1955 Chevy Nomad FIRST DRIVE in 30 Years - Plus HUGE Motor Surprise! 

I always tell people.... It's not built for your approval!!! 👍👍

Hard to believe Dan has a car with a headliner in it ! Sweet ride, happy new year, enjoy the fruits of your labor !

In my humble opinion, you are a complete natural at this. Entertainment value, 10. Practical knowledge, 10. Flexibility plus adaptable, 10. Most of all, most every time... it starts like a charm, runs and accessories work. Keep these videos coming, I never miss one.

I love that car. I’ve hung up a three on the tree more times than I can count. Kids nowadays would never understand.

Dan is truly a real car guy-taking a classic, vintage Nomad out for a “spin” and cruise on a wintery day. I love it! Thanks to you Dani for being an amazingly supportive girlfriend and partner. I wish y’all a Happy New Year ! ❤️🔧✌🏻

Another great year watching DD Speedshop videos

That car was Bobs pride and joy. I feel so bad that he never got to enjoy either of his Nomads. He was a really nice guy and had a passion for 55 Chevys.

The smile on your face every time you go for a test drive says it all...I'm the same way lol. I'm all for a floor shifter as long as a 4spd or maybe a 5spd goes in. A 5spd would really good be for long trips....

It's your stuff, do what you want !

Such a happy couple riding in the Nomad. Well deserved.

Love this 55! They just don't build cars with style anymore!

Looks so good on those steelies

VERY entertaining video. I laughed when either or both of you laughed, I smiled when you smiled. You deserve nice things !! Thanks for the laughs !😂

You only live once, congrats on the Nomad acquisition.

I've been around cars since i was a kid, too young to buy a muscle car back in the sixties. I'm sixty six in February and you said the most important reason to own the Nomad, it makes you happy.

Your happiness is so obvious with this car! Good for you. It’s a beauty. Looking forward to your adventures in the new year.

Happy New Year Dan and Danni. And happy new year to all you other guys and girls. Hope 24 treats us better than 23. Cheers 🍻

Nice 3 speed column shifter!!! We need to see more cameos of the dogs!!!

She turned out to be a great little car. Well done guys. Happy New Year 🎉

Beautiful car, well done. Happy new years eve, wishing you all the best in 2024

Congratulations on a successful test drive. I even enjoyed watching it slowly rust in the Canadian snow ❄️😂 thanks for all the great videos this past year and I wish the two of you a Happy New Year 🎊✌️🇺🇲

Really nice car Dan. Nothing wrong with restomoding for safety, performance, reliability, serviceability, drive ability, or personal taste. I think most people want that but I totally get keeping a car perfectly stock. The only problem with restomoding is some people turn a fairly safe car into a death trap unwittingly. They screw up the brakes putting disks on front or put in a 400 horse motor without decent brakes or suspension, botching up the electrical, you know as you see thousands of old cars each year. You do good work so build quality and workmanship should not be an issue as it is with some home mechanics. I only own one perfectly stock car and one other one close with only a none numbers matching transmission. My other cars have restomod upgrades and subtle customization most people would not notice and one car is highly customized, very noticeable, that most people love but car judges hate. I have come to not like most car judges and am not a big car show guy. My neighbor had a beautiful Corvair all perfectly stock. It should have won the show, it was docked for having wrong hubcaps and a mod to the carburetors. Wrong on both accounts. So I start arguing with this know it all arrogant idiot and quickly realize he is fairly knowledgeable but only enough to be dangerous. Finally just had to let him know he was wrong and we left for home. Felt bad for the neighbor but that is life. Perfectly stock, who cares anymore, the world is running out of old timers that really know what is correct and what is modded. Way to do what you want to it.

great seeing it on the road and the smiles on your faces

I was born in a 57 Chevy. Oct 16 1954......... Hahaaaa! But I does love me some Tri-5s!!! Best cars made. NO BS!! I did have a 54 210 2 dr. I could saw my head off with a dull knife for lettin it go!

