I am selling my 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Gasser with a blown big block 454 engine. It is a beast. So fun to drive and boy does it turn heads. Straight axle, tilt front end, plexiglass side windows. Great for Viva Las Vegas, Donut Derelicts, Gasser shows, Antique Nationals or whatever. I took inspiration from the Gassers of the 1960's, but not too seriously. To start, the engine was built by John Beck Engines. It is a 454 with lots of power. Slightly underdriven, it builds about 5psi boost for a modest 700hp. With pulley changes and re-tuning, you could run this beast to a lot more power. On top of the 6-71 blower sits 2 Holley 750 double pumpers, fed through a fuel regulator by a Holley 160gph fuel pump. MSD 6-BTM ignition control with Boost Retard, Blaster coil and MSD distributor control the spark. Ceramic coated fenderwell headers with A/F sensors on each side lead to Magnaflow mufflers to quiet it all down. Aluminium radiator, overflow and burn down tank. Blower restraints. A Turbo 400 trans, with a rachet shifter and line-lock, lead to the drive shaft and then to the GM 10 bolt Posi built by JS Gears to handle the horsepower. Leafs, shocks and slapper bars keep the wheels from hopping. The parachute is for giggles only, it is as big as a house. Steel tilt front end, front disc brakes, rear drum brakes. Vintage 5-slots mags front and rear. Goodyear Eagles LSR tires on front, Mickey Thompson ET Streets on the back. Inside are 2 Kirkey Racing seats with 4 point belts. I have the 5th belt but have never installed it. Cage is plated to the floor, cross-braced and padded. 20 gallon fuel tank in the trunk with 2 Optima batteries, though one is dead. It just looks better with both. Gauges are right and left side Air Fuel mixture, Boost, RPM, oil pressure, water temp, trans oil temp, voltage, fuel. Since this was a street racer, the doors were gutted and there were no window regulators. I installed the blue plexi-glass windows like to old racers did. I bought this car as a shell. It was a street racer from the Santa Rosa area. It had the paint job (not an original paint job from when it was a racer) , straight axle, tilt front end, part of the cage, rear end and some other parts I didn't end up using. No drivetrain, floor, glass, interior etc. I spent a lot of time at Classic Industries buying parts. New floors, latches, trim, windows, carpet, etc. I completed it in the summer of 2016. I took it to the Antique Nationals in 2017, the first year they allowed the tri-5's to run. It ran straight and true on the 1/4 mile track. What a blast. I was going to re-paint it but the Old Granddad grew on me, because I am a granddad. Like it was meant to be. The paint job is good at 20 feet. There are areas where the paint is peeling, so it is not perfect, or even great. But it adds to the street gasser look. It looks awesome in the pics. With some cosmetic work and a new paint job, it would rival the 60-80k cars. Clean title in my name. $Sold Matt 714- three two 22 zero 5 eight
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