My 55 Chevy Gasser project as of now . Still a work in progress

[Mr1963chevy]

doin a hellava good job,looks great!i restore muscle cars and biuld street rods at my bussiness.milner's speed & custom shop.your work looks good.i hope you finish it and keep for your kids to get to know about them old badass chevy's

[macfrederick]

@Mr1963chevy Thank you sir very much for the compliment . I have not had much time to work on the 55 this year , i had to build a garage so i would have a place to work on it and that took any funds i had saved up to finish the car out . oh well . One of these days , the time and the money will come one of these days , until then she is sitting high and dry in a new garage.

[REGROY1913]

Very nice!!! Keep up the good work! 

[bowtiehero1]

thats really neat guy, yeah im 24 and have a belair gasser...kinda started like u did but mine actually looked worse..lol...but had a lot of help with my pops and uncle and miller....check mine out if u wish...but exactly..build it how u see fit...right on buddy and take care

[slipsonic]

awesome car! awesome attitude! awesome work!

[ironsides64]

everything looks top notch,keep up the good work...glad to see another one reserected from a sure grave....iron...

[carlosmurphy4u]

Run that puppy!

[ronsmodelmart]

very cool...viedo

[Ls3guy]

cool

[heylookitsjim]

That is sweet. Great job, I guess, the budget doesn't effect the quality of the product, only the time it takes to complete it.

[SuperKONR]

I wanted to get a 55 chevy SOOOOOOO bad and do exactly what you are doing. But then I saw the prices and decided to settle for a 65 mustang lol. Awesome work keep it up! Are you going to make it a cross between a stock and racing interior with the guage pods? Good luck it's going good!

[Canadianstacey66]

wow, cant wait for you to put the finished product on here :)

[macfrederick]

Thanks again guys. Im still saving up the money for a blower and to button up the 396 , Hoping to have it 98% finished by the end of summer. It will be a streetable but for special occasions i picked up a survivor 4 door 55 to be used as a tow car to take her to the dragstrip , it oughta be a pretty neat sight to see rolling down the highway.

[macfrederick]

Well that scratchin and saving for pennies finally worked out . I have the 6/71 set up for the 396

[krookedKiller13]

Beautiful. Keep up the great work!

[RexCars1]

Car looks good so far... Looks like your on your way.. Keep at it...

[johnnyz55z]

Hey O'L 55 ! SWEEEEEEEET !

Oh yeah baby CCR !!!

[blueovalfan23]

this coming from a strictly no chevy guy, i think i'd drive that bow tie when finish lol. you are going to throw a ford engine in that right j/k good work though

[macfrederick]

I gotta say , i saw your name before i read the comment and got Nervous lol.

Thanks for the compliments buddy!

[jerrys96lt4]

5 stars dude keep up the great work

[ITS4390]

sounds like a plan my dude, keep her goin

[fiddlerpin]

She'll be a Two Lane Blacktop Clone.

Nice frame and body work. What paint did you use on the bottom of floor pan?

[macfrederick]

about 4 coats of por-15

[macfrederick]

thanks for all the nice comments guys . Ive put the 55 up for the winter months seeing as how i dont have heat in the shop and we are currently coming out of sub zero temps. The 396 is going together for it now , looking for a 6-71 for it at a reasonable price " Any sponsors out there ?" ha ha ha. Will hopefully have some running driving vids about mid summer , im praying anyways.

[godlacn55]

wow thats really cool. i have a 55' 210 model project that my dad has had for 20 years. i just started working on it a week ago and we are lined up to recieve a free 454 bb. and im only 15 with a permit. and  im the co owner. lucky kid ey?

[Bran247]

GREAT AND LOVE THAT STRAIGHT AXLE!!!

[gaymer1]

that looks awesome, great fun.

would love to see i video when finished.

good luck.

[oldcheviesneverdie]

delray gasser maybe i died and went to heaven...oldcheviesneverdie they just go faster

[cfhmj]

Kool Ride dude!!!

