Hey man you too! That’s great news, im glad you were able to lock those down! Thanks for watching buddy.

Hey thank you! its been a long time coming to obtain it, now I just have to build all of it HAHAHAHA.

@@StreetCarChronicles 🙂👍👌

Yeah I’m thinking the same.

@@IowaBudgetRCBashers yeah sadly nothings cheap or “a good deal” anymore

Lmgdao !!!!! I just spit out precious Dr Pepper damn it

@@StreetCarChronicles Don't waste the DP!!!!

If you do end up getting a new glass front clip a good idea to prevent future cracking on fiberglass body panels is to coat the back side of the panel with spray on bedliner. You can do this yourself with a roller or rustoleum just came out with a spray on bedliner in their new turbo cans that spray a pattern like a regular spray gun. Make ya do it away from stuff you dont want it on bcuz when that shit dries your not getting it off. Good for back side of rust repairs too, seals them up real tight.

That’s badass! Yeah I’m probably not going to straight axle it. Just get this thing back on the road doing what it does best!

It will be a long road but I really can’t wait to drive it !

I know right? No telling what it would say

Me to buddy me to

Hey thanks Krystal ! Yeah I can’t wait to give this thing a new life again! Plans are in motion just had the get my Malibu right and start on my sons truck and I’ll start doing this one in between ! Thank you for watching !

@@StreetCarChronicles 83 Malibu, yes, wife and our 3 boys had to finally trade our 73 V 8 Vega in . 83 260 V 8, 4 speed automatic, 4 dr, Malibu had more room for us. THAT car , had a whole other story. Labor of love, cars are toys, Jet Fighters... you brake them , I fixed them.

@@krystalstarrett6760 that’s awesome my grandpa built fighters for 46 years at General Dynamics and my other grampa was a fighter instructor in WWII and a captain for American after that. Aviation is in my blood too but for some reason I chose cars 🤣🤣bone headed move 🤣

@@StreetCarChronicles That's OK, personally, I never could afford a F 16 for a toy, or a F 11 or F 4 or T 38 or T 37. Just had to settle for a 69 Mustang 302, then the 73 Vega GT 283 powered.

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Hell yeah! That’s what I’m gonna do. Trying to figure out how to go about it. Buy new from speedway or use only old stuff? Thoughts?

@@StreetCarChronicles if you can find the old stuff and keep it within the dayz of its prime I say yessa, if not speedway is always there

Thanks Jamie !

Lol hahaha thanks man much appreciated!

Hey Paul first of all thank you for watching. Secondly I have obtained what I think is the 55-59 straight axle but im not 100% sure how you tell. I really thought about hole sawing the control arms like they used to do and running either the 210 wagon springs or big block chevelle and ball joint spacers. Then bring the rear end down a couple inches. The tire that’s on it in these videos is a 32x10.5 and there is a ton of room. I like a slight rake and the overall height to be noticeable but not overkill so I can’t decide haha. I plan on getting started after Christmas, I took some time off to get some work done on it and my sons S10. More videos to come very soon. I appreciate the support and if you get time go to my Facebook page and comment with some pictures of your build!

Hi, holes in the control arms are a cool idea that I have not done yet. As far as the axles I have both. The 49 - 54 is 49 3/4" from backing plate to inside of backing plate. The leaf springs are on an angle and offset because of the chassis frame. I believe the rear of the front springs is narrower than the front of the springs. The 55 - 59 springs are 55 1/4" plate to plate and that axle I took the guys word for it because he only had the axle. I have not played with these yet but was going to to order parts from Speedway and last time I looked Speedway had the 5 lug replacements but could not get them in Willwood unless you buy there tube axle. I have a hardtop 55 with that axle but it's not nearly as cool. Sorry I don't do Facebook so I will have to figure out some other way to send you pictures. I subscribed and will be looking to see progress and admire your energy. Life has gotten in the way again so I'm pushing to work on getting greasy again. I still druwel a little when I go out in the shop. Awesome car so have fun with it. Paul

Hey Robert! Thanks for subscribing sir! And I really appreciate that feedback. I kinda suck at thumbnails and I wasn’t sure how much that affected traffic and I’m glad to know it absolutely does! Thank you for that and I hope you enjoy watching!

And I’ve always wanted a 55 gasser so I’m really excited about getting this car back into action however I can afford to do it.

Hey caveman! I appreciate it and Thanks for checking out the channel. I hope you enjoy our shenanigans 🤣.

