Well here we are again and another 7 months gone by since any updates. Although at a snails crawl we have started once again on making some forward progress. I started working on it a little a few months ago and finally got to a point where I needed to get the headers and exhaust done. I had been in talks with Rodger at Ironworks to get it down there and let them work their magic. We’ll as things always have a tendency to spiral out of control we went from headers and exhaust to doing some chassis mods to stiffen it up a little, build the core support, air intake and fender mounts. Jody, Jim “The Painter” and I took a road trip down there to drop of the car and get a tour of the shop. These guys have some serious talent. It was nice to see the "Nova Brigade" in person. Tyler ’s 50/50 chassis in the making is unbelievable. And of course Rodger’s truck. Man - I have to say it is one the nicest trucks I have ever seen.
Below are a few pics of their work on the 55 thus far. I should have it back in a few weeks. Don't look to closely underneath - I still have quite a bit of clean up to do on the frame where I made provisions for the exhaust. It was one thing I never liked on my 57 was when the exhaust went under the frame then came back up. At certain angles you would see it and I hated it. So this time I supported the topside of the frame and went through it.
Once again I can’t say enough about Ironworks. Their work speaks for it self! Thanks again guys for making it happen! Hopefully this will be what I needed to jump back into things and make the time to finish this forever long project.
More to follow......