1955 Chevy "Nickelback"

[HWY Nova]

A set of IRONWORKS headers sure would look great on your project!!!!


--Eric

[Nvrenuf]

I just reviewed this thread. Wow! You are one patient dude. You may be the polar opposite of me. I can't wait to see this done, but maybe I shouldn't hold my breath I was shocked to see 2006 as the first post on the thread. But you know what they say, great things come to those who wait. And without a doubt, you're not cutting corners! Love the extended lines

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by HWY Nova

A set of IRONWORKS headers sure would look great on your project!!!!


--Eric

That to is coming in the near future, after he makes cardboard mock ups for all the parts he wants to build. Plus right now it would throw the Camaro nova balance we have going on into a downward spiral if we brought a tri-5 into the mix.

Rodger

[awr68]

Come on now! Your truck needs a play mate!!

[blowngasr]

Originally Posted by ironworks

That to is coming in the near future, after he makes cardboard mock ups for all the parts he wants to build. Plus right now it would throw the Camaro nova balance we have going on into a downward spiral if we brought a tri-5 into the mix.

Rodger

hi rodger......its jim......THATS why there's no updates, its that SPECIAL ORDER CARDBOARD..... ....................see ya in vegas...jim

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by blowngasr

lateral-g to brent................................come in brent................are you out there ???????? status report........do you need help?.......are you ok? did you bump you head..................come in BRENT........captain.....i think we lost him..........

Your killing me smalls!!! Yeah I know..Updates are slooooww. As I shared earlier, we bought a new house and typical new home -no power in the garage. They installed 3 outlets in a 4 car garage. That ain't gonna work. So I have been wroking on getting the garage set up. All the electrical is now done. Installed 12-110 outlets & 2-220 outlets for AC & welder. Cabinets everywhere and alot more lighting. So with all that work done as of last weekend and SEMA next week. If this doesn't get the project rolling again I don't know what will. Althought the first week after SEMA I'll probably be in detox, no thanks to the clowns I'll be hanging with!!

Originally Posted by swchopper

I just reviewed this thread. Wow! You are one patient dude. You may be the polar opposite of me. I can't wait to see this done, but maybe I shouldn't hold my breath I was shocked to see 2006 as the first post on the thread. But you know what they say, great things come to those who wait. And without a doubt, you're not cutting corners! Love the extended lines

Yeah - don't hold your breath!! Normally not a real patient guy and want it done yesterday - but with new house, babies, work, etc - time is limited unfortunately. But hopefully that will be changing soon.

Originally Posted by HWY Nova

A set of IRONWORKS headers sure would look great on your project!!!!--Eric

It WILL see a set of their headers as well as a complete exhaust system. While there we plan on doing some more chassis work, mount the fuel tank and a couple minor things. Realistically my guess will be in the spring time. Hopefully sooner - but considering my plan was to have this car done 2 years ago - who knows?

Brent

[awr68]

Don't swet it Brent! Life happens and it will be well worth the wait!!

Hell this time last year we were making plans of having my car at SEMA '08...I guess it never goes as planned!

[Reckley]

Looks great Brent! Can't wait to see more..

Mike

[Ricochet]

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......

[camcojb]

yes, beautiful work. Hey Brent, I ran into Rodger at the Pleasanton show and he'd like me to ride down with you when you pick the car up, maybe take a look at the tune on his truck. So you'll have some company if you want.

Jody