Man I know lol I love the straight axle stuff. But I also liked it when the used station wagon springs up front and hole sawed the control arms fro weight. I think I might go that route fro now and see if I can acquire the parts to do the swap. Thanks for watching bud

Hey George thank you for the kinds words💪 I’m glad you are enjoying what we are doing here. So from what I have researched over the years yes some used the model a style front end, but because they were so narrow some felt it was a bit unstable. So a lot of guys used 56-60 or 59 maybe Chevy truck front axles and some f100’s. They are much wider and provided better stability at speed. Some used small van axles as well. I have obtained a truck axle but I’m still weighing my options budget wise. My Malibu has taken a lot of time and money so I’m trying to recover 🤣. Either way there is a ton of work to be done and I plan on starting it next week while I have some time off. Stay tuned man, im not sure how this is gonna go but it’s going to go one way or another lol

First off thanks for subscribing. There are a couple more videos on the car. Sadly I just could not fit in this car. In order for me to drive it safely, the entire car would have to be changed drastically. I never wanted to alter the car much from the way it was when it was last raced. So I made the decision to trade it to a guy that’s 5’6 and had my first car a 67 chevelle. I’m currently working on my Squarebody GMC, and my sons S10 build. Once those are completed I’ll be getting back on the chevelle. Thanks for watching

Man I definitely would set it off! I may not be able to do it at first but I have some ideas to achieve the stance in the meantime. Thanks for watching bud

That’s sounds dangerous…… I’m in

Never can I guess that’s why we all live this lifestyle 🤣

Yeah I’ve hit a big road block on getting the history. Locally it sounds like it was a popular car but I just can’t get people to respond or call back. That being said I’m taking the car to a vintage drag race here locally in march and stick a sign on it that says Do You Remember Me. I’m interested to see what I get if anything. I’ll cover the event too. So should be a good video. After that I’m getting to work and I’m just going to build it the way I would within my budget lol. Thank you for watching good things to come on this thing soon

@@StreetCarChronicles Heck yeah sounds like a good plan 👍I'm pretty much in the same boat but with a 56 Dodge Coronet Gasser...

@@g.o.b.2558 yeah I have a vision in my head but in reality that’s 4 years of work and money I don’t have 🤣. So….. I tell myself as long as you get it back to doing what it did before it sat for 30 years that’s all that matters for now. Keep cracking away at yours !

That’s what I’m leaning towards. I don’t want to get too far away from what the car has always been. And agree on the brakes. Definitely getting disc brakes front and rear before I do anything.

@@StreetCarChronicles Maybe take those old PMD wheels off of there and put some 15 x 4“ Crager SS is upfront or if you can find some 15 x 4 aluminum slots either of those look real cool yeah in front disc brakes are a must !

Hey @thevinylcollector ! Thank you! much appreciated and welcome to the chaos 🤣🤣. I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment 💪

@@StreetCarChronicles I subscribed to

Hey thank you ! I’ll try not to bore you too much 🤣there’s always something happening around here

Hey Scott, I think that’s what direction I’m going to go with it. I really appreciate you watching and for subscribing! Much appreciated and welcome to chaos 🤣

It’s so damn hard to decide.

Yes sir it has I think 4 inches. I need to measure another one to be sure though. The gasser rules stated no more than 4 inch chop. The car ran gasser in the early days but I’m not sure when it was chopped. I have some guys that said they know the cars history very well but haven’t had one call me back yet to go over it. Hopefully they get back with me sooner than later so I can get an understanding and a game plan on which way I’m going. Stay tuned we will be getting back on this one soon

Yeah that’s where I struggle, on one hand I’ve just always wanted a straight axle car, I’ve started or planned to do it 2 times before in life and it didn’t pan out. So part of me says finally do it. But I would want a drop beam I don’t like them sky high. I want it to work, because I plan on racing this thing again. It will be driven on the street though as well. So I was considering doing 210 wagon springs with ball joint spacers and doing some hole sawing on the control arms like the used to to lighten them. Sometimes when I get stuck on I can’t make a decision I like people to chime in so I can understand the why you should or the why you shouldn’t

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I just wasted 36 cents spitting out my Red Bull 🤣🤣

Again, how much was the roof chopped?

@@gdfitzgibbon It appears to be 4 inches

Man Aaron I know, I like it the way it is too and I don’t want to mess with the history on one hand. On the other it’s like F it, make it your own. The history is already there. But the extra cost sucks too right now. May just hold saw the front control arms like the used to do and toss wagon springs in it to get that lift im looking for

@@StreetCarChronicles your car your choice Sir .. I’m happy to see it go either way .. I see you are starting to get some information now and that’s very cool too .. sad the builder has passed but it’s very hard to miss this car .. ppl had to have seen it , owned it or raced it !! Keep at it my friend

@@PeckerwoodKustoms yes sir ! I have been sent some phone numbers and have had some people say they are going to have someone reach out that knows the car really well. We will see fingers crossed 🤞