'55 Chevy Gasser FORGOTTEN for 55 Years!
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- Johnnie did it! He really did it! He found something cooler than the holy grail itself!
Watch as we dig this 55 Chevy gasser out of where its been hiding for 55 years, just waiting for us to find it!
What a killer score! Nothing like a 55 Gasser. You are the next keeper enjoy it and appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Definitely!
Thats what its about.Building friendships and saving old iron.Keeping the hobby alive.Its alot of work but I enjoy saving as many as I can myself.Awesome work guys!
Only way to live! The old stuff is just better!
It's not very often that a suggested video comes across my CZcams where I feel an instant connection with the hosts. Yesterday was one of those days. Feeling like a bag of shit today so instead of working on my project, I think I'll binge the channel. Love the 55 guys, hell of a score!! Cheers from Southern Alberta, Canada.
This is great to hear! Glad you found us! Hope you stick around, we have a bunch of fun stuff coming up!
Appreciate you!
Please make sure you go back and visit him, also tidy his yard as a gesture, your now the owner of his pride and joy, that old boy is a jet.. stay healthy.
Agreed
1000000000% agree!!! He's got us on speed dial!
Also great job on the editing, thankless job ,buts it’s done real well.
I hate doing mine..keep pushing lads.
Truth be told we cleaned up his yard in the downtime between filming/working on cars! :)
Awesome video- I watched it 3 times! What an amazing find. It’s almost impossible to find an old racer in its original form. My dream car. Keep up the great content- you guys have a great dynamic.
Appreciate it! We’re extremely excited to put her back on the track! Thanks for watching!
That's a bad ass 55.
This 55 wants you to take that bricklin to the crusher
We cant wait to get it rolling for duct tape drags coming up! Thanks for stopping by and watching!
Appreciate that! Means a lot coming from you. Hopefully we will get to run down the drag strip together one day!
Crazy how historical stuff finds weird homes. Man, all it needs is a solid cleaning. Everything about it is spot on just the way it is. What a time capsule
What an amazing find. Your video just showed up in my feed at random. Can't wait to see progress on it. subscribed.
We have big plans for it! Thanks!
Good to see young guys enthusiastic about the stuff we used to run way back before they were even a twinkle in their parents eyes. Not all Muncie's are rock crushers, just the low helix close ratio M22.😎
Old guy stuff is way cooler than what our generation has to offer!
@@rodknockranch Sure is Mate! I'm an old guy still racing old guy stuff.
Man you found my Dream Car. love the 55 Chevy i just Subcribed Good luck Guys!
Thank you for the sub!!!!!! You’ll have a 55 someday I’m sure!!!!!
"We know we're gonna take some of the colour off, but we don't care". I truly hope the rest of this revival is more sympathetic to the history of this car.
Unfortunately, the paint is flaking off the car everywhere. They painted right over the previous paint job with no prep so it’s just not holding on. What came off while washing it would’ve blown off at 100mph anyways.
We definitely recognize the historic value of this car and have no intention of defacing that historic value in any way we can control.
Need a foam pad, DA polisher and some cutting polish
Thank you! We obviously don’t know what we’re doing but learning!! 🫠😂
I’m your newest fan. I don’t like newer cars, but I love these two cars. Chevelle and a 55 Chevy!!!! Count me in boys. I subscribed because of this car and I know I’m not the only one. Aloha from Honolulu Hawaii.🤙🏽
Thanks! Means a lot! Aloha!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it!
Also subbed to your channel as I really want to see you work on it.
Thanks! Plenty of content on it coming in the near future!
Damn what a steal, she’s a beaut
Now this is epic
Beyond epic
Good stuff u lucky man..that old tiner is our history!
Thank you! Lucky is an understatement!
Kool find guys thanks for sharing Aloha
Thank you for watching! 🔥
Looks sick so far! That shine after the double wash.
YES SIR!!!! Just wait until we clear it!!
That car has so much cool factor
It has ALL the cool factor!
Badass!! Will definitely follow the progress!!
Thanks! Stay tuned!
Awesome find!!
Really is! Thanks for watching!
Swiss army man, Jack of all trades master of none 😂
You and Tyler are our heroes!
Mr Gene is sharp as a tack, reminiscing about when he built and ran that car. I'm 36 years old and can't remember shit about stuff I built 10 years ago.
He really is! It’s incredible to see
The car DD Speed Shop always wanted
Goes to show, they’re still hiding out there!
I’m with ya , my love ,is a 56 chev 2 dr handyman wagon , ( not nomad) series150 folding rear seat . Just installed drivers rocker , passenger side next to, then full floor pan , weld all that, then the bolt on starts , 30 over 350=355 ci. 650 Holley headers stainless steel exhaust to rear bumper . Already did front bushings ball joints and disc brake conversion
Love a tri five wagon! Sounds like a cool ride!
Glad I got this in my recommendations! Such a cool car. Hard to beat a 2 door post.
Unbeatable! Glad we found our way to your screen! Thanks for watching!
awesome find!
Thanks!
