Projects Austin Speed Shop - RoadFarmer 1955 Chevy Gasser Build

I agree the wheel and tire combo make it! You just need a mailbox scoop to make it perfect. Looking really good!

 

That's going to be one Sweet 55 Steve!!

Scott

 

before it was like "oh he's such a nice 55." Now "that 55 better not come around here being loud, mean and nasty"

 

No kidding!
It went from lazy to crazy in the blink of an eye!
Please PLEASE put an engine in this thing that is WAY beyond the average 300 and somethin' horsepower...!!!
This nasty bastard deserves an equally nasty engine!
Extremely nice job transforming this one.You guys are making all the right moves,and if it continues to improve at the rate it has so far,this rig is gonna make people's heads explode.

Scott


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wow lookin' good love the wheel and tire combo

 

I was hoping to get something built that sounds like this. I want this car to make a scene when it pulls in.

 

RF ....you mean like this?

 

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You TOTALLY get it Brother!!!!

Scott


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I like it!

You're helping a buddy out... he'll end up with a bitchen car... AND it's a '55 Chevy.

What's not to like?

(Just make sure it has some BALLS and a FOUR SPEED)

Sam

 

Thanks, Everything will be purpose built on this car. Form will follow Function.

This is one of the funner builds I have worked on for a while. Building "old" cars for a living isn't always what it seams. It's very meat, potatoes and peas and every once in a while you get cheese cake for dessert. Meaning most of the time you are fixing the cars; rust, bad work done previously, troubleshooting etc. Then when you get through that, you have a solid foundation and the fun starts, chops, channels, custom shit.

The great things about this project is, the car is pretty solid and we got rid of most of the bad and replaced it with something cool. So it has been fun stuff for the most part, and the direction dictates its self. Mean, fast, safe, well engineered, timeless, purpose built hot rod.

Thanks everyone for the kind words, and thanks Steve for bringing us this car.

 

nice

 

Great thread!

Im stoked for you!

 

Has the owner came by and sat in it making engine noises followed by a maniacal laugh yet

 

That fugger's bad!

 

very jealous!! love the intake and carb setup

 

Just read through the build thread, this is going to be awesome! Great work Kail!

 

Ya that sounds better....What's the hp on that??

 

I did that even when it had the straight 6!

"popada popoda popada popada WHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

 

Where ya gonna drive that thing? Is there much of a Hot rod scene in Earth?

 

Zero car scene in Earth, I'll end up cruising it to Lubbock, Plainview or Amarillo.


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Hey man where did you get those springs and how many leafs are in the pack?
Jay

 

Classic Industries, springs came with a sticker that said Eaton. They are a 5 leaf pack, stock height


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I love this thread. Hooray for RoadFarmer!

 

Thanks for the lead man!
Jay

 

Tried out some wheel well edges the other day. Here is a brief process.

Made a paper template by laying out the radius on some paper and cutting it out. The i used magnets to hold it on the car to see if it is awesome or not.



Used my handy radius maker that i used to make template on paper. basically i have this piece of 1/2 plate i use for welding. I drilled a pilot hole as a pivot point. Then took a piece of scrap and measured my radius which was 15.5" made pivot hole and marker hole, I also made a hole for the inside flange material which is 3/4" Then I made another hole which is the extra 3" of material.. Got it? No? Here's a picture



You can use this method to make circles, pizza slices, pie charts, overhead pictures of pie, 2d drawings of planets... etc


Then I ran this through our Lazze Bead roller using the dies setup for "tipping" which after a few passes made a 90" flange. It's a 2 hand job and we are a busy shop so no pictures of that but here is the flange.



Then I used out pull max and this die that Jesse Miller and I made out of aluminum. Normally with this die holder you would use Delrin, but we had aluminum... Now there are a few things I would have done different making this die which I am not going to geek out on now.. but it worked great.




Now lets check her out.


Needs some tuning up but its bitchen I am making it in a few pieces because the lowers have to roll in to match the conture of the quarter..

Sorry for the slow posting, I have to transfer pics from my phone to a PC then resize and post so I will get to this when I can, as often as I can.

Kail

 

Very nice work! Thanks for taking the time to post this all up for us to drool over.


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That is some REALLY nice work and attention to detail right there!

Scott


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Those wheel edges look really good.

 

Very cool thread. Lots of good stuff going on.