Nice car... good job fixing it up.

Thanks for another year of awesome videos! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I just noticed. Congrats on the 150!

you do know this clean nomad makes you one of the cool kids. "what happen to you." next its a shirt with your name on the pocket. i hope so! you do deserve it.

I already divulged how I love that blue baby.

My husband The Celtic Dude got me hooked on Danny's videos and the idea of building our own cars.We drove here 2400 miles to Tennessee last year in our one and only truck. Now we have 3 trucks and a van we have pieced together and I am so proud! We have saved so much money going this route. No car payments! And we have gone through every inch of our vehicles and know them inside and out. They are our little gold bars if we had to sell one or two. It would be smart in 2024 to stay out of debt and have items to sell that people need.

I'm glad you have a real nice car Dan you deserve it, you worked long and hard for it. happy new year to you and your lovely lady Danielle.🎉

The Nomad has turned out really nice Dan. Looking forward to seeing it on the channel. Another cool Hot Rod saved. HAPPY NEW YEAR. 👍😎✌️

It's your car and channel....screw negative comments and "Mortske "keep up the great work..I gotcha back...HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY FAVORITE FAMILY "DD SPEED

Just got to love the Nomad.

Great work on a beautiful classic ride. 👌

It’s one of those cars that makes you smile every time you drive it. Super nice car Dan!

All the best to you both for the New Year🎉 love watching you getting down and dirty with these projects

Happy new years to you two! Can’t wait to see your projects for this year.

Looking forward to spring....you do you Dan !...Happy New Year !!

Don’t forget about the overdrive. They are quite a unique thing to learn

Awesome sauce Dan, still a couple more videos to get it complete. Hang on to that column shifter, not many of those left.

Nice classic car, Dan! It's coming along nicely........ Careful of winter driving, it may rot out those new floor panels.( only kidding.....) When I first got my driver's license in 1966, a lot of my friends received 55 56 Chevy four doors from their grandparents. They were called Sunday drivers to church only. Most were 6 cylinders. Happy 2024!

Thanks for sharing........ Happy New year

Keep the 3 on the tree loved mine. Had a 57 Chevy wagon back in 62, had a 265 with 3 speed overdrive tranny and of course had the front bench seat. I would be driving, left hand on the wheel and my right around my future wife snuggled up against me. I would work the clutch and she would shift tranny. Best of both worlds

Awesome job with the Nomad. Keep up the great work.

Great Christmas cruise, had the road to yourself.

Yes sir, you can't miss that gear whine in those GM three speed transmissions (the ones with the non-synchro first gear, we called them granny boxes) That distinct sound I would hear in my Granddaddy's 40 Chevrolet and his 56 Chevrolet as well as my dad's 61 Chevrolet truck. Like the rest of the internet experts, I noticed your steering wheel not being on center and before you fool with the alignment, I would suggest you pop the horn assembly off and inspect the factory marks on the steering wheel and the steering shaft (if they haven't been obliterated). You may find that that wheel may have been removed and just positioned to center it (people, especially mechanics are bad about that) once it is centered at that point then a good front end mechanic (that knows what he is doing) can center the steering if needed when doing the alignment. You know when you hang up those column shifters you can stop the car and manually align the shift arms on the steering column back to neutral and back in business you are. They can get worn and dried out lubricant wise and a good cleaning and adjusting generally gets them to working. When they really got worn out back in the day the shift tube assembly could be replaced along with worn parts. My first car was a 56 Chevrolet (Granddaddy's) and I did convert it to a floor shifter (Hurst). Later I changed the old granny box out for a later model fully synchronized Saginaw three speed (I could not afford a four speed). You get that car squared away and it will drive nice and that would be the ticket for those hot rod cruises. I believe i would have to keep that one if it were mine.🥸👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Looking good guys!

