This is what our ’52 Chevy looked like when we bought it original back in 2000 from the second owner in fifty years. We had other plans for it though, as you can see from the pre-Photoshop mock up…
Body
-hand made floor and trunk panels-top chop 7” in back laid down and 4” in front
-eliminated B pillar to make hard top
-sectioned trunk to make fastback
-nosed, decked and shaved
-peaked hood
-custom rear bumper, frenched
-stretched rear fender with custom made lenses
-custom rocker panels with molded and frenched lake pipes
-frenched headlights 6" with polished stainless buckets, clear lenses and bright whites bulbs
-custom recessed firewall
-custom front bumper and bullets frenched in customized fenders
Frame and Suspension
-custom boxed frame with ‘78 Camaro front clip with power brakes and steering-’78 Camaro 10 bolt differential
-air bags on all 4 corners
Drivetrain
-350 Camaro block-305 ported performance heads to boost compression
-bigger valves with 3 angle valve job
-lumpy Comp cam
-HEI distributor with Accel coil
-high flow aluminum water pump
-polished aluminum high rise dual plane intake manifold
-Edelbrock 600 cfm carb
-Flowmaster headers
-2.5” stainless exhaust with h-pipe
-aluminum radiator
- 390hp; 400ft/lbs torque
-700r4 with B&M Transpack
Interior
-leopard print blanket seat covers-original ’52 steering wheel, candy apple red
-tilt Oldsmobile steering column
-stretched shifter with vintage bullet mic
-tach custom fitted in dash clock mount
-hidden air bag controls in glove box
-brake booster/master cylinder mounted inside dash and retrofitted with custom brackets for horizontal operation
Future plans
-aluminum inner fenders and shroud-Edelbrock vintage finned valve covers
-Caddy air cleaner
-custom trim
-skirts
-tiki interior
-4:11 gears
-repaint
-pinstriping
-Unity spotlights
-finished interior
