I just got this nice 50 Chevy Deluxe! And so it begins..

My son is running a 235 fenton headers to lake pipes.. Too noisy to me.. Cant carry on a conversation while crusing down the road.. Sounds good around town but out on the road???

 

Ideally I'd like to add lakes pipes that I can uncap for relaxing drives through PriusVille.

 

Great car! Will look great no matter which way you go.. is that an original grill guard I see?

 

Nice ride keep the pics coming

 

Nice Buy.
What trans is in that?, I see L and D on the colume shifter
I thought the powerglide came out in 54.

Thanks MrC.

 

When you add a alternator I would highly suggest you go with a GM SI alternator. Shoot me a pm and I'll give you some info. Todd

 

I have a 52 that I am starting. Already had the fenton exhaust manifold to steel packs. Sounds Great. Nice rapp to it when you get on it and mellows at crusing speed. For 3k you did well. I am planning on running a corvette grill insert. 52' grill items for me have been hard to find. Also for the price stock bumpers from Chevofthe40's see to be reasonable. Good luck. I too am just hoping for a cool cruiser, mild tail dragger stance.

 

It is a Powerglide on a 235. They were out in 50.

 

Thanks Todd,
Will do and much apricciated. I'm also on getting a RebleWire 9+3 harness from you when I'm ready to re-wire .
Jesse

 

Straight lakes pipes sound like ASS. Run a dual exhaust out the back.
1-3/4" tubing. Use a short glass pack as far forwrd as possible. YOU WILL LIKE IT!!!

 

Great find.
Not a lot of good solid ones left.
I like it.
Now start enjoying !!
Cheers....

 

Getting ready to chop, nose and deck (and do the lower quarters and rockers). It's always amazing to me how often the lines of a car really start to pop when you remove the trim that's supposed to accentuate them, but actually does just the opposite. The wrong pinstriping or scallops can have the same negative affect..Just my opinion

 

Nice find! Good solid '50 models of any vehicle are rare. Good luck with your project. I love to find them, rebuild them as a six and then take them to a Car Show and put them in the Corral. I've never been disappointed yet. This one is getting a later 235 with some redone internals. It will couple up to a T-5 and an open drive line.
Normbc9

 

nice

 

I've givin myself enough rust snotrockets grinding the floors and stuff the last few days. Had to take a break and make somethin' purdy today. Needed a rare shot of instant gratification.

 

That's a great looking car!!! Can't wait to watch your build. Good luck and keep us updated.

 

Starting to lay out the chop. I'm thinkin' 3.5" in front flowing to around 5" in back. We are gonna start out somewhat on the conservative side. You can always take more out...not so much for putting it back in.

 

Yeah I'm a little late to this party. That's a beautiful car and for the price that's an awesome deal. Great score. I have the same set-up, 235 and powerglide. I went with the tube headers to save the $100 you mentioned and ran them into a merge collector 2 into 1. 2" from the headers to a single 3" into a flowmaster 40 series out to the bumper. She has a unique sound of her own. I built the exhaust system from aluminized tubing. There are some pictures in my album.



I don't think you'll get the taildragger stance with out one notching the frame and two without cutting the driveshaft tunnel. I lowered the back of mine about 5" with the 3" blocks and removing a couple leaves, had to add one back because those old leaves were completely straight, I need new ones. This is as low as I can go without cutting the tunnel, it touch now. I'll get to cutting it one day. I also lowered the front by cutting 2 rings out of the coils and stepping the a-arms, a total of about 5" up front also. Pictures of this is also in my album.



Anyway, great looking car, I'll be watching this build. Good Luck.

 

Daaaamnn!!!! Looks like I need a donor roof... Let me know if ya have one, thanks.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=660192&highlight=50+chevy+chop

 

Niiiice! now your talkin slick lingo to this gringo! she needs a little stance some new shoes, polish on the brightwork , and an appointment witht the multi-carb doctor!!! well done buddy!

 

True..but I gotta deal with the roof first. Check my linked chop thread. I hit a little obstacle.

 

That's a good lookin Chevy.

 

Cherrybomb offers 33 different configurations of glass packs, so keep us in mind when you are ready for them. Also you may have trouble finding a shifter for your cast iron powerglide. Make sure you specify you have the cast iron version before ordering a shifter. Looks good and can't wait to see it on the ground.

 

Is there a floor shifter conversion for a Powerglide Automatic? I thought there wasn't such animal..no?

 

9 months and A LOT of work later..

 

Cool!!!!!!!!!

 

Great Job! Nice stance & chop.

 

OH Yeah!!

 

enjoy it i always had a soft stop for 49-52 chevy,s with a 6 or a v-8

 

awesome work!