, it might just be his last!



“When I bought my truck (from eBay) it was finished with a single-stage black paint, so HRCS carefully moved the painted truck onto the new chassis and we upgraded everything under the sheetmetal. I drove the truck like this for about five years/20,000 miles, but the big hood gaps and crappy paint started to get on my nerves. So, mid 2020 I sent it down to get some touchups from Andy Meeh at HRCS—which then turned into a ‘Hell with it, let’s fix the hood gaps and just repaint the entire truck!’