Looks great Dan, nice work..Congrats on 150k subs, Happy New Year guys !

So this is my 55 bel air engine arrangement! It was an original 235 with the Borg Warner overdrive. My dad, bless his soul, changed it to a 265! It ran well ish but was just not good! I switched it to a 283! It’s awesome! Absolutely love it! So I couldn’t notice if you have your transmission kick down SWITCH?The overdrive transmission just utterly makes things drive right!!! Fifth avenue internet garage has the relay, solenoid, and governor! But the kickdown switch is different than what they sell! My kickdown switch is located off the carb linkage! Not under the gas pedal! If you do get overdrive in third gear you want to be able depress the gas pedal and cause it to automatically shift out of overdrive! Without the kickdown switch you’re limited for better top end performance! At lower speeds the relay and solenoid automatically shift the transmission back and forth from Direct drive or Overdrive! There is a cut in speed and cut out speed! It sounds complicated but once you make the connection about how it works it’s pretty simple!! Make yourself welcome to come down to Springfield Missouri and we’ll go for a cruise how my car works! And again! We’ve gots a brand new Buc-ee’s just built!

Sweet Ride for Sure!! Perhaps a nice shroud to keep er kewl on the next road trip to the U.S. Happy New Year and Always be Happy and Smiling doing what you do!

You know when you know it’s a keeper

It's a sweet ride man cheers happy new years

Happy new year to you both, and thanks again on bringing us along on your journey of indomitable positivity, cheers.😊🐏

Sweet Ride....definite keeper in the right hands.

ive had plenty of 3 on the trees, the tooth is wore. from 3rd push it towards dash then go up to 2nd, then push it towards dash to get to neutral. Same with going up. pull it towards you to put in 1st, then pull it to get to neutral then push forward . Its old, needs guidance. cant speed shift that one. They say standard trans is the new theft deterrent, imagine 3 on the tree.long time watcher, fellow canadian, keep up great content. snow dosent cause rust, the salt on our ontario roads,ERR

Dan, It's nice to have a hot rod that's just yours, have fun with it and have a great new year!! Murph

Hey it's all about drivability. You do what you gotta do to make it reliable and enjoyable.

“This is our cruising nomad” 🤣😂Dannie

Happy New Year!!!

Such an awesome car. You give me the ambition to work on my 57 150 2 door post. The brake videos are a big help , and the rebuild of the front end with the drop is perfect. Thanks for your hard work keeping these cars on the road.

That's your best tri 5 for sure

Happy New Year Dan and Danni; and, all the viewers.

Looking good 🎉 this is your best car for sure🎉

Perfect Nomad. Happy New Year from Kingston, ON

DAN, YOU deserve nice things too! This Nomad IS that really classy nice ride that your old Grandpa would be honored to drive. The smiles 😁 on your face AND Dani's, is priceless. Plus, the Nomad has ALL the trim bells and whistles that was offered for that year, very classy! I hope that you and your lady can have lots of fun doing country cruises with this nice old vintage piece of history. Great choice on Nomad selection, JEALOUS! Anyways, Happy New Year and thanks for the video 📸.

Have a Great New Year !!

Dan a orange and blue engine would be a sears rebuilt for back in the 50s 60s and 70s. Sold and installed at Sears stores all over the US.

Been enjoying the videos and following the progress. When you flipped the front seat back the first time, saw the Best of the Ventures cassette beneath it! Keep on wrenching!

