Projects 1956 Chevy (South East Gasser) "The Vagabond"

Dang John, How many chicken coupes in your neighborhood missing the siding?

 

A quick little wheelstand in 1st, front wheels off the ground again in 2nd, The sound of the engine screaming though the gear changes, etc. I've gotten plenty of compliments about the wheelstands I do with my powerglide equipped Chevy II, and I wouldn't have it any other way. But the stickshift cars are what I enjoy watching the most.

 

This thread isn't about me, though. Get back to work, Dirty John!

 

Go away kid you bother me...

 

I can do that! Headed out right now.

 

So much for working on the car the next few days. Somehow managed to fry every outlet in the garage. Flipping breakers like crazy. Pretty put off at the moment. Probably going to blow a few hundred bucks on an electrician that was headed towards this heap. Eh...first world problems at best I guess.


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Generator


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Oh I thought of that too. Problem is I left some gas in it and it turned bad and now won't crank. I spoke with my father in law tonight and he gave me some ideas to try.


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You better get something going ,the chickens are becoming very confused.

 

now that's funny

 

is that colonel Sanders from KFC? I like his recipe of 11 herbs and spices, good tasting chicken. Maybe you can get those chickens to help you with the welding...lol.

 

Hey Bean, We are setting up some match races for you. You gotta get back in that saddle !

 

BAaaAAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's awesome!


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LOL! They better bring a generator with them.


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nice pic of The Shocker.

 

I would love that if you could! Match racing is really what I enjoy the most.


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You are going to need some music for the garage to get through this build.

 

Damn, now I'm getting sick. Fever,fluid behind the ears,.. the works. No worries though. I'm going to get this car rocking one way or another. Get past this and the holidays I will pick up the pace.


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i wondered what happened to shocker.....

 

Lenny set up in a 55.

 

response to "Lenny set up in a 55"

Cole slaw set up in a bowl.

 

The car looks great. Hope to see it run soon.

 

Thanks man! I feel the same way.

 

Bean Dip.....do you think you will be ready for the Meltdown in July? Excited to see it in person!
Koop

 

No, I won't be coming up this year Koop. Going to put it together and race it locally for a while. I plan on posting some videos of it though once it's running.


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No pics to post, but I'm back at it again. Solved my electricity outage (replaced cfgi outlet) and fortunately with the help of a very kind fellow at the local welding supply was able to fix my welder as well. For the past 6 years I have really used and abused my little Hobart Handler 140 mig. I'm not a pro by any stretch ,but for the money I think it's a nice little welder. Here is a nice tip for all you mig users out there that may not know this because I didn't. If you have a lot of metal dust in your shop it can collect inside your welder and really muck it up and short it out. Sometimes it can even totally fry it. I opened mine up and blew it out real well and it fired right back up. Welds a lot better now too.

I should have the tunnel done by Saturday night, that is if I didn't cut it down too much since you saw it last. I didn't take the time to put the engine and tranny back in when I did this and fear it may not fit now. Getting pretty damn tired of taking the engine in and out, but I need to nip that. Not the end of world if I got overly enthusiastic with the cutoff wheel just more time involved. Hopefully my laziness won't bite me in the tookus. We shall see..

 

So i crossed the point of no return, sure you dont want to put a third pedal in yours?

 

I have went back and forth on this one a lot, but I feel like a power glide is what I need to do. All I race down here is autos and I don't want to give them any advantage. My first race car was a stick and its tough to run a number against the autos.


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Chrysler's in a Chevy are cool!

 

Hey John, you getting anything done to your car? I've almost got mine ready for the Thaw.