My 55 Belair hard top project

[HAFROD]

I bought this car about 3-4 years ago. I'm a die hard 55 Chevy guy and the hard top is my unicorn. When I was 5 years old in 1977 my parents restored a 55 hard top. That's why I'm drawn to them. Anyway, I bought this roller for $6200 with title and some new parts. It came from California originally and was in awesome shape. The floors were mint and it came with the bench seat which is $800 to $1000 if you can find one. I have done a bunch of mods. I have a 406 small block, 700R4 trans, 373 posi, 4 wheel disks, drilled and slotted rotors, front and rear sway bars, and tubular control arms. Colors will be black pearl on the front and carbon fiber pearl on the roof and rear section in the stock two tone scheme.

 

[HAFROD]

I wanted left and right front speakers so I used exhaust tips with mesh screen behind them. If you had original air conditioning, this is the location for the chrome vents. They look similar in design. Now I have Kicker 3 1/2s to mount on the back.

 

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Made my own brake covers and used dash scripts. I built all 4.

 

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I made a matching wing nut for my air cleaner. I built it out of various scrap pieces of steel and drilled and tapped round stock.

 

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I used two factory 4 barrel air cleaner tops to build my own cold air system. This pissed off some purists because the air cleaners are hard to find and expensive.

 

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I removed the ash tray and cut out the divider. I extended the glove box and the side is rolled like stock.

 

[Injectedcutty]

Love it! I've always been a tri-5 fan but they've been out of reach for me. There are some really nice ones here in Louisville, but i gotta finish my cutlass first before i hunt for the next project.

As usual, the subtle mods you incorporate into you're builds are way cool such as the chevy script onto the frame. I like that wingnut idea, and the caliper covers are trick. Speaking of, it would look awesome if you could get an led strip to stick well with the brake heat, used as a backlight.

The color combo you've planned will look killer, I'm definitely following this build.

 

[HAFROD]

An option for the 55 was a tissue dispenser. I plated the top and rear in and put in cup holders. Now when closed it looks like an original tissue box.

 

[Rktpwrd]

Been waiting a long time to see some coverage on this one...
Looks like the wait has been worth it, not disappointed!

 

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Built my own hood brace with some pipe caps for looks