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Check out my 54 bel air build thread

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Dirty54, Jan 2, 2011.

  1. 55CadillacTed
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    lookin good playboy
     
  2. Dirty54
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    family reunion ;)

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  3. lorodz
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    Sweet hey whats ya pops got 2 of the same coupe ? ....

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  4. 55CadillacTed
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    man i love that pic
     
  5. sololobo
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    Chevy is boss bro, I love the 54 Chevys. Looks like the whole familia has the disease, Cool! ~sololobo~
     
  6. black 62
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    good thread---love the family photo...
     
  7. Dirty54
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    no he built the 31 chevy in the back for his wife
     
  8. Dirty54
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    thank you
     
  9. lorodz
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    Oh that is sick....congrats ya car looks killer ...see ya guys around ..

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  10. Dirty54
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    so we been working on a new cooling fan set up. i dont have room for an engine fan nor do i have room for a puller type with shroud. the radiator is the original one that came out of the caddy with the 500 motor so it is very big the core alone measures 17 x 32 1/2. there was currently 2 cheap 14 inch fans that maybe pushed 2000 cfm if that. so looked around at the dual fan setups with shrouds and the most cfm was about 3100 and cost damn near 600 dollars. the motor never over heated with the current set up the fans would just hold it steady at about 210 on the hottest of days. but as soon as you drove drops instantly to 180. So being cooling isnt an issue just wanted some more airflow. So decided to go with 2 16 inch fans with a custom made frame costing about 200 dollars and pushes 4500 cfm now
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    this set up only works do to how wide my rad is and fits right between the side tanks
     
  11. Dirty54
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    once fans are mounted here is a hint of whats to come next
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  12. modeltme
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    Looking forward to seeing it together.....should be killer!!!!
     
  13. Dirty54
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    fans installed , temp literally falls like a rock and the fans shut back off in a minute or so

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  14. Dirty54
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    now onto cleaning up the motor and a new intake and carb also ditched the msd ignition for conventional points .

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  15. Very nice car, if you every want to get rid of that beautiful grille...send it my way, my '51 could sure use it!
     
  16. Dirty54
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  17. Dirty54
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    So check out the new look picked up a real nice set of 57 caddy original caps and after a nice polish and some center bullets looks like a differnt car
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  18. Br8kNek
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    Siiiiiiiick!!!
     
  19. 51fordshoebox
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    what sre the seats out of? love the look of that rear seat.
     
  20. Dirty54
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    Rear seat is the stock seat just re covered to match the front better which are 67 or 8 camaro seats

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  21. modeltme
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    Wow......can't believe it is the same car......LOOKS FANTASTIC
     
  22. Vlopez22
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    very very very nice hubcaps : )
     
  23. Dirty54
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    Ha ha thank you buddy .. this is the hamb member they where purchased from

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  24. Vlopez22
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    : ) looking sharp I like what you did with them and the car looks sweet
     
  25. lorodz
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    looks good.. waitin to get my 50 into squeekys myself..hope to drive to be able to drive it by october
     
  26. mrconcdid
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    That's one sweet ride you have there Dirty, good job!.

    Godspeed
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