1956 chevy gasser build

yep , gonna make it a tilt, i kinda have become attached to the frankenstein look the car has. @ hudsoncustom.....Keith?

 

getting ready for ladder bars...and yes i know ladder bars and leaf springs bind, gonna try an experiment, if it doesnt work i will be putting coil overs under it.

 

looks pretty cool, even if the engineering might be a little dated =)

 

final welding on the ladder bar brackets then off to be assembled, and monday the frame goes to the blaster!!!

 

Nice progress. Why not just use some housing floaters and set it up right. I would do that before coilovers.

 

Looks like you're moving along at a good pace!

 

I heard they tear up the rear end housing pretty bad, and i guess i just dont like the way they look. I know that isnt the most sound reason. Plus the guy helping me had an idea we want to try. secret squirrel double top security plans muhahahahahaaaa

 

So, not much to update today, but i did this little assortment of goodies in the mail today. Now if you know me, i am NOT a chrome person, but i couldnt resist this for some reason, to me , its right for the look im going for , for the car.

 

Looking good!

 

Well, the frame goes off tomorrow to be blasted, and i am gonna pull the front clip apart so we can set it up to become a one piece, and .......I go get the engine, or at least part of it!!!! Still makin pretty good progress.

 

picked up the motor this morning!! Assemble, then off to be dynoed!!

 

I dig it!!

 

sweet! more please!

 

picking up the freshly sand blasted frame

 

new floor bolted down

 

preparing to remove the old rusted out floor

 

rust be gone....more to come

 

nice work Joel! fuckin get it! Are you gonna assemble that engine yourself then?

 

I'm a sucker for a tri 5 gasser build! Keep it up, can't wait to see the final product! Good Luck with the build!

 

Thank you ModelAPunk, and yeah Keith, gonna put that sucker together as soon as my pistons come in. This was supposed to be my budget motor, just to get the car going.
Discovered almost no one makes good pistons for the old closed chamber heads anymore. So....i had to get some really good high dollar JEs =/ I guess its not a bad thing but more then i wanted to spend on pistons for this motor. Cool part is they are almost a hundred grams lighter then the cast hypereutectics i originally purchased for the build (back when it was gonna have oval port heads and a very mild cam)

 

turning down the wheel spacers

 

the slicks are now under the car

 

I mean Literally, under the car!!

 

"Adjusting" the new floor for tire clearance

 

our stopping point for the night, one side now has clearance, just needs to be cleaned up , then do the same to the other side

 

oooh look its a box of goodys =)

 

now that is one fine lookin piston!

 

Hale to the dome ! What compression is this going to work out to be ?

 

I have 107 cc cumbustion chambers, so 12.5, i have a weird custom ground cam, so im interested to see where this all works on the dyno

 

Got the body back over the floors, and getting ready to weld.