53 chevy No turning back now!

And by the way the motor I ended up using was a 1959 235 not a 55 and thats backed up by a saginaw 4 speed with a 57 chevy rear things changed since my original post In the pics the original trany is on the motor.I was going to break the motor in with the original drive line.Didnt work out ,the three speed lasted about three weeks

 

Got the dash painted

 

Got some of the trim back on.

 

Man it looks sweeeet!

 

weather was nice today took her out for a blast and snapped a few shots.My daughter Loves it! As soon as i fire it up she comes running!

 

Love it! I agree on the color scheme decisions, very hard!! Im thinking white on my car as well.

 

Looks great I like the white & blue

 

Looking good!

 

scored some cool back seats!i think they were out of a thunderbird I just set them in there to see how they look. they fit pretty good should only take minor alterations.

 

Looking good...

 

Making progress on the tbird back seats

 

put the dash back together wanted a tach so this is what I came up with.I think its pretty cool .when you look in from the window at first glance it looks like the original clock.

 

installed rear garnish molding

 

Damn, those T-Bird seats look like they grew there. Excellent work.

 

Thats good stuff!

 

The Tbird rear seat is bitchin! Great idea

 

Thanks guys,A buddy of mine had the seats stashed away for years they are in great condition .He decided he was probable never going to get around to use them so they were donated to the cause.

 

a couple more pics

 

Is that a big block modified I see in the background there?

Maybe a more vintage one farther back as well?

What's the story there? You an oval racer?

 

Very nice build brother. Love the white exterior and the seats turned out great. Nice work staying with the six shooter. ~sololobo~

 

What year T Bird supplied those seats? People are going to start gutting them, then go looking for a 53-54 Chevy, you've started a trend. Bob

 

the race car is at Flemings junk yard hes got a lot of old circle track cars laying around. Hes got a really cool stock car museum that shows the history of the Atlantic City race track. If you ever make it to the Pumpkin Run in October there is a ton of Vintage Stockers and Drivers.

 

The seats are out of an early 60s Tbird . The only challenge to making them fit is the back shelf I trimmed It and added a piece to the back Not to big of a deal. My buddy told me the Merc guys use these seats a lot. when I first decided to use them I ran a search.THeres a couple other Hambers who did the same thing.Alot of good info.I was thinking abot using the center console also but decided against it . I like the way the Corvair buckets look with out it.

 

car looks great, love the interior too.

 

any close UPS of the rear decklid installed and during the fab? Just picked a rear 65 seat myself and was looking for pics. Car is looking good!

 

Sorry man no pics.I just dove in and started cutting. The deck lid is three pieces the outer ones needed minimal trimming.I used the stock card board deck for a pattern to fill in the back of the shelf I had to bend the seat backs a hair.Fabed up a couple brackets and had to trim the garnish moldings ( you can see them in the pics) And that's pretty much it. I couldn't believe how nice they fit.

 

What carb do you have up on that Clifford intake? I have a Clifford that I will be mating up to a 53-54 corvette dual exhaust. How did you do the carb linkage to the bell crank-accelerator pedal? Does the carb orientation matter?

Thanks,

Cosmo49

 

The carb is a rebuilt Carter AFB I used a Lokar throttle cable and accelerator Pedal Lokars stuff is real nice, real easy to hook up. I mounted the carb side ways front of the carb facing the passenger side with a afb I guess it doesn't matter im not sure about a holley

 

Heres a picture of the carb and gas pedal. Hope that helps

 

Cool.

Not much chance of me seeing it though, as I live in Missouri.

Love the NW modifieds and their little cousins the touring NASCAR modifieds.

For a lot of years, I raced their midwestern equivalent (more or less) on the dirt here in MO.

Glimpses of heetmetal bodywork and cage tubing still draw my eye like a 14yr old kid getting a peep though the door at a strip club.