'55 Chevy Bel Air Build Thread

[twotwoturbo]

Love this 55!

[jsxtreme]

2.5" lower in the front, 2" out back.

[jsxtreme]

What I'm calling "round 2" is almost done, should be back on the road by the weekend.

Lowered 2.5" via coils in the front and beltech drop shocks
Lowered 2" rear
Hoosier 26.5" x 8" hoosier slicks on Rallys
New Headlights
Front turn signal sockets and harness - new amber lens covers
Relocated radiator to behind the core support for hood clearance
New fan
Electric Choke replaced and rewired
Removed excess wiring, and replaced much of the front harness
Replaced rear emblem
Trunk lock
Glove Box Lock
Replaced GT steering wheel with original '55 wheel
Remove the primer from the hood, emblems cleaned up and reinstalled

Last things I will probably do this winter are:
Replace front and drivers side floor
Replace drivers rocker
Remove primer from drivers side
Mount trim
Carpet
Exhaust



Otherwise, not much more I will soak into this. Just going to drive the hell out of it.

[jsxtreme]

[Krazybones]

NICE!!!!!

[jsxtreme]

[Krazybones]

Great progress bro!

[jsxtreme]

I've started stripping the drivers side. There's patina, and then there's destroyed paint and well I put this in the category of the latter. It was primer over patina/destroyed paint basically. Still looks rough, because it is, but I got 90% of the heavy crap off.

It needs new floors, new inner and outer rockers, and the rear drivers quarter has some mud. Outside of that its fairly solid. I figured I should start stripping the metal so once that is done I can paint it. It will never be a show car, that's outside of my skill level and budget. But I feel like with enough time and elbow grease I can put a decent hot rod paint job on it.