Chevy 1958 custom & mild custom

oui ! celle ci est vraiment top !!!! ça me donne vraiment envie de passer à l'air ride  

a vendre en ce moment sur eBay us..... pour les autres j'ai un peu de mal avec les top chop sur les 58.

Ouais, pas besoin de chop de la mortkitue sur une 58, c'est beau naturellement ...  
T'as trouvé une culasse ou pas ?

non ! toujours pas... tant pis je vais l'arrêter une semaine ou 2 le temps de faire refaire les sièges et les guides...

Bin, ça m'embête de déculasser le mien, je préfère le vendre complet comme il est ...  
...pis les frais de port avec le poids que ça fait, bonjour !

t'inquiète David ! no souci  

   

1958 Chevy 1500 series Biscayne 2 door
~ 235 6 cyl. -- orig. motor

~ 2 speed powerglide automatic transmission

~ Custom Air-Ride Suspension w/ Drop Spindles

~ Custom Lace paint on all the molding, trim pieces & bumper

~ Custom 3 stage Satin Gun Metal Paint

~ Car was completely soda blasted to bare metal

~ Roof was painted & laced w/ pearl, then clear coated

~ New Coker white wall tires

~ Alarm System w/ Power locks

~ New LED Taillights

~ New Drop Spindles w/ Disc Brakes

~ New Door Handles, Mirrors, Locks, etc.

~ Sony CD player w/ sub in trunk.

J'aime assez ... surtout l'allure générale...
...peut-être trop de lace sur les chromes mais ça a le mérite d'être original .

ChevyDave a écrit:J'aime assez ... surtout l'allure générale...
...peut-être trop de lace sur les chromes mais ça a le mérite d'être original .

Quand j'ai vu la photos au départ les pare chocs gris  je me suis dit (bof bof) puis en détaillant les autres photos, j'ai vu que c'était du lace j'ai trouvé cela plutôt bien créatif et surtout pour un résultat vraiment cohérant, une solution inédite pour les parechocs tout rouillés

Celle d'un film bien connu

Ce joli p'tit cul, quand même !  

Being a fan of late '50s and early '60s American iron, it's no wonder Charles Shane chose a '58 Chevy Impala in which to build a mild custom of the same period. While the late '50s-era Chevys are commonly built as either restored drivers or as typical '50s customs with spotlights, wide whites, et al, Charles decided that a more mild approach would be more appropriate for the second-owner, 55,000 original-mile car. As he put it, "I had a different idea."



"I bought this car as a running basket case. It was in primer and had no interior, glass, or trim. I wanted to make sure of what I was working with so I sent it to Meadowlands Media Blasting in Meadowlands, Pennsylvania, where Kevin Kenuth stripped it to bare metal. I then put the talents of my own paintless dent repair business to work removing as many dings and dents as possible. This resulted in a super-straight car.



From there it moved onto Centerline Collision in Pittsburgh where Brad Spochaz and his crew put their magic touch to it. The result put the entire project on a whole different plane."



Nosed, decked, and partially shaved, the '58 relinquished a host of emblems and trim pieces before Spochaz and the crew blocked every square inch straight on the coupe. A custom copper hue using De Beers product was then applied to the lower two-thirds, while the roof was bathed in metallic black.



"After it was painted, my friends Dave Frost, Frank Pleil, and I started to reassemble the car. This is when disaster struck; the motor had antifreeze in it. So out comes the motor and it goes to Specialty Machine Operations (SMO) in Houston, Pennsylvania, for a complete rebuild with an emphasis on performance."

The crew at SMO tore the low-mileage 348ci Chevy engine down to the bare block and heads before machining and reassembling the long-block. While they were at it, a COMP Cams camshaft was installed to add a few ponies and a PerTronix ignition kit was dropped under the cap to provide a more reliable spark. The stock intake was detailed and reattached along with the Carter four-barrel carb topped with a vintage Cal Custom finned air cleaner. Matching Offenhauser valve covers add additional sparkle to the engine compartment while the Classic Auto Air and Powermaster PowerGEN provide creature comfort and peace of mind not found in the Impala originally.



To get the Chevy to sit right, like a true custom, Charles had the stock suspension components rebuilt before installing RideTech airbags at all four corners. Classic Performance Products 11-inch disc brakes were the other modern amenity installed on the chassis. Stockton Wheels fabricated a custom set of steelies in 17x7 for all four corners wrapped in Vogue Tyres upon which the Impala sits.



Laura Liptak, a local artist, found the copper-hued, '50s-inspired fabric, dragging Charles around the fabric store to show him the remnants she had spotted. Contrasted against a swatch of black Ultra Leather left no question in Charles' mind and he headed straight down to George Yago's upholstery shop in Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania, with enough material to cover the interior of the car.



"From then on it was an uphill battle, fighting the old car and aftermarket gremlins to the finish ... 12 hours before the first day of the Goodguys Columbus 2009 show."



But Charles and the old coupe-cum-custom made it to the show, with the generous help from friends Dave Frost and Frank Pleil, without whom Charles reports none of this would have been possible. Here's to old cars, new customs, and good friends!

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Read more: http://www.streetrodderweb.com/features/1001sr_1958_chevy_impala/

J'aime bôôôcoup !!   

Les jupes d'ailes ...   

I was born in london , while San francisco was enjoying its summer of love, August 1967. During my childhood I was busy watching re-runs of 'happy days' on british tv. I was mesmerized by the cool music and American 1950's style. As my teenage years approached I was already hooked on 1950's rock 'n'roll , then came 'American graffiti'...wow! it blew me away, the cars, the chrome,hot rods ! I had to have one....right now! I first purchased a couple of british 50's cars which I soon learnt to work on by myself, repairing them and making modifications that I thought looked cool. I found them pretty easy to repair and enjoyed the work, I was ready to take on a ' real ' car, an American one, like 'Terry the tiger' (toad) had. After a year of searching I found one in West Virginia, a 1958 Chevrolet Impala.

I had it shipped to London,my american dream had come true, and it was parked in my driveway! I spent every spare minute day and night on that car and that's how I learnt my trade, learning by my mistakes, seeing what worked best, the best way to tackle a problem, and when to walk away and give it some thought! It took some time, I didn't give up and I achieved my goal. (as you can see below) The 58 recieved alot of attention making it into loads of magazines, even across the pond in the states. I then decided it was time to fulfill my dream of owning my own hot rod shop and building world-class customs and hot rods in America. In 2002 I moved to san francisco, and have never looked back.

http://www.crowncustomsvintagespeedshop.com/marc-paul.html

My Custom 1958 Chevy Impala has been featured in many books and magazines including Rodders Journal, Hot Cars of the 50's and the cover of Lead Sleds 1st edition. The car known as the "English Graffiti" in the uk was also featured in Street Machine , Rolls & Pleats and the documentary film "The history of Levi Jeans" and Coca-Cola .