Projects Austin Speed Shop - RoadFarmer 1955 Chevy Gasser Build

roadfarmer has been patiently waiting on this. I was there when he bought the lil car. scribed.

 

I love boobies.

Wheelies and Boobies, there has to be a T-shirt theme there


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Subscribed! I owned two '55 210 2 dr sedans back in the 70s, and a high school friend had a '55 Bel-Air 2 dr hdtp with a straight axle. This brings back some happy memories!

 

Apparently you only like gassers if they are Darts and belong to you?

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=829789

 

As far as I'm concerned, '55 Chevys were born so they could all be GASSERS!

 

I checked it out while at the shop the other day and its looking bad ass!

 

Let it be, let it be..,oh ya let it beeeeee. Go you hardest Roadfarmer!

 

Cool project.... subsribed.

 

Agreed,I think everyone is entitled to build what they want,,if it's my preference or not. HRP

 

I remember seeing this car at Mercury Charlies open house 2 years ago. Anxious to see the finished product!

 

Ya it was on my trailer....

That was a fun trip! My first LSRU


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Kail we need to have a parking lot deal when this thing is ready to do some donuts.

 

This is gonna be awesome.
Although, I did like the way it sat before too..

 

Man, I'm partial to '55 posts. Love them. Cool project. Good luck with it.

 

Right on, I'm glad you're finally getting it going again!

 

Lookin good, keep those pics coming

 

Can't wait to see the outcome ..

 

Interesting project and since I always love gasser's I think I will stick around and see how this one turns out.

Looking forward to more photo's Jimbo

 

DUDE! No dougnuts in a Gasser man! Let Jim Rockford, & Luke n Duke Kook take care of that. You'll get your "Gasser Licsense" revoked! Let the squids do the dougnuts

 

rochesters up on top for sure. 327 maybe?

 

Looking good!! Can't wait to see it finished ....

 

cool build so far!

 

I have more pictures to post but phone and HAMB aren't playing well together


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Here we have Stevens awesome wheel selection:



We swapped out the original rear end and got rid of the old springs for some new made in the USA leafs. Sorry for the bad picture...



I then set the rear end on jack stands which sat the axle at the same height as the wheel center.



I traced the wheel onto the quarter panel.




I then took my air saw and defaced the side of this 55 haha.



This gave me a rough cut and allowed me to mount the wheel. I then tried to settle the springs as much as i could

 

I then measured off mounted tire marked it a little bigger and cut it more. This next rough cut gave me an idea of the radius I will use.. I plan to roll some new wheel well edges then match them to this radius and cut out bigger about where the dotted line is. I will butt weld them in here with my trusty tig.



I bounced over to the front clip. Its a fiberglass from scotts. It comes with extra material that you have to cut off. I trimmed it up to I got it to roughly fit.





Then we got her on its feet and took some pics.




The ride height will need some adjustment. The springs will settle and the motor will lower the front. I will get into that later.

Next episode we will be finishing wheel wells and then making a tilt front end mount for the front clip.

 

Looks good so far. Looking forward to some good pics of the front end mounts. I am working on designing mine at this time.

 

love the front end on the 55's

 

You should call it "The Road Harmer"

 

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I like the wheel and tire combo!