1957 Chevy Bel Air 2 Door Hardtop Red Gasser

1957 Chevy Bel AirSport Coupe built as a high-end tribute to the famous '57 built by thelate Bill Lipay in 1964. Full frame off highly detailed restorationcompleted in late 2020. Great care was taken to install as manyperiod-correct components as possible. Though this is a beautifullydetailed car that is fully painted/chromed underneath, it is oftendriven and fully street legal. Great for shows and cruises or for museumdisplay. This is an original steel body with no reproduction panelsexcept for the main floor and rockers. The trunk floor, quarters, doors,deck lid, hood, front fenders are all original 1957 GM sheet metal. Thebody is finished in Glasurit base/clear urethane. The firewall,complete underbody, frame, rear end and insides of front fenders are allfinished in white pearl urethane.
Features:
BoLaws built high-compression 1957 Chevy 283 ci V8 engine with 300 HP 327heads, roller tipped rockers, Comp Cams Big Mother Thumper hydrauliccamshaft, chromed M/T valve covers with vintage Offenhauser breathers,Offenhauser polished dual quad intake, Dual Endura-Sine Edlebrock AVS2carburetors, chrome water pump, chrome alternator, chrome fuel pump,chrome starter, chrome oil pan, chrome timing chain cover and silverceramic coated Patriot fenderwell headers with stainless steelresonators. It runs well on 93 octane pump gas.
Transmissionis a fully rebuilt 1967 dated M20 4-speed tagged as original from aCorvette. The shifter is an NOS Mr. Gasket Bang Shifter.
Therear end is a heavy duty 9.3 Pontiac dated 1957. The posi rear centerand 3.90 gears, all new bearings are new from Fabcraft. Rear axles arenew steel from Dutchman. Rear traction bars are fully adjustableTraction-Master style, chrome powder coated.
Wheelsare Mr. Gasket polished aluminum slots 15x3 front and 15x7 rear withCoker Firestone pie-crust Dragster slicks rear and pie-crust skinnies upfront.
The front axle is a chromed 1964Econoline with chrome Speedway springs and polished stainless steelshackles. Front and rear brakes are drum-style with all new drums andcomponents.
Many parts on this car have been chrome plated or chrome powder coated.
Theleatherette interior is white/red roll and pleat and is an exactduplicate of the interior used in 1964. The beautiful interior wasreproduced by Ciadella Enterprises. Carpet is matching red Daytona. Allinterior garnish moldings are chrome plated. The instrument cluster,lower column cover, turn signal housing, gear shift collar, heaterdelete, ashtray and glove box door have all been chrome plated. Theheadliner features 1955-style chrome headliner bows.
Allside trim and stainless is polished original with a few reproductionpieces mixed in. The rear bumper is wagon style and is new with new endsand rechromed original 1957 guards.
Thisis one of the most striking and beautiful 1957 Chevy's you will eversee. It is highly unusual to see a gasser built to this high caliber. Itcommands immediate attention wherever I take it with it's flashyOld-School appeal and hard hitting rumpty-rump high-compression V8.There would be no way to duplicate this car for the asking price.Thousands of hours have been spent to build this high-quality car.
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Video of the car from NSRA Louisville last weekend at 24:31 story on the car in Chevy Rumble magazine:to help arrange delivery to any US southeastern port for export for overseas buyers.

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