Hot Rods Looking for some pics of tilt front end setups on 57 chevys.

I'm wanting to build a tilt front end on a 57 chevy sedan I have and I'm planning on using the stock sheetmetal front end I'm just going to weld, screw or rivet the hood and fenders together to make it one piece.

So I'd like to see pics of the hinge setups on 57s that have steel tilt front ends and are not running the front bumper or grill just the hood and fenders.

I've done searches and found some stuff on 55s but this 57 looks like its going to be alot harder since there isn't any sheetmetal around where the grill opening is at, like a 55 chevy.

 

I guess I had it worded wrong for what i was looking for. Im just looking for pics of the tilt setup that others have used on 57 chevys that don't have grills or front bumpers.

I know what a 57 looks like. haha.

Like the cross bracing and such I have an idea from another post where a guy is building a 55 with a glass front end, but with me doing this on the cheap for now I'm going to use my steel fenders and hood which I think will pose other problems.

 

I built a tilt front end for a 71 Chevelle I had and I made the mistake of welding the hood to the fenders. I forgot that by doing that I narrowed the front clip by double the normal hood/fender gap.It didn't fit as good as it should have. I made a frame out of 1 inch square tubing to brace it and used liftgate struts to hold it up. Made it so all I had to do was unclip the wiring connector and pull 2 pins to remove it fully.Used hood pins on the cowl and cut the bottoms of the fenders 1/2 way up so that it would drop down and not catch the doors. Dodge van doghouse clips held the fenders together when closed.Only tilt in town!

 

we did this one this spring

 

I just found your post on that 57 I like how it was done alot. Very nice work. I want to do this one with full fenders. I don't really care for the cut fender look on these cars. I want to build my 57 kind of like the 55 in two lane black top.

 

that s why we did that one the way we did, looks stock when down and the fenders and hood are all adjustable for proper gaps all around as well and it slides and tilts as well..

 

I used plastic (uhmw) to set gap on fender to hood and bolted them togeather.
Use angle iron on hood flange weld to more angle iron run down towards frame where a couple of pillow block bearings are bolted to frame horns. Used seat belt webing to tie opened tilt hood to rad support. Need two people to close tilt hood/fenders, as lower fender edges curl in and will rub on door if not held out. I ran this setup for 15 years till cracked block and a twisted rod parked it in the back of shop. I did use keyed hood pins on bottom feners for a while but found they are not nessesary. Last 12 years I just dropped the tilt and run the streets.

 

Dragrcr50 - I really like your approach; it's simple, and the fender didn't have to be cut (which looks like***** if you do). An alternate forward slide I've seen is the use of heavy-duty ball bearing drawer slides (think roller chest lower drawer + quality). vic

As an aside, after attending the HAMB Drags today, I think that there are more tri5 Chevy gassers today than there ever was when I was racing in the 60's!

 

I have some tri five gasser reference photos here... Maybe you can find something that will help you.

http://public.fotki.com/redlinetoys/gassers/

 

Rebel do you have any pictures of the substructure that you built out of angle iron?

 

Btt

 

Only one car that shows the tilt setup I figured there would be more since 57's are so popular.

 

btt