Hot Rods? -55 Chevy
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
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Nice, its even got a Sunoco 260 sticker. Sorry about your friend
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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 .
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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...
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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.
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Awesome.. My dad had several 55's.. First one I remember was a black highboy.
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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.
[IMG]http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps9312c83e.jpg[/IMG] 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.:evilb: |
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!
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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.
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