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...]
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...]
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 ’55 Bel Air: Engine, Trans, and Steering Install
'55 Bel Air Engine, Transmission and Steering Now Complete! A few months back we worked on Building The Ultimate LS BBC for our Project '55 Bel Air. The time had come to nestle the engine down into it's new home, which is a stock frame we built at the beginning of the year. We started the process by bolting up our 4L60e transmission - you're probably wondering why we didn't go … [Read more...]
Project ’55 Bel Air: Starting From The Frame Up
Project '55 Bel Air Takes On New Life Over the last few years, you may have noticed a few articles with some installations being completed on a '55 Bel Air four door. This car has been daily driven and just enjoyed, with no intentions of racing or anything like that. We've had our fun and decided it was time to tear it apart, repaint it and give it the full restoration it … [Read more...]
Borgeson Steering Install: Doing It Right The Second Time Around
Borgeson Steering Install: 1955 Bel Air Being cheap rarely pans out in your favor. On our project 1955 Bel Air, we keep finding parts on the car from the previous owners that were bought cheaply and now we are having to replace them. They say that being cheap costs more than double because you buy the cheap part, then have to pay again for the good and more expensive … [Read more...]
Billet Braces: Installing Eddie Motorsports Hood Braces
Installing Eddie Motorsports Hood Braces While we were installing the new Holley LS valve covers on our 1955 Bel Air, we noticed the big ugly bracket supporting the hood. This bracket is what stabilizes the hood and holds the hood latch. This bracket does a good job, but is less than stellar looking. We looked for options and saw that our friends at Eddie Motorsports had just … [Read more...]
Half Priced More Door 1955 Bel Air
Note From Editor: A few months back I gave my Dad a '55 Bel Air. My friend Kaleb Kelley from Speed Society heard about the story and came out to shoot the car. Below is the story I wrote for him telling the story of my Dad and his '55 Bel Air which ran on the Speed Society site. - TK Just like many kids growing up my Dad was my hero. 30 years later, he still is. I always … [Read more...]