Thread: '57 Chevy gasser build
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10-25-2010 08:16 PM #31
Well Dave, I guess by the response you've gotten on this project that you are in BIG trouble now. Every night you are going to have 100 people waiting for your latest update. Get out in that garage, you have fans to take care of here, ya know!!!!
Don
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10-25-2010 08:20 PM #32
Can`t believe you ain`t started yet....!Toys
`37 Ford Coupe
`64 Chevy Fleet side
`69 RS/SS
`68 Dodge Dart
Kids in the back seat may cause accidents, accidents in the back seat may cause kids, so no back seat, no accidents...!
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10-25-2010 08:20 PM #33
Yeah, seems like it Don!!! Got to get the '36 Plymouth done and gone, then a roadster project is coming in...it's an easy build so I'm planning on getting the '57 in, dissassembled, and off to the sandblaster. I've got two rotiserie's now, one for the frame and one for the body... By the time the roadster gets off the chassis table the '57 frame can go on there.... Looks like about 30 days to get all the chassis plans formulated then put it on the table and go to work!
Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?
I really need a big shop again, just too dang old to take on all that grief another time!!!!!Last edited by Dave Severson; 10-25-2010 at 08:25 PM.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
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10-25-2010 08:27 PM #34
The long run trim was the same, the difference on the quarters was the BA had the "striped" stainless insert, the 210 didn't. There were other minor pieces too, the BA being the laden one, the 210 cleaner, less trimmed out.
Yours looks like it might be a 210 body and a BA nose, little tough to tell though cause I'm trying to see holes on a dull finish.Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
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10-25-2010 08:30 PM #35
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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10-25-2010 08:31 PM #36
Here's the Bel-Air insert...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/-...-de-vries.html
Here's a 210, they omitted the insert and painted it...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19...t-archives.jpg
completely different on the 150....
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2618...10957762AkYity
http://www.performancemotorsportsnew...classItemID=30
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10-25-2010 08:35 PM #37
Thanks Richard, I got it now... The two tone black and white 150 really looks sharp!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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10-25-2010 08:37 PM #38
engine tall deck bbc bore it to 4.625 i know some one that has just a block. put a 3.500 crank in it thats a 470 cid bbc good set of rods miller s or grp good set of heads cnc380 darts should work and a nice roller cam. no need for a tack just wind it up till every one clears the starting line then dump the clutchIrish Diplomacy ..the ability to tell someone to go to Hell ,,So that they will look forward to to the trip
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10-25-2010 08:41 PM #39
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10-25-2010 08:41 PM #40
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10-25-2010 08:42 PM #41
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10-25-2010 08:53 PM #42
Question:
On the ladder bar pics that Don put up, the top picture with the wheelie bars has the straight bar on the bottom, the other picture has the straight bar on top.... As a general rule on round tube ladder bars the bottom tube is straight and parallel with the ground and the top bar is angled with the adjustable link.... Does the car care which bar is straight and parallel with the ground??? Going to have to plot out some IC's and see where they come out.... Not so much a question as just thinking out loud I guess....Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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10-25-2010 09:04 PM #43
Usually these were more lift bars and as such had no upper bar/lower bar adjustment, only a rod end at the front to true them up to the chassis. The purpose of these was two fold: Keep the rear from winding up on the springs, and to transfer lift to the chassis to get the front end up under accelleration. They weren't as effective as later developments, but they sure look cool hanging down under there.
Don
(any progress yet, Dave? We're waiting............... )
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10-25-2010 09:08 PM #44
Yeah, just thinking I can use the old design with new technology to get the right look and perhaps improve on their performance.... Got to have the long bars, for sure!!!! A modern 4 bar would certainly work better, but it'd be like putting a dress on a pig---it'd still look like a pig!!!!!
I really like the set in your picture with the wheelie bars built into the same bracketry, think I'll probably end up with something quite similar---THANKS!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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10-26-2010 12:22 AM #45
Wow Dave, what a response you have had with this project.Can I add my 2 cents worth please? Okay I can then, first, I think the steel tilt front with the separate opening bonnet is the way to go.. I also like the idea of the EFI fuel system looking like the early Hilborn injection as one can't bet 8 pipes sticking through a bonnet. The rest I think all the others have nailed for you. Oh one last thing Dave, Pepper looks like one mean guard dog and as Don said... the odd picture of him and or guard cat will keep us happy while following your build thread.
Cheers Whiplash...I maybe a little crazy but it stops me going insane.
Isaiah 48: 17,18.
Mark.
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
MSD 8360 distributor vacuum advance