Any of you animals into hot rods when the boats are put away? Just picked up this old 55 Chevy 'Gasser. It belonged to a good friend who passed away a year ago. It had been buried in his barn for 17 yrs. Just woke it up tonight for the first rip. Old school 396 M22 4speed, 12 bolt 4:11's

Nice, its even got a Sunoco 260 sticker. Sorry about your friend

Nice . I always wanted a fitty five . Same color as my buds who is also deceased . I have no idea where his ended up . I have a very potent 383ci setting in my garage that needs a home . Also sorry about your bud .

Sorry to here about your friend Kurt, great find though, I built a 56 for a guy last year, luv the straight axel gasser front end, looks like fun little old school ride.....enjoy...

kurt,im sure your friend is looking down and is pleased that you got his car,i helped a friend build a 56 with a 400 small block that looks just like yours,sorry about your friend.

Awesome.. My dad had several 55's.. First one I remember was a black highboy.

Love any of the "Tri Fives". My first car in High School was a 56 2 door Sedan (post). It originally had a 265 "Power Pack" with three speed manual when I bought it. I snaked a 350 Horse 327 and a M-22 4 Speed from a totaled 65 'vette and dropped it into my 56. With a 4.11 Posi it was wicked!!! ran high 12's with slicks. That motor had solid lifters and with a 750 Holley Double Pumper and Hooker Headers it would wind to 6500 in a blink.

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Running thru the gears that 327 at 6500 RPM sounded like a Skill Saw cutting 1/2" plywood!!

All my buds had new SS 396 Chevelles, Goats, 442's, Road Runners and Big Block Camaros. My little 56 never lost to any of 'em.

Sweet ride, Glad you were able carry on for your friend!! I'm willing to bet he is watching it very closely! May he rest in Peace!

Thanks everyone. As mentioned above, it had been parked in a barn back in '97 and never touched. A whole bunch of other stuff had to be moved before it could get pulled out. It was so cool, filled up the flat tires and pulled it out with a tow strap. I brought a new battery with me, put it in and hit the key, it turned right over. Cut the fuel line off and hooked up a little 5 gal outboard tank w/primer bulb direct to the Holley dual feed line. Pumped the bulb until the carb was full, hit the accelerator pump arm a couple times and hit the key. It fired immediately!!! Drove it on the trailer and towed it home.

Got the brakes squared away with a new master cyl, one new caliper ('65 Vette discs all around) flushed and bled all 4 corners and got a good pedal. Fresh oil/filter, trans gear lube/rear end. New fuel pump and got a new tank and pick-up/sending unit on the way. So cool to take it for a rip last night!!! Man, it sounds tough with fenderwell headers & glasspacks! Gonna pull the headers tonight to have them blasted and Jet Hot coated silver. Other than that, I'm leaving it as it was. Glad you guys had some interest, Kurt

IMO the headers would look better white(more visible),here is the Gasser I built about 10 years ago,but as You know I'm looking for a '55 to do,sorry about Your Friend.