Im really happy for you dude! Its a good solid car
Thanks! Super stoked!!
Killer car! Can't wait to see it!
YESSIR!!
Such a sick car!
RIGHT?!
Fun project! 🤙🏻
Too much fun!
We gotta run up against your Camaro soon Dom!
Holy grail 55 gasser.. 😮
Definitely is!
Very VERY COOL car!! You should really try to get the engine un-stuck if possible and fire it up!! But it might not be good enough to run fully any more depending how bad everything is inside. AWESOME!
Engine was never seized miraculously! It spun a bearing years ago so we’ll be doing what we can to bring it back around! Thanks for watching!
❤ GONNA BE TOTALLY OUT THERE MAN YEAH
🤟🏻 Coming soon!
Cobwebbed paint job! Popular in the 70s. My uncle had a 67 Nova with a pearl white and black cobweb pattern on it. Took a special gun to spray and/or I believe low pressure.
Ohhhhhhhh interesting! Thank you!!!! We’re young dumb and confused 🤣🤣
@@rodknockranch you guys heart's are in the right place. Young or old, all nationalities, we all have something in common.
The "spider webbing" on the sides may have been intentionally sprayed as an effect. It's done with under reduced lacquer paint and medium to high pressure. I think it can only be done with a standard siphon feed spray gun.
They definitely were intentional. It’s hard to decipher the Cob Webbed paint from the cracks in the paint. There’s a lot of both
Awesome👍
Dude hell yeah!!!
WE'RE STOKED!
You better go back and take that old gearhead for a 4 gear badass burn .
You know it!
Thanks for the video cool Chevys be cool to get there at 3:27 to run
That’s the plan!!
what a great piece of history... any pics of it back in the day ?
Mr. Gene says he might have a few! He said he’ll try to dig them out of whatever box they’re in.
now that's a cool car.
Thank you!!
At 1:45 - my brother had a '60 Olds station wagon rear in his drag car years ago. Could it be the same choice?
Very well could be! We haven’t played Sherlock on it yet.
Great find. 800 wet and dry. Then 1000. Then polish cutting . Keep the patina. No lettering. Maybe decal lettering. Peel off. Or 1000 wet and dry and clear coat. Patina juice . A car for life. Think you should pull the heads. Unstick everything. Good luck. 👍
Thanks for the tips!
I bet that's either enamel or duco lacquer . Neither will work with modern day catalysed paint . It will be wrinkles like an alligator .
@@Mercmad modern day paint is water based acrylic . You can apply that. Vice grip garage has a patina clear coat. Or a shine juice. But yep I understand. Test patch would be advised. 👍
The paint effect is called "cobwebbing" very popular custom trick done in the late 60's through 70's.
Please research what your doing so you're not destroying the history of that car, lots of things on it you shouldn't monkey with and change.
Appreciate the info!
Perfectly said! That would be the difference between "working on cool cars" and actually being cool.
That car is so sick
Thanks!
This guy has forgotten more than you guys will ever know about drag racing!
You ain’t wrong!!!
So true! 🤣
55 chevy!!! My favorite 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Ours too!
Am I the only one that remembers this car in the old super chevy mags or popular hot-rodding.
this or one just like it,looks like a 70s street freak/gasser the crower injection is fucking badass though
We don’t think it was ever featured in any mags, if it was Mr. Gene never mentioned it. We’d love to get our hands on a copy if it was though!
Magnesium front wheels?
Sadly no. Old school aluminum!
I’ve already named the car Barney
That’s a good nickname for this dinosaur 🤣🤣
Is that the same gasser from the cars movies?
We hope so
Maaaaaybe! Haha
Son!
🔥🔥
Reverse thread on those old cars & especially the mopars
Took us toooooo long to figure it out
That 55 is sick!!!! Are you going to bring it to Duct Tape?? I want to see it!!
🤫🤐
@@rodknockranch lol. Gotcha….. hey. I sent an email to Freiburger. I thought it would be cool if we do a CZcams channel….. “Battle of the Channels”. Hopefully Saturday night. Just a friendly call out. CZcams channel vs CZcams channels. I thought it would be fun. Would you guys want in on it?
We’re there all the way! That’d be a blast!
This is so damn cool! Congratulations you guys! Let’s race! :-)
55 Chevy 9.70 at 138 BBC Jeffco 4-speed #dragrace #stickshift #nhra
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Definitely will have to set it up!
Were they out of '57s? 🤣
Out of stock
@@rodknockranch Did you check the notify when available box? Hey, thanks for the reply, a great sense of humor and a good guy, hope you get to spend many a Sunday going for a malt!
I realize you guys are just kids but fyi a m22 is a rock crusher m20 or m21s aren't. Only the m22 had straight cut gears which made them loud ( hence the name) The others were helical gears and ran much quieter.
Yeah we’re aware. Mr. Gene told us m20, m21, and m22 repeatedly at different times. Now that we’ve been under it, we can confirm it’s an m20. Thanks for the input though!
What a score man that is my dream car someday ill have one would like to see you use that 327
We’re going to try our hardest to use the 327 at some point!