1955 Chevrolet Belair

[Wardsweb]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Normally I don't care for those cars mainly because they're so common, but this one's a beaut! It's a very nice departure from the usual red 2-door. Is that sapphire blue? What kind of mags are those? What exactly is under the hood? Is that shifter I see for an automatic or a 3-speed manual?

The color is Targa Blue - early 70's Corvette option.
The wheels are Cragar from the 80's.
The engine started with a 1967 283 truck block punched 40 over
•heads ported, polished, hardened seats, teflon seals, double wound springs
•Cloyes double roller timing set
•Competition Cams and roller tip lifters
•aluminum distributer out of a '69 Z balanced and recurved
•Moroso Blue Max wires
•Edelbrock Performer intake, 1406 carb and valve covers
•intake is powder coated
•1957 ram horn manifolds are HPC coated
•Danchuk 4 core radiator with 6 blade stainless and 10 blade electric fans
•Th350 tranny with B&M valve body

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Wardsweb

The color is Targa Blue - early 70's Corvette option.
The wheels are Cragar from the 80's.
The engine started with a 1967 283 truck block punched 40 over
•heads ported, polished, hardened seats, teflon seals, double wound springs
•Cloyes double roller timing set
•Competition Cams and roller tip lifters
•aluminum distributer out of a '69 Z balanced and recurved
•Moroso Blue Max wires
•Edelbrock Performer intake, 1406 carb and valve covers
•intake is powder coated
•1957 ram horn manifolds are HPC coated
•Danchuk 4 core radiator with 6 blade stainless and 10 blade electric fans
•Th350 tranny with B&M valve body

Man, that's pretty slick. This car being a nicely done 4-door restomod makes it much more interesting. It's the best thing to do to a tri-five Chevy in my opinion.

Originally Posted by hi_volt

Very nice. Super clean engine, too. My personal favorite Bow Tie is the 65 Impala.

Those are awesome, although I prefer the '66 used in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry. My favorite Chevy is the '78 2-door Impala.