Long Shot...Anyone Remember A '55 Chevy Magazine Article...

...where they removed the stock front suspension, and installed straight sub rails with a dropped tube axle and 4-bar?, (real low, not nose bleed gasser stance)...it was in one of the Chevy magazines, (Chevy Performance maybe?), I believe in the '80's?...I know, pretty vague, huh?...thanks

 

Can't help ya but I would like to see it.

 

Cold be Gary K's black pre pro street killer 55 ...I remember a 56 twwo door featured with it in a mag...I think it had a dropped straight axle, Jag rear..pretty radical car for the late 70's ...

 

This wasn't a feature, it was a tech article...if I remember right, it was a grey primered 2-door sedan, and they used coil-overs with the 4-bar...

 

superchevy magazine late 80s I have it stashed somewhere gimme afew days to find it

 

Thanks!

 

Same setup as the 2 lane / american graffiti 55's... Always thought it was so much cooler then leafs....

 

MRGASSER,

A reply to an old thread over a year ago.

Well if you stumble across this thread the magazine is

Popular Hot Rodding's 55-57 Chevy, 1980, when magazines were $ 2.75
page 24-27 definitely would have been a cool 55, never seen it finished
in any other articles, too bad !!!

Norm

 

I think i have it somewhere

 

Thanks gentlemen! I'm off to find a copy!

 

post up pic....would be a breath of fresh air in this up in the air parallel sprung world.....

 

Norm, what month?

 

I believe it was a "special issue", not a regular month.

 

Very good chance that Richard Ruth may have done the conversion.

 

Mr Gasser, This is one I modified several years ago using some cast off parts, ( front suspension off of a 33-34 Ford), the offset ends on the 4-bars, fit the angles just right. It is probably higher than you want, however the customer wanted it similar to the "Two Lane Blacktop" car that Richard Ruth built. With shorter front shocks and some changes to the brackets and mounts, a lower stance would have been easier to achieve. Here are some pics.

 

Thats.....nice.how did it handle?? I have a 56 sedan delivery

 

Gary, I can't tell you how it handled, as it got sold before it was finished, and went to Canada.

 

Found it! It was actually a Popular Hotrodding Tri-Five Chevy special edition...Brandon, check it out...

 

I remember it now !

 

I was telling a buddy about this setup last weekend! Such a great idea!!