Tri-Five Gassers...

Here is the wagon I am building right now. thesneakytiki

 

here's what I have been working on-just got it back together..still working out some bugs.....
I got the car in december....
front to back rebuilt.except for rearend-building a 9" ford for her now...
next is paint..green metalflake w/ gold leaf letters above the paint divides "Easy Money" lol

 

Shakey Puddin is got to be one of the BEST LOOKING tri 5 gassers EVER

 

a few more to drool over.

 

Falfa 55 im with you man GOD BLESS whoever put that fotki site together
over 1800 pics of tri 5s F N amazing

 

that would have been fun to witness LB

 

This was for sale a few years ago. Apparently around the Englishtown area. Big Block with an engine set back.

 

How about this one .....

 

Hey Sam, any progress on your '55 since I last saw it?

 

are these the same car.looks close look at the hood,wheels etc.

 

acording to the story ,,,no

 

no meatball not the same car
ck out the story at mrchevynut.com

 

yeah your right! damn close...even the int. is about the same...........kool history

 

This is Jim Zakia's car before it was bought and restored by its current owner. There are pictures of it in this state on one of the
"Two Lane Blacktop" site's and the guy talking about it got his feathers ruffled because the owner at the time was claiming it to be the original "American Graffitti" car. Although it wasn't, it turned out to be a very bitchen car with its own historical pedigree.

 

That '55 was on Ebay @ 5 years ago. We had just sold our house in Seattle and I almost bought it! I wanted that car BAD. The wheelwells were cut a little too big for me, but everything else on this car is fantastic. Straight, gloss black, big block/4-speed, chrome straight axle with skinny little Cragars and that perfect interior. I should've bought it. !@#$%^&*(*&^%$#@!!!

 

My project.

 

heres my gasser still building

 

just to cool!!!!!!

 

I'm feeling for ya buddy. I also dig the entire layout of the interior
firewall hand brake arrangement etc.

 

What you guys think , take the grill and bumpers back off and put some more spring in it?

 

no...get rid of the painted part in the center of the grill and add a small moon tank..........then just come up about 6-8 inches in the front with cragar s/s wheels.......and thin whitewall hurst cheater slicks out back!! IMHO

 

Posted these the other day, but this thread looked like a better place. Almost done.....










DuckusCrapus

 

It was a HAMB member's at this point, now sold....

CC

 

Moody's Garage...
CC

 

Here's my version of a old-school new-school Gasser. Can you say, QUARTER-ELLIPTICAL Rear Suspension? I saw one when I was 11 years old & never forgot it, So here we go!!!

 

'55 Ponchos make ugly gassers

Especially Pontiac powered gassers

 

powered by a setback 454, soon to be Weiand dual quad tunnel rammed...

 

Sweet 55 Poncho, what intake is that ? Removable top bathtub or Gutsram?

 

It's the Gutsram little brother.....removable top bathtub Wenzler.

 

What front straight axles are you guys using? I see speedway has the 49-54 car axle and spring kit, but I want something I can get from a yard.

How would have been done way back when - 1st series 47-54 chevy pickup front end? What cars would work?