'55 Chevy 210 Sedan '70's style

[Quiet Eric]

This one is almost finished but here's a little background on it. Should have the parts to wrap it up this week.

AMT Bel Air sedan kit. Converted to a 210, raised the rear wheelwells, used a 9" Ford rear end and made some lift shackles.

Added the lips back onto the rear openings, trimmed the front bumper filler, first coat of primer. Installed a big block from a Revell '66 El Camino, modified tunnel ram from the Old Pro Nova, grafted in the firewall from a Revell tri-5, converted the radiator to the 6 cylinder position, and made some Lakewood traction bars.

Made my best efforts to remove the molded in exhaust, got rid of the stock bellhousing mounts and made a new trans crossmember and added a saddle style engine crossmember. Also moved the rear springs in line with the framerails and got rid of the factory spring mounts (only the rears are gone in these pictures).

Wheels are the Cragars from an AMT '65 El Camino. The tires will be changing.

Firewall blended in and holes in the cowl for the old hood 'hinge' filled. Shaved the molded in wipers and door handles to install chrome ones later. Correct fender separation lines also scribed.

Color is Tamiya British Green from the can, sanded and polished.

Mostly box stock interior except for some parts box high back buckets (might be mopar...I had to fill the backs of them in and did a little putty work to make them more of a horse-shoe style than with a separate head rest), added a different steering wheel, detailed the dash and added an under dash gauge panel which is just one of the numbered areas cut off of a chrome tree with gauge decals on it.

Started on foiling and assembly. Since these shots as mentioned it is mostly finished. When the new rubber gets here it'll go together pretty quickly and you'll see it in a finished post!

Valve covers came from Calnaga Castings (copy of Revell pro-stock pieces). Headers are also from the Old Pro. Distributor is Connkur and while it was exspensive, is really really nice and closely resembles a Mallory dual point. Steering box is also from a Revell '66 El Camino.

Edited October 7, 2020 by Quiet Eric
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[TransAmMike]

Looking great, love hot rod tri-5's.

[Snake45]

I like where you're going with this. You did a nice job of removing the Bel Air front fender trim. Drive on! 

[slusher]

Beautiful color and awesome work so far!

[gman]

This is shaping up to be...awesome. I really like what you've done so far.

[NOBLNG]

Very fine work. I never would have thought of that colour for it, but that chrome really accents it nicely. Is that engine turned dash a decal?

Edited October 8, 2020 by NOBLNG

[Quiet Eric]

Thanks folks!

54 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

Very fine work. I never would have thought of that colour for it, but that chrome really accents it nicely. Is that engine turned dash a decal?

Nope, that is just the molded in texture with some chrome silver paint.

[doorsovdoon]

Very nice work, crisp looking interior and I like the body colour.

[afx]

Nice work on the raised wheel openings.

[crazyjim]

Very nice work.

[Deuces ll]

Very cool.....??

[espo]

Very clean looking build. I like that you went with an unusual color also. 

[larman]

Love this one too! Very nice workmanship throughout! Nice job on cleaning up the molded in exhaust and the engine looks excellent!  That color is really nice too!

[Geno]

Amazing job on this one Eric. That color rocks.?

[Quiet Eric]

Thanks a bunch everyone! This was originally going to be two tone Nassau blue and Racing White, then decided to use the blue on my nova so went with this green. It’s a little more brown in person, planning to build a photo booth today so I can take better pictures. Got the rest of the parts in and fit to the car. Have to sort out the rear bumper but I should be finishing it up this weekend.