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1955 chevy bel air, done as 1970 or earlier period correct gasser. Even the m/t valve covers say only 396/427 on the inside of them. I have a second set, but they read 396/427/454. Frame and drive train finished with the exception of rear shocks, i just installed a new gas tank. Needs bodywork finished. Only rust that hasnt been addressed is the panel below the trunk, and i believe that it is repairable rather than needing to replace the panel. Front flip clip is all steel and fenders and hood are bolted together, edges are all done with the utmost care, with electric actuators that open and lift it forward (check out pictures). Needs a complete interior. It does have a new ididit steering column , and a very rare bel air radio delete plate. Where i was going to get the door panels and trunk kit from is an e-bay sellers site that goes by the name of 2talltr3. He specializes in triumph tr3 and 55-57 chevy interior packages. I would of bought extra black diamond pleated vinyl to use for the seats. He has been in business a long time and does fabulous work, at a very reasonable cost. Then have the seats and headliner done by a local upholstery shop to match. The seats in the car are from a 67 gto and the original rear seat. I have a bench that will go with it, but not positive what it is out of. (57 chevy 2 door possibly). All gauges and lights work as intended, again with new wiring harness, very cleanly installed. Tires are as pictured. New both front and back. The car has been sitting on 2500# capacity car dollys (not included) for years, so as to not get any flat spots on the tires. Tires are period correct bias plys. The rears are radir 10 x 15 cheater slicks with the wide whites turned in. The fronts are firestone f-70 15 sport wide ovals, with white lettering currently to the inside. Wheels are as pictured. Rear are 10 x 15 in excellent condition, fronts leave a little bit to be desired, but are 7 x 15. Not bad for 47+ years old, but not perfect. I had plans to replace them with 10 spoke et iiis had i been able to put together the gumption to complete the build myself. I have approximately $32,000 in it right now as it sits. All the fabrication work was done by jesse hohbein of hohbein hot rods. One of the most talented fabricators and all around great individuals i have ever had the pleasure of knowing. (check out the photos). In front of the engine sits a top of the line aluminum radiator with double pusher type electric fans. Drive train is a 1975 454 ci big block bored to 468 ci. Motor was originally rebuilt in 1980, then in 2010 it was taken down, checked out to be sure everything was good, and reassembled. At that time it received a noisy gear drive (i wanted it to sound like it had a blower under those twin carburetors) and the new edelbrock tunnel ram and 2 new 600cfm edelbrock performance carburetors, and now has a new pertronix distributor . The motor has less than 5000 miles on it since the original build in 1980, and approximately 20 miles on it since 2010 and unfortunately none by me, and that 20 miles was nothing more than a shake down run at lets see how fast this beast will go mph on the frontage road between judson n. I was told the car had absolutely no issues, ran incredibly straight and true, and did not begin to ride, act or steer like it had a straight axle under the front end. It had 275:1 gears in the rear end at the time, and my buddy russ said that he could not imagine what the top end would have been, had he a little less grey in his hair and had kept his foot in it, and russ had owned and driven many late 1960- early 1970 big block muscle cars during his adult lifetime. He said its quick, to say the least and remember, that was with 275:1 gears, it is now running a 350:1 the rest of the drive train is a borg warner t-10 4-speed with hays clutches, (the photo of just the engine shows a muncie m-21, but i had it and the b/w and wanted to use the latter for the gasser as the b/w uses larger yokes than the muncie, and these are as heavy duty as are available and are attached to the new $500 inland empire driveshaft) the 4-speed has a new hurst tri-five bench seat shifter., and a 1957-58 ford 9 inch rear end (it came out of a bone stock 1957 ford station wagon, but it has a dimple in the rear of the case, which i was told would have made it 1958. So whether it was put in as a late year 57, or the rear end had been changed since the 57 ford wagon was new, is a mystery to me) it now has 350:1 gears and is not a posi-traction unit. Everything from the disc brake equipped drilled 1951 chevy pick-up straight axle, to and including the rear end, has been completely rebuilt with all new bushings and bearings, rubber mounting points etc, without anything left untouched. The leaf springs on both front and rear have been re-arched teflon spring lined and the rear springs have been moved to the pockets impeccably installed in the center of the framerails, and have no ugly extended shackles on them. (check the pictures for all the modifications made to the stock frame, and the homebuilt and incredibly stout traction bars mounted on both ends and totally adjustable using new tie rod ends). The brake lines, fuel lines, electric fuel pump and all of the wiring are new and very cleanly installed. There is an electric shut off switch mounted under the right taillight housing and the battery and battery box have been relocated to the trunk. The tilting front end can be removed in one piece simply with the removal of two bolts, then disconnecting one bolt on each of the electric actuators and unplugging the new headlight wiring harness. This task will take at least two people, especially once the car is finished. Thanks, rolly anvik glendive, mt.
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