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1954 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop - Moonglow
Facts & Figures
Charlie Gish
Nashua, New Hampshire
1954 Chevrolet Bel Air hardtop
| CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | stock / Chevrolet | | Modifications | chassis C'd, driveshaft tunnel & trunk floor modified, all by Dave Joyce (Derry, NH) | | Chassis plumbing | stainless steel & brass | | Rearend Ratio | 3.55:1 | | Rear suspension | Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN) 'bags with POSIES (Hummelstown, PA) leaf springs | | Rear brakes | '56 Chevy drum | | Front suspension | Fatman Fabrications (Charlotte, NC) IFS with Air Ride Technologies 'bags & dropped spindles | | Front brakes | '54 Chevy drum | | Master cylinder | GM dual with Wilwood (Camarillo, CA) proportioning valve | | Wheel covers | chrome nipple caps | | Wheel make, size | Wheel Vintiques (Fresno, CA) chrome steelie, 15x5 | | Tire make, size | Coker (Chattanooga, TN) Classic, P205/75R15 | | ENGINE | | Make | '61 Chevrolet block | | Displacement | 273 ci | | Machining / Assembly | by Nelson Kiss (Vassalboro, ME) | | Crankshaft | steel | | Rods | Chevy pickup | | Pistons | Badger (Marinette, WI) 8.5:1 | | Camshaft | Howard (Oshkosh, WI) custom grind | | Cooling fan | SPAL (Ankeny, IA) | | Alternator | GM 100-amp | | Head | stock 235 ci | | Valves / Springs | stainless steel / chrome-moly | | Valve cover | Offenhauser | | Manifold / Induction | Offenhauser three-pot / (3) Rochester PPGM | | Ignition / Wires | Mallory (Cleveland, OH) Unilite / Moroso | | Headers | Fenton | | Exhaust / Mufflers | custom by Jay Lalli (Lowell, MA) / Smitty | | Other engine facts | Wayne side covers, Moon overflow tank, custom louvered battery cover, engine balanced & blueprinted | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | Chevrolet TH350 | | Converter | B&M Racing (Chatsworth, CA) | | Shifter | Gennie (Denver, CO) | | Trans mods | transmission adapter by Buffalo Enterprises, (Arlington, WA) | | Driveshaft | '56 Chevrolet | | BODY | | Body style / Material | hardtop / steel | | Body manufacturer | Chevrolet | | Body mods | top chopped 3½" by Kelsey Martin(Beverly, MA), headlights frenched, shaved doors & trunk, gas door filled, all by Mike Johnson (Tyngsboro, MA) | | Hood | shaved & peaked by Mike Johnson | | Grille | '54 Chevrolet with 15 teeth | | Bodywork | by Mike Johnson | | Paint type / Color | De Beer Valspar / Pure White | | Painter | Ken Boisclair at Classic Chassis Auto Body (Hooksett, NH) | | Headlights / Taillights | '53 Mercury / '54 Chevy w/ custom lenses | | Outside mirror | '56 Chevy | | Bumpers | custom one-piece | | Other body items | custom rear Lexan window by Thunder Road Specialty Auto (Dunstable, MA), & Chrome by Martin's (Philadelphia, PA) | | INTERIOR | | Gauges | stock, Auto Meter (Sycamore, IL), Moon (Santa Fe Springs, CA) | | Stereo / Speakers | Alpine (Torrance, CA) / Phoenix Gold (Portland, OR) | | Air conditioning | roll down windows | | Insulation | Dynamat (Hamilton, OH) | | Wiring | Painless (Fort Worth, TX) | | Steering wheel | '61 Chevrolet | | Steering column | stock, cut down 4" | | Upholsterer | Columbia Auto Seat Covers (Lawrence, MA) | | Material / Color | vinyl / white & sky blue | | Carpet | Mercedes dark blue square-weave | | Seatbelts | Juliano's Hot Rod Parts & Interior Products (Ellington, CT) |
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