[GerryK61]

Great job!

I love the old gasser look. And a Delray yet.

[jkomen]

Keep up the good work. This looks really nice!

[gda882002]

sweet i love the gasser look ive got a 55 truck i did as a gasser

[Rich1028]

Cool car!!

and a great project.

anymore videos?

[macfrederick]

Thank Rich . the only other vids i have as of now are of the interior i finished a couple weeks ago . She wont be on the road until next year but im good with that.

Just finished installing a complete american autowire harness thisevening , actually about 15 minutes ago ha haha . Worked out great.

[Migg1960]

it´s looks real nice:)

[badgasser55]

Just checked out your interior on the two lane blacktop site...NICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love your car.

[macfrederick]

That is a bigger compliment than you know , coming from a guy with a car like yours in the shop. Thats a Huge compliment , thanks Buddy!

[tnsunshinedane]

Awesome job !!!

Would like to see more.

Walland, TN

[iheartmy55]

hey...nice project...im 15 and have a 55 4door.that will be my 1st car (unusuall for my age,most like the rice burners,lol)

im gonna do sumthin like urs to mine....

im restorin it rite now..its got the original 265 3speed (changed to a 3 on the floor)

and i put thrush glass packs w/ side exhaust

go check out my vids n let me know what you think.not very good because i had 2 use a cell phone,lol

[Chubbs1955]

where did you get the straight axle setup???? im looking for one for my 55, i was thinking 51 to 55 chevy pu axle.

[macfrederick]

Hi there. I had alot of guys tell me the 48 -54 chevy truck axle but thats wrong , the springs are angled together at the front and they sit to far inboard to be safe. Sooo i used the axle out of a 57 chevy , any axle from a 55 2NDseries to a 59 will work , the springs are perfectly parralel on those and the spring pads match almost PERFECT with the stock 55 frame. I installed new king pins , disc brake kit , and springs from speedway motors , total cost of axle build was $450.00

[macfrederick]

Heres is a parts list for my front axle with numbers and prices through speedway motors Chevy flat steering arms = 91632031 $39.99 semi elipticle straight axle mounting hardware kit 91639030 $74.99 1947-59 DELUXE CHEVY PICK-UP BRAKE KIT, 5 ON 4-3/4" Item #: 91031916 Price: $249.99 KT 1949-54 CHEVY KING PIN KIT Item #: 91032123 Will work up to 1959 Price: $39.99 pr LEAF SPRING, REVERSE EYE, PLN Item #: 91033032 youll need to of these Price: $59.99 EA x 2

[macfrederick]

You can change the bolt pattern on your disc brake hubs to whatever wheels you want to run , i was sticking with the chevy pattern. if you want to spend a little more they have chrome options on some of those parts also . Remember , stick with the 55 2nd series axle to 1959. Also i guess my price was a little off or maybe they raised them a little since i built mine,.

[badgasser55]

Its not a gasser without cut fenderwells. I do like stock fenderwells on a tubbed 55. As far as gassers go.....CUT IT UP !

[bestking440]

should not have cut rear quarters

[macfrederick]

There will always be 2 sides to that argument lol. Some guys like stockers and some like radiused and generally its a pretty strong dislike for one or the other depending on which group you ask. As you can tell i much prefer the radiused look . not a fan of the stock wheel well . The Nomads were great but not the others. Plus , it would been rough on those 10.5w's would been chewing sidewalls out left and right lol.

[macfrederick]

Plus i honestly think they look so much better, The 55 is considered by many to be one of the first " Muscle " cars and with grandmas wheel opening it just doesnt work. As is obvious with the straight axle , im not going for the typical cookie cutter red 55 chevy rolling on 17 inch boyd wheels with a/c . DOnt want to be just another 55 in a sea of look alikes. Dont want this one to look like it was sponsored by summit or any of the other billet books.

[badgasser55]

Dude......WOW.....Nice. Great video . Hope to see a LOT more of your car.