Register now to get rid of these ads!

1956 Corvette: Bad Blood, drag car from the 60's

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Krash Vegas, Jul 4, 2008.

  1. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    I guess since I'm not having any luck finding anything out on its history I'll just keep the name and make it look like this.

    [​IMG]

    I think this is the coolest vette I've ever seen.
     
    Rat Sass likes this.
  2. brandon
    Joined: Jul 19, 2002
    Posts: 6,368

    brandon
    Member

    that car doesn't need wide whites.... get ya pair of 30x12.5 et streets and shave the lettering off... fat and sassy and drivable on the street....:D brandon

    if ya wanna see a bad ass vette on the street , do a search for paris fish.....
     
    Last edited: Oct 17, 2008
  3. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    Yeah I scrapped the wide whites idea when I saw this Malco Super Vett.
    I've finally decided to get to work on mine.
    It's not gonna build it's self and nobody has called Chip Foose to come and fix it on television, so I guess it's up to me to get it going again.
    Either that or I need new friends!!!
    At least if I do it, I get exactly what I want.
     
  4. NITROFC
    Joined: Apr 17, 2001
    Posts: 6,175

    NITROFC
    BANNED

    [​IMG]

    Found a picture of Chris Lang's "MALCO SUPER VETTE" in 1973. He was racing in a two-day Modified and Super Stock event run at "Drag City" in Ringold, Georgia
     
  5. Bob W
    Joined: Sep 14, 2008
    Posts: 687

    Bob W
    Member
    from Here

    Wax, rubbing compound, and some detailing and it will all come together. It's a great project. :)

    Bob
     
  6. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    And a whole lot of money!
     
  7. Bob W
    Joined: Sep 14, 2008
    Posts: 687

    Bob W
    Member
    from Here

    Well that too, but I know you can do it. How hard can it be ?

    Look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMrErN9spig the guy with the Road Runner must have hung his head in shame.

    Bob
     
  8. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    It's not hard...they do it everyday on TV.
    It only takes and hour, right?
     
  9. propwash
    Joined: Jul 25, 2005
    Posts: 3,857

    propwash
    Member
    from Las Vegas

    Be sure to keep that handsome high-performance steering wheel. I'm sure that was what Corvette had to compete with Ford's dished wheels of the mid-50s.

    What a great project - hope all the 'vette snotties just eat their hearts out when you come thundering down the street...

    "He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends" - Oscar the Wilde

    dj
     
  10. Bob W
    Joined: Sep 14, 2008
    Posts: 687

    Bob W
    Member
    from Here

    :mad: Hiting below the belt arn't we .

    Bob
     
  11. That beast "NEEDS a 409!"

    No Really!
     
  12. falfas55
    Joined: Apr 21, 2004
    Posts: 288

    falfas55
    Member

    Jerry,very cool car.Put it back as it was if you can.Just don't turn into a billet car.I know you won't.Keep us posted on progress as you go.FALFA
     
  13. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    Well it's getting a 454 cuz that's what I have.
    I've been working on it for a few weeks now.

    I'll be at the Ft Worth swap meet looking for parts tomorrow.
    Need a pair of coil overs and a tranny crossmemer.
    Maybe a pair of window regulators?
    Oh and some motor mounts..........maybe the tube crossmember tube kind.
    I'm sure I'll find some other stuff I don't even reaize I need until I see it.
     
  14. Bob W
    Joined: Sep 14, 2008
    Posts: 687

    Bob W
    Member
    from Here

    Jerry.

    The trans crossmember is only 8 or 10 inchs wide. It bolts in and you can fab one real fast from tubing if you want. It just bolts to the X in the frame.
    [​IMG]

    The mount shown is for the original BW 4 speed , in 62 there was a bracket that alowed the use of a passenger car trans.
    [​IMG]



    Bob
     
    Last edited: Oct 24, 2008
  15. Bob W
    Joined: Sep 14, 2008
    Posts: 687

    Bob W
    Member
    from Here

    Jerry.

    If it was me dumping a 454 into one of these old tubs, I think I would go with Motor Plates . These old frames may not like the twist of the side mounts . GM never had side mounts in them.

    On the front
    [​IMG]
    Or
    [​IMG]

    And a mid-mount at the rear of the block.
    [​IMG]

    Now if that doest't hold her down ...................... :)

    Bob
     
  16. fergenboysinc
    Joined: Nov 26, 2006
    Posts: 1,025

    fergenboysinc
    Member

    very true....:D Very cool project you got! I would put your motor in it and lett'r rip!!!!!! Dont get to carried away like I did....
    [​IMG]
     
  17. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    I can't afford to get carried away like you did.
    I love your car though!
    Maybe I will win the lottery this weekend and I can get mine going sooner rather than later.
     
