Here's my current project I've been tinkering with. 1953 Chevy Bel Air Two Door 4" Chop Chevy 350ci/TH350 Smoothed out firewall 54 Grill & Tail Lights Lowered approx. 5" (soon to be bagged, 4 linked and mustang front end) Smoothies painted black w/chrome spiders wrapped in Coker Radials Re-done interior in black & white
Cool! look a lot like one owned by 53CHKustom - see pic at end of his thread = SBC 350 How hot is too hot?
Car looks great !! I'm about bout to buy a 53 here in the next few days and want to drop it . How did you lower yours ? That height is exactly what I'm looking for
A couple of the leafs in the rear have been removed and have 3" blocks as well as air shocks and a compressor. The front has lowered coils. Im going to bag it in the next year and go with a 4 link rear and MII front end. It sits nice, but needs to be modernized.
Love the look of your ride man!!! Did you do the engine tranny swap yourself or get it that way. I have a 53 with the stock inline 6 and 3 on the tree and would love to convert to a floor shifter but as far as I know I need to change out the entire power train to get there.
Thanks Joel!! It's a bit of work to swap. Motor mounts, trans mount, radiator...all needs to be swapped out. I was lucky as it had already been done, but I had to redo some things that were done poorly and plus I seized the 350 that came with the car. I'd recommend swapping out the front suspension and cross member at the same time if you're planning to do the conversion. Good luck!
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