1955 Chevy "Nickelback"

[Spiffav8]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I'll trade you all my Rolex's for Laurie! Although I think she might have a bit to say about that... but you can't say I didn't TRY! LOL

Not even tempting. She helped me reinstall the hood on the 67 yesterday. So fun to watch her turn wrenches. Looking forward to her helping install the engine.

[Spiffav8]

Brent, Glad to see the progress!! Love the wheel choice. Really looking forward to seeing the car complete.

[NOPANTS68]

B, those wheels look very fancy. I didn't know you were a fancy guy! lol

Great choice. Love the tin work.

[WSSix]

Always glad to see this one making progress, Brent. Love what you're doing with the car.

[Sieg]

Looking real good Brent!

[Ricochet]

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Brent I really like all those closeout panels underneath,fab work looks great and really like those wheels

Originally Posted by Spiffav8

Brent, Glad to see the progress!! Love the wheel choice. Really looking forward to seeing the car complete.

Thanks for the props! Funny thing on the wheels - I bought these 7 years ago. Still happy with them!

Originally Posted by NOPANTS68

B, those wheels look very fancy. I didn't know you were a fancy guy! lol

Great choice. Love the tin work.

Thanks Dave! Just call me Mr. Fancy Pants!

Originally Posted by WSSix

Always glad to see this one making progress, Brent. Love what you're doing with the car.

Originally Posted by Sieg

Looking real good Brent!

Thanks again guys! Feeling real good at this point! With a little luck I'll have this thing on the rotisere in a couple weeks!

[tones2SS]

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Brent I really like all those closeout panels underneath,fab work looks great and really like those wheels

What Jeff said. Looking really good Brent.

[Ricochet]

I need to get better on updating my thread. One would think being a Mod and always here it would come natural! Go figure... Anyways I'm still plugging away. I have been working on the bumper fitment, rear exhaust area, radiator hoses, dash, console and other things . I had Sherm's Chrome rough the bumpers in for me. These started out as 3 piece bumpers that have been welded together as 1 piece smoothies. Of course nipped and tucked for a nicer fit. Took a lot of work to get them to fit like this but well worth it. I really wanted the lines of the front bumper to match up with the fender lines as they swoop down. I ended up raising the bumper 1/2" to clear the front apron and moved back over an 1" to make this happen. Kind of needed the extra ground clearance anyways with as low as it is. Well here are the final pics...

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I made the side mounting brackets with 3/4" round tubing with right & left hand rod ends. Makes it real easy to set perfect gaps. Ignore the extra stud on the bumper. That will not be used and taken off before chroming.
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[GregWeld]

Nice work Brent! I really like the adjustment you built in. Very clever.

[Ricochet]

Here are some pics of the rear bumper fitment.

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