A VERY Happy New Years to y'all! I'd like to share some arcane old school SBC fyi with you. I know you got the cast number off your block, but did you check the pad numbers? Ever hear of the legendary "thick block" 283's? OK hear 'tis. In 62 when the 327 was being introduced, as always production was based on estimates.Well they severely over estimated the demand for the 327, and under estimated 283 demand. Ran short on 283 blocks. As a result you find 283's with a 283 pad number, and a 327 cast number. They just punched them to 3 7/8 instead of 4", so on 62 & 63 check both numbers. 62 most common, but been told they turned up on 63 too. These rascals are like hens teeth, but SO sweet to find, cause you can even today have a "new" standard bore 327. Not as rare as the "X" Camel back heads, but darn close, so check both numbers. Now just ditch those crappy 265 manifolds for some 2 1/2 Rams Horns, and ready to rock. Also your generator light wire ran to the #1 terminal will complete and excite your Delcotron. It has to have a bulb for resistance so it don't backfeed the system. Just loop main post to # 2 and horn relay, and charge system complete. Hope some of this is useful to you!

Merry Christmas Happy New Year Dan and Danni! That 55 Nomad is sweet!

Awesome car! I’d rather see you guys keep this one over the kit car cobra

happy new year the smile said it all

What a sweetheart of a car! Enjoy it!

Happy New year Dan and Danielle All the best Cheers, I enjoy the video.

A duel plane intake and an RV cam would be perfection for that engine for some low end power and mileage.

..."...Santa's done been and gone..."... The most honest phrase ever... 👍🤣

i learned to drive a column shift on my granddads '55 4 door wagon-265-i was very impressed with how positive the shifter was.

Love the nomad Dan!!! The interior is looking mint!! Nice to see more of it. Happy new year to u n Dani! All the best in 24🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Whatever your working on it's always fun

Moving on up! Nice wheels you two. Drive it anytime you can Dan. 😎WC🇨🇦

Happy new year guys !!!

I should spend as much time working on my cars as I spend watching you work on your cars. 🙂 Thanks for posting all of this I always look forward.

You saved another one Dan, really cool car man. Happy New Year and I'm looking forward to seeing some Camaro videos, keep up the good work 👍👍

The car is looking good. Another good one 👍👍

Classic Dan as he power turns the corner in the parking lot . . . 'a bunch of stuff fell over' ! Oh the noises heard on that one :)

My all time hero

What a Christmas present. A Slomad cruise. Happy New Year kids

this is why i try to watch the whole ad for you

this video let me participade on that warm satisfying feeling, when driving a nice vintage car whith your girl enjoying this also ! It remembered me driving my pistacio green Citroen 2CV (the first one I´ve restored) and also to my uncle´s house in Calgary, Alta. - the garages and houses look a like - when I was a tennager on visit in Canada. HO ho ho and best wishes for 2024 for all of you nice car-guys. Greetings from Germany´s Ruhr-Gebiet, btw we only got rain instead of snow here 😓

The best looking Tri Five in the DD SPEED SHOP fleet! The stance, and the steelies with the dog dish caps looks WICKED! Now it just needs exhaust and headers! Can't wait to see what's next for it! Happy holidays to you and Dani! PEACE ✌️

Really Nice Dan I can see you really LOVE this Hot Rod !! Good on you happy for you ! Happy New Year to You two, Looking forward to see your workings in 2024 !!!!!

Well she's a runner now. I think I would give up on the idea of an "original" cuz it's not. So that frees you up to do what the car really needs. Engine, trans, suspension, brakes. You know how to make this car a real driver and that means losing most of the 50's tech under the hood and suspension. I don't think you can hurt the value by going resto-mod since the car will never be a concourse vehicle. So I would just do what you always do. Make a solid, dependable semi hot rod that can be fixed with currently available parts, but still looks original. I think it sets too low and needs some rally wheels and rings, and probably a LS/4l80 swap etc. But having said that I love that car. It is so cool and you should make it your dream car the way you like it. Happy New Year , Sir.

Good job Dan!

Ohhh yeah! Approved! Happy Holidays you guys!

Happy new year all the best in the newyear

OMG power 💺 seats is this DD SPEED SHOP lol 😂 . I wouldn't worry about doing power steering Dan but a tilt colum would be sweet 👍

Happy new years yall

Wow what a video😊 thanks a lot

so happy for you sir. every time i see it