Projects 1955 Chevy Southeast Gassers Build

Awwwwwwwwww son..............that is really suh-weeeet work. Makes me wanna tub my Mustang....or better yet, makes me wanna GET YOU TO tub my Mustang!
Nice/neat work
6sally6
Any chance you will have it ready for Aiken/Jackson?

 

Looks nice , cool and clean.

 

I don’t think we’re gonna make it with dads to Aiken. We’re thrashing but there’s still a lot left to do. Starting on the engine tomorrow. All the machine work is done all we have to do is assemble it.

 

What could possibly go wrong with the rear end?

 

In theory it should be good. Might wanna pull the center out to change the gear ratio or something though.

 

Looks great Zak! What gage aluminum are you using?


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.040 thick aluminum

 

Nice work!!!!

 

Well team Homegrown has been wide open ever since the finals in Shady Side last weekend. We pulled the big block out of the 57 and put it over in the 55, and put the small block over in the 57. For 2019 dad will be taking over the Home Grown 57 Chevy in C gas, and I’ll be moving up to A gas in the 55 with the big block. Big changes for the upcoming season but we believe we’ll have our greatest chance for success with both cars this way. We made a front plate for the bbc to fit in the 55 and the headers from the 57 will fit with a little work until we build a nicer set later on.

 

Got the 57 running with the small block and got a few test passes with it Friday. Dad got some seat time in it and done really well. Now that it’s pretyy much ready for the season opener we’re back wide open on the 55 so I can run it in A this coming season. We made the billet aluminum spacers for the 55 today. Same mounts work with a bbc and a sbc now. Gotta finish up the clutch linkage next and then it’ll be time to put the firewall in.

 

Got the clutch linkage finished up on the 55. Works well too. Gotta hook up a throttle pedal and then we can throw the rest of the tinwork in. Car is getting closer and closer.

 

Lookin' good Zak!

 

Thanks!

 

I fell behind on this one, dang Zak, the 55 is turning out to be one sweet gasser. You two do great work.

 

You'll probably want to add a couple gussets to the cross shaft.
Then your done.

 

Thanks Mike.

 

Got some more done on the 55 today. Got the seat brackets on the drivers seat so we can tilt the seat back, up, or raise/lower the seat. Also got another master cylinder on the car, this one clears the valve cover and is lighter and looks better. And we put the tunnel ram on it and it clears well without running a good scoop. This car is gonna turn out nice I believe.

 

dang man that green 55 gets more bad ass every time I see it

 

Suh-weeeeet!
Looking forward to see'in it next season.
6sally6

 

Got the rear springs in today. Got them on, and got my Strange Double adjustable shocks on. Gonna have to paint the shocks and a few things to make them SEGA legal, but I think this car is gonna work great.

 

Somehow I had never read this build thread Zak. Tonight I sat here and read the whole thing! And I'll be danged! Yall have pulled a switcheroo right here at the last minute and caught us all flat footed!
Fantastic build and a great car. Wishing yall well in the coming season.

 

Dave, you need to get out more.

 

Lol

 

Thanks! Yeah we didn’t intend on this, but as light as the car ended up being, we figured it should be in A gas instead of in C with 500lb of ballast. Especially since the sbc dad had built fit the 57s weight in C. Plus it’s a reall docile and well handling car so dad feels more comfortable driving it to start out where he’s been out of driving for close to 30 years.

 

Got the two carbs mocked up today, and got the throttle pedal hooked up. Also started on the new headers. They’re gonna look good once they’re finished.

 

The headers look good already!

 

Thanks! Gotta cut the primaries off to the right length, and get the collectors tacked in tomorrow.

 

Got the other side of the headers mocked up. The way they come out of the heads straight like that, it’s almost like a hemi. Really digging how they’re turning out.

 

X2 Zak! They do look great. And I bet will perform well for you too!

 

Got the headers finished up and welded today. Really happy with how they turned out.