55 E/G – New old ride – Page 56

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January 23, 2015 at 1:05 am #41764
kman
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congrats !!!! .. well deserved …
January 23, 2015 at 2:46 pm #41765
babycakes
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Let me add on to the list Tom; to you and the Mrs. “CONGRATULATIONS” to you both!!!! You’ve ‘earned’ it for all the ‘hard’ work and ‘love’,put into the ’55’! Pete. 😉
January 23, 2015 at 5:31 pm #41766
tomblake
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VBOB….The girl was the presenter from the car show sponsor.
There were other activities going on at the show and Mary was checking out some of those events when they found me for the award and pictures.
January 24, 2015 at 3:38 am #41768
mikey
A very well deserved award for sure. Car looks great, Tom.
January 24, 2015 at 3:44 am #41769
mikey
Man, UPS and FED EX keep having parts fall off their trucks right in front of my house!!A couple of days ago it was an Eagle Crankshaft of the 3.75 Stroke variety, that fell off a FED EX Truck, and today, it was a set of Wiseco .040 Pistons for a 6″ rod. Hmmmm, what’s going on here??? 😮 😯 😕

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January 24, 2015 at 6:12 am #41773
tomblake
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Mikey…..Looks like Christmas time at your place.
If the weather is good Saturday we are headed to Old Town in Kissimmee.
January 28, 2015 at 9:53 pm #41791
masracingtd1167
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Tom I found this on facebook

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January 29, 2015 at 7:12 am #41796
tomblake
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Billy where was the picture located? It is my picture but I don’t post stuff on Facebook.
Still wonder what happened to that car after I sold it.
January 29, 2015 at 9:33 pm #41799
masracingtd1167
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It was in Comp eliminator past and present
January 29, 2015 at 10:46 pm #41800
mikey
Tom, I saw the same thing. Figured one of your friends had a picture and posted it.
March 6, 2015 at 2:52 am #42011
tomblake
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We have been working on the rear suspension to improve the ride and handling of the 55. The chassis guy that built Mary’s roadster looked at the 55 suspension and suggested we lower the coilovers along with some other minor things. So we started by dropping the rear coilovers 8″ and moved them back 8″. He looked the car over about a week later and suggested we go another 3″ lower. Back to work we went and now they are 11″ lower and 8″ back. We reinforced the pan hard bar mounting and will be test driving the car tomorrow.
During this project I got a higher amp welder and did some of my first structural welding but had my friend the good welder come behind me to check and reinforce my welding so I feel pretty good about the finished product.
First picture is 8″ lower and the second is the final at 11″ lower than the original mounting.

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March 6, 2015 at 2:07 pm #42015
babycakes
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Nice job Tom! Very ‘PROFESSIONAL’ looking! That should ‘cushin’ the ride I hope! 😉 😀 Pete.
April 21, 2015 at 6:25 am #42192
tomblake
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We got a group of Chevy’s together at the local BP station in Lakeland to head over to Old Town Kissimmee for the car show. We cruised down Interstate 4 with the collection of five 55 Chevy’s and one 57 Nomad. Three of the 55’s were red and white hardtops. We got lots of attention cruising to Old Town.

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April 21, 2015 at 11:15 am #42193
patina
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Love the Nomad, I’m kind of partial to them. The one behind the MG was one of the tow cars the other was a powder blue 57 Nomad. Not to get off the subject but I think thats Charlie Boucher’s T-Bird tow car in the other lane.

Pat

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April 21, 2015 at 11:22 am #42194
patina
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Hey could this be! I think that this picture is from the opposite side of the picture above. Notice the starters pose. Wow!!!

Pat

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