1955 Chevrolet Pickup

Motortopia Staff . 28th February, 2023

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Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

Mike & Elaine Burns

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year: 1955

Engine:

ENGINE

Shop: D&D Auto & Hot Rod Service Co.

Chevy 396-ci big-block V-8

BDS blower camshaft

Roller rockers

Polished water pump

Be Cool radiator

Flex-a-lite Black Magic cooling fans

Energy Suspension motor mounts

Two K&N cone filters with handmade intake

Twin Edelbrock 750 carbs

Sanderson block-hugger headers

Dual 3-inch exhaust system

Flowmaster Delta 50 mufflers

JetCoat treated headers, exhaust and muffler

Finned valve covers

March pulleys

Chevy Turbo 400 auto transmission

Lokar floor-mounted shift kit and console-mounted shift indicator

SUSPENSION

Shop: Henry’s Cars

Heidts Mustang II front end

2-inch drop spindles

Air Ride Shockwave 1000 ’bags (front)/Shockwave 7000 ’bags (rear)

Rear ladder bar setup

Wilwood disc brakes all around, drilled and slotted rotors

Ford 9-inch rearend narrowed to fit 15-inch-deep wheels

3.25 gear ratio

Handmade fuel cell

WHEELS & TIRES

18x9 and 20x15 Budnik Fontana polished aluminum wheels

16x10.00R18 and 29x15.00R20 Mickey Thompson tires

Transmission:

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Specification

ENGINE

BODY & PAINT

Shop: Nor Cal Auto Body (Ryan Wight) & Hot Rod Service Co. (Jeff Twichell)

Bordeaux Red metallic paint

Powdercoated chassis

Reverse-open hood with custom hardware

Original chrome grille

Gas filler relocated to passenger side

One-piece tinted power windows

Front and rear roll pans

Original fenders

Running boards shaved

Handmade steel bed with oversized tubs and step-down (no tailgate)

Autoloc shaved door handle kit

Frenched 1941 Chevy taillights

Hella European headlights with floor-mounted dimmer switch

Vision Hot Rod VF-1 exterior mirrors

INTERIOR & STEREO

Shop: Finish Line Interiors (Byron Robeck)

Glide Engineering seats

Tan leather, solid and perforated

Burgundy carpet

Dashboard shaved and covered with tan leather wrap

Auto Meter Old Tyme gauges

Budnik steering wheel

Clayton Machine Works handles and dome light

Lokar switches

Vintage Air AC

Handmade fiberglass console

Under-dash mood lighting

Alpine head unit

Hertz 5.25-inch coaxial speakers

Optima battery

SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “Special thanks goes out to my son, Tim Burns, for providing the healthy 396 BBC and 671 blower.”