Vehicle Description
1955 Chevrolet 210 2-Door Sedan
If gassers didn't already exist, we'd surely find a good reason to
invent them. With bizarre looks, and sky-scraping wheelies, legions
of fans come out to watch them do battle at various events across
the nation. Even though the "gas" classes of the NHRA no longer
have regular "gasser" classes, the style of race car and the racing
itself were well preserved among fans and racers. As a style of car
building, the gasser style is hotter than ever due to its
simplicity and easily identified trademark style. Long before
bracket racing and Eliminator/Super Stock index racing, the gas
classes were where competitors with gasoline-powered street
machines raced. Rules generally required these cars to be
street-style cars with parity being achieved through
pounds-per-cubic-inch.
Grab your helmet, strap on your harness and get ready to enter the
world of the gassers in 1955 Chevrolet 210 2-door sedan form. This
wild looker and cooker is well done, powered by a bored and built
to the hilt small block V8 and runs like, well a gasser! A true
throwback to the drags of yore, I can see my crew girl in her tight
pants, tied bottom button-down shirt, big hairdo and chewing a wad
of gum stating "Oi loike da drahhgs", especially in Jehrsee, gimme
another cigharhette...
Exterior
The timeless look of this 1955 Chevrolet has been carefully
maintained with only a few subtle changes. Maintaining most of its
brightwork and still wearing its original rear quarter panels,
wheel houses and rockers, this sans hood and front bumper racer
looks fast just standing still especially with its chrome egg crate
grille akin to that of a Ferrari 250 GT. This car is bathed in
satin silver, which is a texture finished paint that presents well
with a few notable areas of body repair on the lower panels.
Emblazoned onto the rear quarter panels is black and white
highlighted red lettering giving this racer its
name..."Painkiller". Up top, white bathes the roof and bright and
shiny chrome trim work frames the clear windshield which is set off
perfectly by the red tinted side and rear glass. Gaps are well
minded, and the body presents with almost no inclusions thanks in
part to the finish of the paint. Within the front wheel wells are
snarling header pipes which form into a single pipe that when the
engine is fired up will absolutely "rack off". 15-inch chrome
Cragar wheels are on the front and in the rear we see silver
painted steel wheels with pie crust style cheater slicks to finish
out the gasser look splendidly.
Interior
Black tufted tuck and roll vinyl panels are screwed to the door
panels that house the shiny handles and knobs. Slipping inside,
clean black vinyl low back bucket seats grace the front with
textured seating surfaces and smooth shiny bolsters. In the name of
weight savings the rear seat has been deleted and replaced with a
simple black vinyl panel and we note a tufted tuck and roll rear
package tray in door panel matching black. A silver steel tube
rollbar has been added for safety and provides adequate protection
for the driver. The dash retains its iconic dual fan design with
the driver's side housing the gauge cluster with a tachometer
mounted top dead center and on the passenger side the Chevrolet
badged speaker fan in your grandmother's script. Gone is the mini
bowtie insert and now we see a dash face of clean silver steel.
Below the dash is a duo of aftermarket black faces gauges to
monitor engine vitals and a radio delete panel is noted. No
carpeting and no headliner are present, but hey its a gasser, and
we note a few repaired areas on the black steel floors along with a
short handled Hurst shifter on the hump in front of the twin oil
cans, now used as cup holders.
Drivetrain
With no hood present, the whole world is free to gawk at the well
done mill between the fenders. The mill is a 283ci small block
Chevy V8 bored .125 over and now displacing 301ci of orange block
muscle. Within this block is a DZ-302 solid lifter camshaft and
12.5:1 high dome pistons. Topping this monster mill are a pair of
double hump 462 cylinder heads with hardened pushrods, guideplates,
Comp Cams aluminum roller rockers and screw in studs. A factory GM
aluminum intake manifold provides the mounting point for the dual
Carter 4bbl carburetors which are finished off with small round
chrome air cleaners. Bolted to the back of the mill is a Muncie M20
4-speed manual transmission with an aluminum flywheel and a
Lakewood bellhousing. Putting all the power to the pavement is a
4.56 TracLoc equipped Ford 9" rear axle.
Undercarriage
A mix of restored and original with a mix of nice black finish and
heavy surface rust on the frame, supports and flooring. A strong
frame has a Speedway solid axle kit with leaf springs and disc
brakes on the front and 5 leaf station wagon leaf springs with
Ansen Ground Grabber traction bars and drum brakes on the rear. The
snaking fender well Hooker Super Competition headers tie into long
straight exhaust piping with Flowmaster mufflers and end in front
of the rear axle. Should you want to wake the neighbors and disturb
the peace, you can uncork the headers at the fender wells and play
the V8 melody for all to hear. A new fuel tank is noted as is a
driveshaft safety loop.
Drive-Ability
A few pumps of the throttle and a twist of the key this monster
came to life. After a little bit of warm up time, (she's cold
blooded folks), our resident racer took this beast out to our well
hidden and patented test track and came back with a smile on his
face. All functions were working during the drive and the only
disappointment was the tarmac was too cold to lift the front end.
Otherwise, he reported it was a "gas" with neck snapping
acceleration, good handling and bias free braking thanks in part to
the front disc brakes.
What a gas(ser) to have experienced and now gracing our Hallowed
Halls. A classic throwback to the early drags of yore, prior to the
Pro Stock class. A way to get Wallys, all jacked up, loads of
power, gobs of noise, satin silver with nicely complementing red,
white and black lettering paint, the perfect stance and ohlala
those red tinted windows! I have a hankering for going in a
straight line right now!
B55K063273
B-2100 Series
55-1955
K-Kansas City, MO Assy Plant
063273-Sequential Unit Number
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with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
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