Rapidy Rapp! This cute and very rock solid 2dr sedan was
purchased by the current owner in Thousand Oaks,
California in 2007. Over the following years, he has
enjoyed bringing it up to snuff as the functional, fun and
very road worthy gem that you see here today. Offering
no excuses for it's original style and light patina,
this old girl brings you plenty fresh goodies and a few
modern upgrades in a wonderfully stock looking package
and/or good old 50's style, but better...
Now for the fun, residing the hood is a professionally
built GM "Big Six"
250 Cubic Inch I-6, 30 over, 9.5 to 1 Compression ratio,
Comp Cam-Solid Lift 590/570, full roller rockers, 7/16
screw in studs w/girdles, ported head w/large big block
stainless valves, billet valve cover spacer, tuned
balanced headers w/dual exhaust, Clifford intake w/dual 350cfm Holley
2bbl carburetors and Petronix electronic ignition...
Transferring the power and keeping the rpm's down while
on the road is a modern highway friendly 700R4 automatic
overdrive transmission rebuilt by "Get It In Gear"
w/torque converter, aluminum 24" transmission cooler and
engineered conversion cross-member. The rear
differential is a stock rebuilt 1957 Chevy V8 component
correctly re-positioned with a great riding Buffalo
Enterprises parallel rear leaf spring conversion kit...
For
safety & roadworthiness, an upgraded Buffalo Enterprises
"Power Disc" front brakes conversion kit w/dual master
cylinder, proportioning valve, rear 57 drum brakes,
professionally rebuilt/aligned factory front suspension,
Diamondback Classic radial whitewall tires and of
course, spinner hub caps...
Moving
inside you will find her honestly stock even with a
little seat wear (usually blanket covered) nicely
updated with an Old Air Products Kit Air-Conditioning
Heat/Defrost kit, Hagen Reproduction radio conversion
with AM/FM 1951-52 Chevy specific and 1 under-dash temp
gauge with remaining factory gauges functional. This old
school rig is cute, fun and ready to go... |
