Our 1955 Bel Air project now moves under it's own power! From a bare frame, all the way to driving is a massive accomplishment and one that's been years in the making. Now we didn't go very far, to the end of the driveway and then down the street for some pictures, but it's a start. There still isn't an interior in the car, so we drove it sitting on the bottom of the factory … [Read more...]
Project 1955 Bel Air: Hear It Run!
Whew! It's been about six months since we last updated you all on this build. But that doesn't mean progress on the '55 has stopped. These past few months we've been working away tirelessly on the car. The big news is that it runs! Check out all the progress. It's All In The Details... Mainly, we've been working on details. For example we had to figure out hoses for our … [Read more...]
Project 1955 Bel Air: Front End Finishing
Project 1955 Bel Air: Installing The Front End Progress is happening on our 1955 Bel Air Project! It seems like what we have been doing lately is working on tedious small things - which add up over time but it was great to do some things that made a massive jump towards a finished car. What we worked on was installing the front … [Read more...]
Hinged On Success: Installing Eddie Motorsport’s Hood Hinges
Installing Eddie Motorsport's Hood Hinges Our Project 1955 Bel Air is hitting some big strides. The chassis is done, engine is installed, and the car is painted. We're installing tons of new parts and chipping away and getting this car back to looking better than new. Thanks to Eddie Motorsports billet hood hinges, the hood is working better than new as well. The stock … [Read more...]
Champion Cooling’s New Electric Fan Controller
Champion Cooling's new Electric Fan Controller steps up your game to the next level when it comes to cooling systems. Their new, Bluetooth ready controller allows you more control over your cooling fans; the free app can be downloaded for IOS or Android devices, allowing you to set separate on and off temperatures, whether you have a single cooling fan or dual cooling fans. … [Read more...]
Flowmaster American Thunder Install With Catalytic Converters
Flowmaster American Thunder Install With Catalytic Converters Installing exhaust isn't a hard task - most people can accomplish it fairly easy. Especially when you use a kit made for your car, like we did with Flowmaster on this 1955 Bel Air. What made it take more time was that we changed the mufflers that came in the kit and added a set of high-flow catalytic converters to … [Read more...]
Installing A Tilt Column Shift Steering Column
Installing A Tilt Column Shift Steering Column We've been chipping away at our 1955 Bel Air build - primarily under the car. One piece of the puzzle that needed to be installed to make moving the car around easier was a steering column. We reached into our pile of new parts and found our steering column from Classic Performance Products. If you've been following along, … [Read more...]
Install: Eddie Motorsports Trunk Hinges
Installing Billet Aluminum Trunk Hinges Eddie Motorsports are known for a wide variety of billet accessories including hood hinges and serpentine systems. We were recently poking around on their site ordering up a set of hood hinges for our 1955 Bel Air project and saw they made trunk hinges for it too. The factory hinges worked just fine - they have the arms attached to … [Read more...]
Project 1955 Bel Air Rear End Finishing Touches
Installing The Rear Bumper, Emblem, and Tail Lights On Our 1955 Bel Air On our Project 1955 Bel Air, we have gotten the car out of paint jail and are excited to get this car back together! From our previous stories you can read all about building the chassis, suspension, brakes, etc. Now it's time to make this car look more like a '55 Bel Air! Our first order of … [Read more...]
500 Miles Of Freedom – Installing CPP’s 25 Gallon Fuel Tank!
500 Miles On A Tank Of Fuel? Our 1955 Bel Air project we have some big plans for. We've dubbed it "50 In A 55" because we plan on driving this car to all 50 states - yes driving to Alaska and having it shipped to Hawaii as the final leg of the journey. With that much driving it's going to use a lot of fuel. This car has an LS engine so it will get good MPG but we still plan on … [Read more...]
