Thread: '57 Chevy gasser build

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Too Kool!

If it were me..... being a child who grew up in the '60s.... and "lived" for drag racing.... going to the Indy Nats from '62 'til '74...

With the straight axle, it begs for a tilt nose, with white fenderwell headers!

I would try to find one of those old early square tunnel rams, then chose the big or small block to fit. Carbs would be much easier to set up for the street. The smallblock would be neater with Corvette covers. Of course the engine would be orange either way.

The wheels would be unusual, and tied to the sixties, like 200S "flower mags"... something resembling Halbrands, early gray center 5-spokes, or maybe 12 spokes on the front. Maybe Keystones would be kind neat too. "piecrust slicks" would be cool.

The interior... however much you use, would be tuck & roll. ...and there should be a chrome tach on the dash!

The color could be anything... basic red, yellow, blue, black & white were common, but some colors identify with '57s. The aqua blue color is noticeable... or the copper metallic (I think it was "Aztec Copper")

Maybe a period cartoon and a period name could decorate the car... along with an early engine size on the front fenders. ...like "301 Cubic inches", or "396 cubic inches"

A moon tank should be hanging on the grill, and maybe a chute (or phony chute) out back. If you don't have a rear bumper, a vertical push bar would look right too.

I know I can find some early square tube ladder bar pictures... but the ones that were most noticeable would have the zig-zag bracing between the upper and lower bars. They would also be about 5-6 feet long!

Of course Mooneyes, Isky, Hooker Headers, and other period decals would need to be on the windows or body, and a fitting class designation, like A,B,C, or D/G?

How about one of those early tunnelram scoops, with the sides curved in? ...or even a Ford Teardrop bubble, like the Thunderbolts. Anothert thing that comes to mind is that some guys used one of those plastic newspaper boxes for a scoop. I will try to find a picture of a model that I scratchbuilt one of those scoops for. :-)

I'll have to think about that cartoon and name. Let's see... Yosemite Sam with a shotgun? ... Daffy Duck looking really pissed and "rolling up his sleeves"? ...or the Tasmanian Devil? ....or.... ???

Names are wide open too. Fifties and early sixties song titles? ...maybe a car song like "Shut Down" ...or how about "(something) Stovebolt"? ...or maybe a period slang phrase... or :-)~

This would just be too much fun! How much do you want for it!!! (just kidding)