Hot Rods Big Daddy's 55 2 door wagon gasser

That’s a bigger cam than my last bracket race camshaft! I never got a ride with that cam when it was running correctly. To put this in perspective, my Nova was 3400 lbs with my fat ass in it. It was a 40 over 350, 12-1 pistons, World Products Sportsman heads, the largest Crane Saturday Night Special hydraulic cam, and a Vic Jr with a 750 DP Holley. 4.10 gears, 4500 converter in a 400 Turbo. This car went 11.90/12.00 every night. Your wagon should run darn close to my Nova.

 

That cam will sound soooooo good.
Dan

 

Yeah, I'm kind of a big deal lmao

 

This was with the same camshaft, before it customized a lifter.
https://youtube.com/shorts/VEOOsJM8lTg?si=3ao6HfnWYl8J7rFk

 

On Yeaaaaa

 

Go man go!

 

It could be the old age and not the smaller camshaft…

 

Headed to west union Ohio tmrw

 

Good deal Brother! How did you find those?

 

My buddy Creech seen em on Facebook, got me a number. The guy said he has a bunch of 55 parts, but no tailgate lol. He said the inner shells are nice on these doors, just a small amount of rust on the lower skin. I think i know a shop that can weld. I've gotten 2 doors, 2 fenders, and a grille, for $700 looks like I'll just order a new tailgate

 

Sounds like a fun road trip. Are you going alone?

 

Yeah it's only 90 minutes from here

 

Good deal! I was hoping sedan doors wouldn't be too hard to find. There were a lot of them made. Fewer wagons by a large margin. 1,775,992 Chevrolets were produced in 1955 alone. About 10% were station wagons, excluding Nomads with their unique tailgate. So 55 -57 wagon tailgates are ''rare'' but a couple hundred thousand were made. There has got to be a good one out there somewhere.
18,496 Handyman 150 2 door wagons like yours were built.

Judging by the trim holes you'll be welding up, I would say those doors came from a '55 210.