“ THE STORMING BULL” 1955 Chevy F/ Gasser

[M W Elky]

A cool and easy 55 Chevy gasser build. Start with the amt kit and the flowing:

amt slicks 

amt rear steel wheels from the 1962 bel air or the 62 Pontiac 

hood scoop from amt’s 1963 impala 

scratch build a roll bar with evergreen 0.80 rod, and fashion up a set of fender well headers from solder & aluminum tubing.

I robbed the fuel tank from the mpc 60 corvette, and made the grill bar from a large paper clip

decals are from smp and my spares box

I hope you like it thanks for looking, mike

[R. Thorne]

Nice Ferd Napfel rendition.  Seems like I remember him and Gene Moody’s d/g 55 went to England in the Sixties and match raced each other.

Edited April 28, 2022 by R. Thorne

[cobraman]

Looks good Mike.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

All right! Now we're building gassers.

[Zippi]

Nice looking 55.  I like the white.  Great job.

[Bainford]

Very cool '55 gasser, Mike. Great style.

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[Hmann68]

Super nice! ??

[John B.]

I saw the original car on ABC's Wide World of Sports when I was seven or eight years old. Up until then any race cars that I saw on TV ran on oval tracks or road courses - this car and the 55 Chevy that it was running against went in a straight line. It was the first time that I had ever seen a drag race. I couldn't figure out why they didn't turn corners, but I was hooked.

I am now 65 and retired, but watching The Storming Bull on TV started me on a lifelong love of drag racing that continues to this day. Thank you for rekindling that memory and for posting your build.

[Scott8950]

Nice job on a cool 55 gasser.