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1955 Chevrolet Pickup

Motortopia Staff , 28th February, 2023

  • 1955 Chevrolet Pickup
  • 1955 Chevrolet Pickup
  • 1955 Chevrolet Pickup
  • 1955 Chevrolet Pickup
  • 1955 Chevrolet Pickup
Owner/Builder

Mike & Elaine Burns

Specs

    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

    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.”

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