Vehicle Description
*****LOCATED IN CONNECTICUT ***** Eric's Muscle Cars is proud to
offer this magnificent 1956 Chevrolet BelAir Convertible. Same
owner for 36 years. The owner drove this car in many scenes on the
set of the "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
movie which was partly filmed at Yale University here in New Haven
CT. He and many of his club Members had so much fun driving our
cars in this movie. The car did make it in one Scene in the actual
movie. It was a wonderful experience driving my car in the chase
scenes with Harrison Ford and Company throughout the streets of New
Haven for 4 days "an unforgettable experience". Another unique part
of this car: Danbury Mint made a limited addition numbered diecast
model of my 56. They took over 8 hours at the owners home and
measured all aspects of the car. He reviewed the first model and
had many comments that needed to be fixed, such as the engine paint
color I have a dual master cylinder on the car which I had them
change, and many incidental items. (I have the original Diecast car
with the mistakes) plus 4 other numbered finished models.
DRIVETRAIN: 1. ENGINE: This Car has the 265 CI Numbers Matching
Engine, which was rebuilt 3,000.00 miles ago. I added the dual quad
Carter WCFB Carburetors Which were rebuilt and colorized by Bob
Kunz Himself from Saint Louis Missouri. It was amazing to catch up
with Bob after so many years. The dual quads are not numbers
matching for this car but are period correct. The intake manifold,
and dual point distributer are numbers matching 1956 original
parts. The Heads have the correct markings but are 1958 Fulie heads
by the numbers which are better than the 1956 Dual Quad Heads. The
heads have been ported and polished and have all new
stainless-steel valves. I decided to go with a 327 Crank shaft and
make it a stroker engine, Balanced as a unit. Since made up my mind
to do that we went with a (COMP cams Part # 12-408 Cam) with Magnum
Roller Arms, so I was able to use the original rocker covers with
no modifications. The air cleaner is an all-metal Batwing 1956
Chevrolet Oil Bath Air Cleaner. 2. Transmission: Numbers Matching
Cast Iron Powerglide Transmission, taken apart, inspected, and
re-sealed by a Certified GM transmission person who worked on GM
Powerglide transmissions for a living. 3. Rear end: Numbers
Matching Rear with a New 1957 Posi traction unit installed in the
original case with 3:55 Gears. 4. Exhaust system: All Stainless
Steel 2" with Original Stainless Power Pack Exhaust Tips. 5. Wheels
and Tires: This Combination is unique, The Rims are 7" 1968
Corvette Rally Rims, with Large Center Caps, the 1968 Corvette
wheel was the only year that Corvette had a 7" wide offset rim. The
rims are powder coated harbor blue; (look like original wheels with
accessory spoke hub caps) until you look close at them, The Tires
are BF Goodrich Silvertown Radial wide white wall tires P-215/75R15
With the original 1956 accessory spoke hub caps. 6. INTERIOR: 1.
Dash and interior metal components are painted the original color
Harbor Blue. The upholstery is Nassau Blue and White Vinyl Made in
1955 Style design all in excellent like new condition, recently
replaced the original style rugs, has Day night rearview mirror,
all dash stainless has been replaced, in dash clock is in working
order, replaced the kick panels with the speaker type kick panels,
all of the original window frames has been re-chromed and in
excellent condition. 2. Radio is original AM Radio Converted to
Solid State FM by My Mike Hagan Antique Auto, which also has RAC
inputs for CD or XM and MP-3 output capability. 3. All Glass except
windshield has been replaced with original tint date coded glass
during the restoration. 4. Convertible top and weatherstripping
were all replaced during the restoration. 5 Suspension, including
ball joints, and all components were replaced during the
restoration. 6. Body, and Paint: Frame Off Restoration, all
mechanical compone
