Another 55 Straight Axle Chevy Gasser build.

Is this going to have a tilt front on it?...maybe I missed that somewhere.

 

For the time being,no tilt front end. I have a decent pair of stock front fenders that I am using. No hood planned at this time, but I looking for a nice one locally.

 

Very nice work and ride.

I LOVE IT..........

 

Can a stock front clip be welded together to make a tilt? Or would it be too heavy?

 

They can be ,but they are heavy. I have had a couple of tilt glass front ends in the past, and all have needed a ton of work to make them "straight"of fit correctly.( Last one I bought for a 55 was almost an inch wider at the cowl then the car was!) The way I have the radiator support and fenders mounted, I can remove the entire nose by un-bolting 8 bolts. Also there is plenty of room to work on the motor (and changing the spark plugs is a piece of cake.... ).

 

Very impressive, great look

 

Been slowly but surely picking away at the body.Ready to come off the chassis( finally) and paint the underside. Hopefully I'll be able to do that in the next 2 weeks.

 

Hey Baron-Glad to see you're still at it! I PMed you about a year ago asking for some advice and details, your response helped me out a lot! I was going to wait till I had some good pix of my '57 build to post but now that I see you've resurrected the thread I wanted to thank you again. Its a good feeling taking a sawzall to a frame like that, I was giggling my ass off the whole time! Lots of purists would cringe.. I hope to see more of that Hemi monster soon. Good luck

 

If you don't mind my asking, what tires/size do you have on back. Thanks

 

Very nice build....Great thread.....I love the Supercharged 392 Hemi motor choice....Keep up the great work.....John

 

nice!!!
this view is awesum!

 

Hoosier DOT Slicks /Drag Radials, P 315 /60R15's on 10" Cragars.

Thanks guys!

 

Thursday night I found the time to lift the body off the chassis so I could paint the underside of the floors.

After doing a little finish work on the underside, I primed, then painted black (to seal everthing) and then re-primed the floors. I wanted the floor finished in Red Oxide primer (as they come from the factory in 1955).

Here is the body bolted back on the chassis with the new body mounts. Glad to have this part of the job behind me. Next, on to the roll cage ......

 

When installing the cage are you gonna go through the floor and weld the main hoops to the frame?

 

Yes,I am. I had already taken a hole 4 inch hole saw and cut the holes in the floor and trunk for the bar(s) to go through. I'll be posting some pics of the install as I progress.

 

sweet

 

Great pics keep the updates coming love the build!

 

Looking good Baron, I'm interested in your cage. Don't know what I'm gonna do on that yet. I need to start a thread on my gasser but it seems like I'm always working on it. Keep up the good work.

 

Good man and a smart one

 

Hi Baron, the chevy is looking cool. What ever happend to the 32 that kelsey flamed? By the way do you remember me? I was a stroker from some years ago Kirt hussey. Here is a picture of the model a pickup me and my stepson own. Hope to run into you this summer at some shows. Kirt

 

Man that is cool........

 

Moving along pretty good now. The firewall and floors painted,along with the dash. The motor and trans are in for good.

The back bumper is painted and on .

Looking like a car almost.

These pics are from last week. Just spent the last two days installing the cage. Still have to install the door bars and the supports through the firewall to the front end and the under the dash bar.I'll post some pics of the cage in the next couple days.

 

Baaad ass 55!!!

 

That thing is tough as nails ! I'd be buying 50 cents worth of gas at a time just so I could keep coming back to stare at it.

 

U Got my vote !!!!

 

Hey Kirt. Sorry I missed this. Nice to hear from you. Just sent you a message.

 

Two thumbs up!

 

A kid named Milner stopped by the shop this afternoon. Said he wanted to check out the progress on the " Field Car"? hmm.....

 

Drool...Drool...Drool...Two awesome cars.