Neighbors like this in the 90's is who inspired me to get into classics, and now here I am about to go pull a rear end out of a wrecking yard to put into my 55, engine is done, a 1970 LS6 454 bottom end , L-88 rect port heads set up for a mechanical roller cam, Manley valved, K motion springs, for now I'm just going to get it running on a single 4 barrel . The 90's were rad.
@@MrsSunshine75 it was a 454 .030” over,had what I call a 12.5 to 1 closed chamber piston with a GM open chamber 188 square port head. Had a Crane 600/620 lift solid flat tappet cam in it. Was a 2 bolt block and stock rods with pioneer rod bolts.
Wow..I know that guy..It's Mark Preston of Bel-Air Maryland!!.I bought some 67Nova parts from him while I was in high school..He has some really fast Chevy's!! Fat Traxx was his pride and joy,a 66 SS Nova...Glad someone documented his past cars!!
I was 20 yrs old then and had a nova that I drove all thru high school and street raced and track to ...i had s solid lift cam by cam dynamics it was a 543/560 lift and 256/265 duration at 50 and a 106 center line and it sounded alot like that 55 ... sounds sweet brother...i ran 11.20 at 122 in the 1/4 and 7.30 at 94 in the 1/8th way back then... nobody around were i lived could even get close to me on the street .. those were the best of times...
that sounds like it ran very good! the 55 had a crane solid lifter flat tappet in it,600-620 lift and the duration @ .050 was 266/276, it was ground on a 110
Looks Like Us guys back in that Time... Yeah my Buddy had A 78 Trans Am with A 421 Super Duty in It that Uncaped sounded Like That.... My Dad Would Come Unglued!!!
I live in this neighborhood and there were a dozen or more cars that sounded like this within a couple of blocks. My 383 64 Chevelle included. None of us did stupid stuff in the residential area. We'd just idle around and take the burnouts and throttle stomping out on the Rt 24 4 lane nearby. We are both still there and still driving similar stuff.
I had a 55 210 two door wagon. 327/4speed/ 12 bolt 4:11 gears. sold it for a ‘71 corvette over 20 years ago. I feel fine about it needed floors and no one made them at the time and I wasn’t that good at that stuff back then. It was cool , but to me unless its a resto-mod its like driving an old truck.
I had a 56 two door wagon 210,had a 4 speed and a 265 with 2 four barrels and a solid cam. Body was good,but floors and wheel houses needed repair. I posted it for sale and the guy who built it originally called and bought it back. It went through a couple owners before I got it. He was glad to find it years later
@@BENCHSEATRACIN Thats very cool that you got your car back! I sold mine to a freind, he took it apart and still has it in pieces. I could Probably get it back but It would take too much money to get it where I would be happy. I since upgraded the corvette. I have to say I get more enjoyment out of a car that I could drive anywhere than just a Sunday driver. I really like that I can open the garage door start it and go and only do routine maintenance. I love working on cars but a car that you can’t go too far in ,park and leave and not worry about takes the fun out of it for me. I really enjoyed your video seeing the old cars again -thank you!
I went for a Suzuki GT550 , a 3-cilinder 2stroke caferacer, ofcourse i had to make a testdrive on the road . As i came to the side of the road, i saw the neighbour come running from the back of his house to see and hear this awesome bike!
Old car sounds nasty. Probably solid flat tappet with some tight springs. Sounds like a big block probably a 396 or 427. I have an old 55 with the wheelwells cut like that.
Vintage Hotrod!!! I'm just south of Philly in PA...Any recommendations for stopping wheel hop?..old school traction masters not working...slapper bars maybe??...55 hardtop w/ 350 4spd / 3.70's 9"
So, this was footage from 1990, and shown on RU-vid 2012.. is that correct? Because I went immediatly to thinking it was the same time.. I had a 55 2-door, 409 w/ 3/4 Isky cam & 3-duce carb intake, Cheater Slicks on deep dish chromes and babby moons up front. Ran at Puyallup 1/4 mi. drags w/ Don Garletts... Big Daddy Roth, Mad Magazine, Dobbie Gillis and the draft for Nam. Miss it! Thanks
Yes that was from 1990. It had a 454 with a big crane solid flat tappet in it,a tunnel ram with a pair of 600 Holleys on it. Had a M-22 4 speed and a 12 bolt with 4.56’s in it. Got rid of the car in 95. Miss is still
@@BENCHSEATRACIN so this is you in the 90"s right....man. i had just started working at the machine shop porting heads and building motors in 94. this is a big flashback for me. this was a great time. the clothing we wore was crazy. you still with your woman thats in the video? just crazy no thoughts just get parts and build just race times
@@maxlacugnato442 good times back in the 80’s and 90’s. Car is gone and the pretty girl too. Only things in that video that are still around is the old air compressor and the 454 that was in the 66 Nova in the video.
Hey....honey....come here, quick. Hurry, fore' they see you. Look at this dammit! Them neighbors got them damn noise machines goin again. Sumbitch never shuts them damn thangs off! I swear I'm gonna call the damn Poooolice on 'em wun these days.😂
As cool a sound as it gets. My old buddy had a 55 210 with a 350 LT1 in and I don’t think we ever got out in it without the headers uncapped. That’s sounds like a old big block
