Time for a new look
Well, I decided to get the body and paint finished up on My 55 Chevy Bel Air. It took some time to locate a body shop in town that I felt comfortable with but after talking to a guy I…
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Body & Paint
This ’55 Was A Real Gas!
Here’s something I thought I would share with you. It’s a sweet ’55 Bel Air Gasser I saw on my recent trip to #Billetproof in Ocala, Florida. It was one of the award winners at the show this year. Seeing…
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So Many Cool Rides, Where Do I Start?
Well, the road trip to the Billetproof car show was a very cool experience. I made sure the battery for the camera was fully charged and the car gassed up and the GPS programmed. It wasn’t a very long drive…
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Road Trip To Billetproof Land!
I’ve never been to the Billetproof Florida Car Show but I hear it is one that’s not to be missed. The self-proclaimed “World’s Least Important Car Show” is coming up this weekend, and although I’m not going to take My ’55…
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A Movie for Drag Racing Fans
If you like Drag Racing, you’ll want to check out this movie that tells the history of two of the biggest names in Drag Racing history, Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen. I recently saw it and…
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Ready for the next step
Well, it’s been a while so I figured it was time to get the rest of the car in primer so it looks a bit more uniform. I took it back to the body shop that worked on it the…
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It’s gotta be done sooner or later.
And since I set up a date to take the car back to the body shop, I made it sooner. I’m talking about the driver’s side door. I put the passenger door on last month and wanted to get this…
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Time to do the doors
They’ve been sitting around long enough. The doors I picked up earlier this year have been cleaned and primed and just sitting in the garage so I figured it was time to put them on. I started with the passenger…
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Dyno-MITE
Well, today I finally had the chance to put My 55 Chevy Bel Air on the Dyno and took that challenge. It was exciting as I had never done anything like this with my car and wanted to see how…
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Why are they still sitting here?
I decided that the doors I got in February have sat around long enough. Today I am getting them sanded down and primed so I can get them hung on the car finally. I did notice that a bracket that…
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