  18. fergenboysinc
    Joined: Nov 26, 2006
    Posts: 1,025

    fergenboysinc
    Member

    Dude... If you got your car running in the condition its in, they would sit on mine to look at yours!!! Trust me. I know I would. Do yourself a favor and look long and hard at this before you go changing that car to much. Install motor...wash... and drive! Very cool car.
     
  19. Krash Vegas
    Joined: Jul 18, 2006
    Posts: 477

    Krash Vegas
    Member

    That's pretty much my plan!
    Not so much on the Wash though !!!!
     
  20. von Dyck
    Joined: Apr 12, 2007
    Posts: 678

    von Dyck
    Member

    More trivia. Bill Bowman, a fellow in St.Catharines, Ontario owned a '56/'57 Vette powered by 425hp 409cid with a Muncie 4spd in the mid '60s. Have no idea where it is now.
    Good luck on your project. It's your's. Do it your way.
     
  21. biscaynes
    Joined: Mar 16, 2008
    Posts: 1,647

    biscaynes
    Member

    nice vette project! :cool:
    keep the progress updates comin!
     
  22. brigrat
    Joined: Nov 9, 2007
    Posts: 5,615

    brigrat
    Member
    from Wa.St.

    The Vette's are still out there to be had this one has been in one spot for many, many years!
    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
  23. ironbuyer
    Joined: Aug 10, 2004
    Posts: 370

    ironbuyer
    Member

    Evans Electric was started by the Hammer Family in Fresno. They are still there. Large motor rewind business and auto parts distributor. I went to high school with Evan Hammer the 3rd AKA JJ. Great people. The office in Bakersfield most likely will not remeber the sponsership because they were based out of Fresno.
    Steve Glucoft
    Amocat Speed Emporium
     
  24. Solidaxel
    Joined: Feb 21, 2007
    Posts: 233

    Solidaxel
    Member

    "Money is easier to come by than 56 Corvettes"

    You got a keeper!!
     
  25. Sigspeed
    Joined: Jun 20, 2008
    Posts: 36

    Sigspeed
    Member

    Nice car
    hope you put it together
     
  26. Probably thinks it's worth a million bucks, so forever it will sit...
     
  27. Sigspeed
    Joined: Jun 20, 2008
    Posts: 36

    Sigspeed
    Member

    mine sat in the garage for 40 years before I put it back together
    my brother bought it before he went in the army
     
  28. jackal396
    Joined: Jan 13, 2005
    Posts: 733

    jackal396
    Member
    from oregon

    Thats a nice looking car.

    jp
     
  29. Finn Jensen
    Joined: Dec 20, 2008
    Posts: 675

    Finn Jensen
    ALLIANCE MEMBER

    Shocking by today's standards, but that was typical of the going prices back then. I bought my 57 Corvette in while in Southern California in early 1971 for $500. It had one burned piston, so I rebuilt the 283 and drove it for the next eleven years -- including several trips across the US. Wish I still had it. The appreciation of these cars really started to take off in the late 70s.

    I enjoyed this car the most in the early years while it was still cosmetically a bit rough, before these cars became so valuable. I went restoration crazy in the late 70s, building it into a fuelie clone/4-speed 283. Then the fear of driving it and where I parked it stepped in. I still valued the car, but the charm of the earlier years diminished. I bought it originally because I have always liked the 56/57 single-headlight Corvettes, and didn't care about potential appreciation value or what people thought of it then. And there were some scornful comments in those first years. I liked it when other people looked at it as just an old car.

    In recent years, I've looked for a C1 Corvette roller to build into a hot rod the way I would have done in the 60s. But current prices are insane. So my SBC 388 and M22 Muncie went into the old Ford.
     
  30. JohnJoyo
    Joined: Feb 19, 2005
    Posts: 1,381

    JohnJoyo
    Alliance Vendor
    from Austin, TX

    That thing is so tough. "Bad Blood"....perfect name too. It would be a pleasure to see it going down the track.
     

Share This Page

Register now to get rid of these ads!

Archive

Copyright © 1995-2021 The Jalopy Journal: Steal our stuff, we'll kick your teeth in. Terms of Service. Privacy Policy.

Atomic Industry
Forum software by XenForo™ ©2010-2014 XenForo Ltd.