Will the Chopped 1954 Chevy Bel Air Survive - First Drive! 

thanks man

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Cheers to you Newk

I bet it looked great. The 54 fords don’t get enough love these days

Thanks! I m working hard at it

man i appreciate the hell out of it... but i really appreciate the subscription even more so because i am not much of a joiner myself. But it really does help the channel out, its how the youtubes works, and for me it feels like a good solid "atta boy" for the effort. Fair enough being pissed... and thank you kindly for calling it a perfect 54, (i won't let it go to my head) but yea man, time passes, neglect happens without intent, then one day.. you get out there wipe off the dust and give it hell. anyway, thanks a lot, I really do appreciate it

thanks dude... its so nice to look at it and not think "god... i gotta get that thing back on the road"

I feel that way about most crowd events...car shows, concerts, festivals

thanks man

That red edge makes it pop for sure... I agree with you about steel wheels. I bet the rally wheels look great on it. stay tuned van videos soon

thanks a lot. the work really paid off

Thanks I appreciate it

Man that’s neat

thanks for the tip. my old ones were pretty yellow. I ll give the the sos pads a try. I have also never used wesleys i ll have to look it up.. anything to make them last man ... they are not cheap

I am real curious myself. I ll do a longer shakedown run soon

@@betweenthesharksgarage I have my 1973 Lincoln Continental that I bought when I was a poor young adult at 20 years old it was pre-smog which for me living in California was a pretty big deal since at that time since I couldn't afford nor would I have driven a late model (a late model back then would have been 1980s or '90s yuck) and older cars (1950s) were generally wore out And I didn't have the budget to make one nice. Anyways the Lincoln has 2.73 gears in it's 9", 460 engine and a c6 (the drivetrain is why I bought the car originally), it is real happy on the freeway And isn't breaking much of a sweat at 75 mph, when I was a kid I wanted it to be fast off the line which a 5500 lb Lincoln definitely isn't a rocket ship off the line (and never was going to be) but it was fast enough for what it is or was now looking at it I am pretty content with its gear set. It's all about being a cruiser, Just like you I'm more about the journey that the destination, the destination is just the goal post so to speak. My Lincoln never got better than 12mpg (but it's consistently bad), I would imagine changing the gear set probably would have gave me 10 lol. An overdrive would be awesome But I'm pretty sure I would have to cut up the floor to get a bigger transmission to fit underneath there and I don't want to do that. Anyways my point of that story was I would imagine you're Chevy is going to be very similar now and it's going to be a real happy camper that modern highway speeds and around town It will still be fast enough You may not be beating brand new hemi chargers but I would imagine you will still out accelerate a late '90s 4 banger which is all you need in a cruiser.

thanks man

no they don't but they can smoke me like i am standing still...

The gap is the for not being closed all the way. The hinge pin and or bushing on the drivers door is worn out. So to get it to close properly just takes a good lift and slam. Which I rarely do

@@betweenthesharksgarage Okay, thanks for the explanation. I'm relieved to know that it was a simple cause & solution, and not from poor fitment from a bad chop. That's a cool car.

thanks man I appreciate it, I worked real hard on that chop. i think it came out to 3 3/4 in the front and 4 in the back... I did it 20 years ago but right about that time cole foster at salinas boys had done a hardtop for himself and a 2 dr sedan for mike ness of social distortion. I thought and think he nailed it, better than moon glow or any other chop i had or have seen I studied the hell out of it, even reached out to him for advice... I was a dumb kid and he still got back to me. good dude

Sometimes ya gotta do… the car show was a mess

You are not wrong sir. Washing cars and or detailing is something I am neither good at nor is it something i do with any regularity lol