Features 1955 Chevy Gassers Owners Wanted? Post them Pics!

Like your car ok judging from your avatar but why do you think your car would be worth much more than this one?,got any pics? no offense, just curious.....I do like that you are proud of it but I am curious what it looks like.

 

my 55 gasser slowly picking away at it

 

Last fall at New England Dragway and a couple hours later on the way home at McDonalds.

 

Here is a shot of the chassis. NASCAR truck rear trailing arms, F1 pickup front axle and springs, 540 BBC with an 8-71 and magneto.

 

blown, injected 327, Vertex magneto, Hilborn pump, B-W Super T-10. Beam axle. Old school for sure.

 

Well, It's been 7 years since my last post and my 55 went neglected and took the back burner at the shop. Other projects had higher priority and the car needed more power to be fun to drive. Finally revisited the old Chevy this past year and put in a 57 Pontiac/Olds rearend with long ladder bars, and dual four barreled 671 blown 383 smallblock vs. the little 301 that it had prior .
Now, Way more fun to blow off the Ricers from the traffic lights with the wheels in the air !

Still doin' it ol school.

 

That is one BADASS '55!

 

Sitting patiently in the garage, awaiting it's transformation.

 

Wicked gasser!

 

MY 55 GASSER WILL BE DONE SOON

 

New chrome reverse for the rear with Hurst cheater slicks

 

500hp 350 Muncie 4spd olds Pontiac rear end

 

Ladder Bars are being built now. Ordering a new drive shaft. Then it should be done.

 

Looks real good. Love the orange.

 

Love it! Very nice job.

 

Thx Baron, Mikey

 

Bigger pics

 

Roof is done old school lace

 

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Hey , Ok it is almost a gasser , has that two lane blacktop look. My real gasser is almost there (to bad it is a 56' chevy

 

almost! paint it or leave it?

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Oh no man that is my kind of ride you have there.

It's great as it is in the pics but any progress since 2009?

 

LOL.... Guess it's been a while since I logged in here! This is my car now.... I kind of abandoned my plans to turn it into a gasser for the immediate future. Once I got the wheels and tires on it, I liked the stance and look so much I just left it like this! I still have everything to gasser-ize it just waiting to get bored with this look!

 

still working on mine

 

You are killing me.
This car looks gooooodddd

 

Been together for almost 12 years already. One of the most dependable cars I have ever built and the 392 Chrysler Hemi is the best motor I have every had, bar none.

 

[QUOTE="enloe, post:You are killing me.
This car looks gooooodddd.

Thx Enloe

 

Pictures of my '55 Delray have been posted previously. I built it over 50 years ago from a East LA wrecking yard find. Dick Fletcher and Ted Brown installed the tube front axle with Willy's spindles and brakes. I ran both a 327 and 427 Chevy engine and always had a 4-speed Muncie. Olds rear axle and either 5.38 or 4.88 gears. Small block best time was 11.21 at 121 with carbs. Big block 10.80 at 129 and injectors. The best time with the small block was with a borrowed engine from Dave Christie. All steel except the hood. At the time I built the gasser I was painting cars for friends and was able to earn enough to go racing. Great to see that there is still such an interest in the '60s style of gassers, it truly was an exciting time. Good luck to all who are recreating that era of race cars.

 

I wish you still had that car Fogger.

 

Me too!!!!!

 

Me and the grandsons are still working on ours. We named it Ruff & Tuff.