Chevy 1949 - 1952 customs & mild customs galerie

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1952 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop over $40,000.00 invested.
Under 7000 miles
Car has been in storage & well cared for.
This was a barn fined birthday present from my wife purchased in Redlands, California.
It is a true California car. The car was then taken apart, sandblasted, and custom metal fabrication were done. The chassie was completely redone with Mustang II suspension. POR 15 coating.

Custom mild body fabrications with a pepper white paint job & platinum black top, The interior is Ostrich white & black. New glass, carpet, and custom heat & sound insulation.
Completely new wiring harness, gauges, & tilt column steering.
Exterior has all new chrome & wheels are Black powder coated smoothies, chrome cap with
BF Goodrich Silvertown Radial Whitewalls.

Engine has a Chevy 350 with Vortec heads, headers with dual exhaust,
700 R4 Trans, with a stage two shift kit, 373 gears, Smitty dual exhaust, a new 4 row radiator,
Disc brake power steering.... NO EXPENSE WAS SPARED!..
I built this car for keeps, but she needs attention, she needs to be driven, & she is a Trophy winner.
I have been keeping her in storage for too long...

1. Suspension - Independent front suspension (IFS), 4-linked, step hitched, air-bagged (full AccuAir eLevel setup), fully boxed frame, all new motor mounts and crossmembers

2. Brakes - Power brakes, rack & pinion steering, new rear end and drive line, new tilt column

3. Motor & Trans - Brand new 5.7L Chevy V8 with 4L60E 5 speed auto, computer ECU trans, new Edlebrock carb and manifold, headers, exhaust system (Ed Hanson), New motor hardware all in chrome

4. Interior - all new, new stereo with custom kicker panels, new shift knob, new wiring harness

5. Wheels - original 15-inch steelies wrapped in 670 Firestone Bias Ply with prominent 3 1/2-inch white walls. (Radial tires also included in the sale)

6. All new glass, new window cranks, all new rubber seals, custom cut glass for the chopped roof, new chrome everything, new steering wheel

7. Roof chopped, shaved door handles and fuel door, custom body work throughout

8. Paint brand new (candy green roof with Loose Cannon artwork), body of the car is painted a metallic grey (Lexus IS-F color)

Description of the details:
Built by Eric Conner's, owner of SoCal Suspension in San Diego, CA

The Chassis features air suspension on all four corners and mustang 2 style front suspension with tubular a-arms. The rear is a work of art all its own. It features a 4-link with a notched frame, deletion of the quarter wheel wells and trunk floor to accommodate ride height, and an accuair air management system complete with copper lines to give the setup a rugged look.

The body has been smoothed in kustom fashion–nosed and decked to give it a streamline feel as well as extended rear fenders to give the car some serious road prowess. The roof is chopped 4 1/2 inches which is modest enough to make it easily street-able but still noticeable enough to give the roofline some aggressive flow.

The bottom half is a dark gunmetal grey which happens to be a factory color off a Lexus IS F. The roof, which has been the subject of attention at many shows, was also performed by Nick Battaglia of Loose Cannon Customs and is a silver base flake with a green candy top coat from House of Kolor.
Drivetrain is genuine to Chevy’s tried and true 350 that was pulled out of a ’97 Chevy Silverado. The 350 is mated to a 4L60E transmission. Bore and stroke are stock on the block but a mild cam was added. The engine still features the stock Vortec heads for some dynamic flow while an Edelbrock intake manifold feeds it. A Holley 650cfm sits atop the Edelbrock. Custom headers were fabricated and to round out the rear portion of the drivetrain, the rearend was pulled from an ’85 El Camino.

Inside, the original front bench was used but the rails were cut down 1 1/2-inches. In the rear, a ’76 Camaro rear seats which fit perfectly like they were meant to be there. Lindy’s Auto Upholstery performed the classy diamond stitching on the benches and door panels. The center gauge is the original, heating and a/c are original, with an addition of an Alpine head unit in the glove for some updated tunes.

ChevyDave a écrit:  Des feux de Ford sur une Chevy !!    

ca alors !!!!c'est vraiment du jamais vu !   

Predicta a écrit:

vraiment magnifique cette Fleet !   trés sobre mais avec quelques modifs qui vont bien   la calandre de Packard, et la facon dont elle est integré c'est du grand art  

Predicta a écrit:

La kustom kulture c'est vraiment pas ma came, et chuis vraiment pas du genre a considerer une caisse d'origine seulement choppée comme un kustom a part entiere, mais la, l'exercice est maitrisé !  on est pas dans la modif inedite mais hyper moche, ni dans le pare brise de 8cm de haut ou les accessoires dangeureux pour les pietons... au contraire, c'est la quintessence du truc ! le custom qui se prend pour un low, le low qui se prend pour un custom   

le toit est une oeuvre de d'art, sans lui la caisse serait d'une banalité a mourrir...mais il est la, et ca change tout  

j'adore !!!!

ps: excellent le texte qui précise que la peinture est neuve (brand new)! au cas ou on aurait pas remarqué !!! 

Pour infos j'ai cette Chevrolet détaillé dans le mag Us Car Kulture Deluxe: :exact: :  je crois que t'a résumé la caisse   

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une pure merveille cette recreation de la deuxieme version de la Ernst! le tri-tons c'est du genie   

This is a genuine 1960's built full custom that was intitally built by the well known builder Bill Reasnor. It started as a solid rust free Chevy coupe and was tranformed into a hand built custom.



Some of the details include:

Carson removable top

moulded grill pan

lowered and flipped front bumper

1960 Corvette grill with bullets

Frenched headlights

custom rear Frenched tailights

lowered stock belt trim

custom fender skirts

hood pie cut 3.5 inches

deck lid is pie cut

chopped non-split Olds windscreen

rocker panel moulded to body

electric doors and windows

rear bumper flipped and lowered

a pair of Appleton repro spotlights



Mechanically the Custom features a 350 cu in V8 and automatic transmissionfrom a '80's pick-up, dual exhaust with no mufflers, stock suspension with air bag suspension, and power steering and power brakes.



Our consignor, Bob Campbell, has owned this motorcar for about 20 years. He bought it from Walnut Creek, CA and has the history through to the 1960's. This is the real deal. A 1960's era custom that runs and drives great.

1949 Chevy Powder coated chassis, custom rat rod paint job, Hydaulic lift with custom tank and two motors. 327 Ci runs great, New interior, looks better in person. No radio has the chromed cover it came with, Mustang 2 front end, wrapped exhaust.