1955 Chevy Wagon, Chevrolet Chevy Big Block '70s Street Racer

1955 Chevrolet Wagon Description

1955 Chevy Wagon
70's Big Block Street Racer

This is a 1955 wagon I bought several years ago that had drum brakes and a small block in it. I wanted to build a '70s street racer like I wish I could have had back when I was a kid if I had had any money. Many of the parts I put on here are parts that I've had lying around from the 1980s, and many new parts I've bought. I drove it around for a while and wasn't happy with the car, so I pulled out the motor and transmission, rebuilt the rear end which is still the stock '55 Chevy rear end, put in 373 gears with PT unit, put 4-wheel discs on the car, and tubular A-frames with coil-overs. I had a good bit of big block stuff lying around so I built a big block, bought a new set of Sanderson headers that are made for these cars now. I had a set of cast iron, deep groove Corvette big block pulleys that I put on the car. It's got a Howard's Cam, a 700 R-4 transmission that I had completely rebuilt with all heavy-duty parts, 2200 stall with no lock-up because it's stronger. The motor and transmission have approximately 3500 miles on them. It's got vintage center line wheels: rears are 8½ inch, fronts are 7 inch. The car has no power steering or air conditioning, as that's something that you would never have had on a street racer -- that was just a waste of power. It has a brand new aluminum radiator and transmission cooler with new brake, fuel and transmission lines. I didn't skimp in any way. The paint is not the best in the world as it's been on there for about 4 years. Everything that was done was done as it should be {Right}, no short cuts. It drives great and gets pretty decent gas mileage considering what it is. Fly in and drive it home.

There is rust here and there in the floor but nothing that bad. I tried to get pics of the rust the best I could lying on the ground. The drivers rocker is great, the passengers has some rust but nothing bad. The tail gate area has been repaired as you can see in the photo.

Please view all the photos for condition and appearance as they are an important part of the description, and message me if you have questions not answered by the pictures.