1953 Chevy Bel Air Restomod

[Zippi]

9 hours ago, bamadon said:

Looks good. I really like 53/54 Chevys,

Thanks.  Yup, good looking body style.

9 hours ago, bluestringer said:

Looks sweet Bob. Nice work.

Thanks James.

[meechum68]

Beastly! 

 

[slusher]

Great looking stace looking forward to that to BBC in that Chevy!

[Zippi]

2 hours ago, meechum68 said:

Beastly! 

 

Yup, it's got that look.

1 hour ago, slusher said:

Great looking stace looking forward to that to BBC in that Chevy!

Thanks Carl.  I'm working on the engine now.

[Zippi]

I was bound and determined to shoehorn this 572 BBC with the Cross Air Intake that I printed into this build.  I had to remove the inner fenders and the battery but I think it's looking pretty good and the hood still closes and the engine is setting on the stock motor mounts.

Edited Wednesday at 02:34 PM by Zippi

[ksnow]

Nice work. Fenders and batteries can be altered, that beast was mandatory.

[Zippi]

48 minutes ago, ksnow said:

Nice work. Fenders and batteries can be altered, that beast was mandatory.

Thanks.  I'm going to be like Devon Larret on this build, No Limits.

[Cool Hand]

Engine is looking the part Bob,  was thinking you would have to remove the inner fenders to shoe horn the 572. 😄

Having no inner fenders, you could use some 3D printed upper A-arms and shocks parts for visual interest.

Also could fit a smooth fire wall made from sheet styrene and install 3D printed brake booster.

 

[espo]

The induction setup looks like it was designed for this application. 

[Zippi]

15 minutes ago, Cool Hand said:

Engine is looking the part Bob,  was thinking you would have to remove the inner fenders to shoe horn the 572. 😄

Having no inner fenders, you could use some 3D printed upper A-arms and shocks parts for visual interest.

Also could fit a smooth fire wall made from sheet styrene and install 3D printed brake booster.

 

Thanks Luke.  Yup, inner fenders were diffenitlly in the way.  Adding sheet styrene to the engine bay is on my mind and PS / PB.

Edited Wednesday at 05:18 PM by Zippi

[Zippi]

12 minutes ago, espo said:

The induction setup looks like it was designed for this application. 

It does set pretty nice in the business end.  When I did a trial fit with the transmission attached it put the engine a little down in the back so I will have to lower the engine a little.  

[Zippi]

I attached the headers this morning for a mock-up and that introduced more problems.  The headers were hitting the frame.  I have stripped the frame rails clean an have the needed clearance now.  This puts the engine a little lower but I think it still looks ok.  I also cut off the distributor on the cross air intake and replaced it with a little bit bigger one that is suitable for the wires to fit inside the holes.

 

Edited Thursday at 03:01 PM by Zippi

[SpikeSchumacher]

This is looking good, Bob! Just like on 1/1 builds, when you change/modify one thing, you need to change/modify two (or more) other things. 😉

[bluestringer]

Looking good Bob.