My no name 55 Nomad

[ScottieB]

So here is my 55 Nomad. Found it on ebay and paid a fair price. It has a running small block and a 4speed, but they are not staying. The floor in it needs all new metal. The tailgate needs a ton of help and the roof is rusty too. But I have a Nomad!
The plan for the car is a good handling, a comfortable cruiser, and "enough" power.
Step one was to contact Nerd Rods and buy a U weld it frame kit from Russell. Done.
Skipping step two and went straight to step three, power. I bought an all aluminum LS1 long block. I also bought a LS6 intake, cam, and valve springs. I also bought Corvette LS exhaust manifolds. That should give me "enough" power. LOL
Lets get to a picture.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

nice build, also welcome!!!


cant wait to see what you do with that roof.

[ScottieB]

Here is the pile of parts I bought From Russell. I drove down to Texas to pick it up and it fit easily in the back of my Magnum. Yes, I'm kind of a wagon guy.

[ScottieB]

A spare roof came with the car! Lucky me

[ScottieB]

214, I edited the last sentence of the post to fit the single pic.

[214Chevy]

Hahahaha....just giving you a hard time bro. I'm going to be watching this one. I like it already and you've barely gotten started. Are you going to put the frame together yourself or do you have a shop that's doing your work?

[ScottieB]

214 I know you were messing with the new guy. No worries, we are here to have some fun and learn a few things. This project will be as close to 100% built by me as possible. I can not powder coat a frame, etc. I will do all the metal work, bodywork, and paint myself. I will also do the interior on my own. Along with any mechanical work that needs to be done, ie my cam swap. I am highly motivated as this is my divorce present to myself!

[214Chevy]

Scottie, you probably thought no one was awake at 1 am in the morning. Well, I am....and I'm liking where you're going with this thread. But you said, "some pics" and all we get is one stinking pic of the car? A 55 Nomad and two pics total...you're kidding me right.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by ScottieB

So here is my 55 Nomad. Found it on ebay and paid a fair price. It has a running small block and a 4speed, but they are not staying. The floor in it needs all new metal. The tailgate needs a ton of help and the roof is rusty too. But I have a Nomad!
The plan for the car is a good handling, a comfortable cruiser, and "enough" power.
Step one was to contact Nerd Rods and buy a U weld it frame kit from Russell. Done.
Skipping step two and went straight to step three, power. I bought an all aluminum LS1 long block. I also bought a LS6 intake, cam, and valve springs. I also bought Corvette LS exhaust manifolds. That should give me "enough" power. LOL
Lets get to a picture.

Can't say anything but good things about the idea of building a 2 door wagon. I have a 2 door 64 Falcon wagon that is my next project.

So for those of us that want to follow your build and don't know squat about the Nerd rods stuff fill us in what is his frame stuff? Gussets and brackets to strengthen the stock frame and use late model suspension parts?

Good to see a new build on here.

[rat_rod_russell]

Scottie! I didn't know you slummed over here too!

Y'all should have seen it. We put the whole thing in the back of his Magnum.

Originally Posted by FETorino

So for those of us that want to follow your build and don't know squat about the Nerd rods stuff fill us in what is his frame stuff? Gussets and brackets to strengthen the stock frame and use late model suspension parts?

How about a completely new DIY frame that accepts the C4 Corvette Suspension!

Here's a finished rolling chassis we did a little while back.




And a video of how the frame goes together. This is the beta updated version of the Instructional video. This one is all in line but I'm still filling in the written wording. Once that's done I'll start with the voice recordings describing whats going on or tips and tricks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZL9U...ature=youtu.be

[VIDEO]mZL9UZtz2G4[/VIDEO]

Later
-Russell