1955 CHEVROLET BEL AIR CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE

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This 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible has undergone a full custom comprehensive restoration from top to bottom. Powered by a fuel-injected crate LS6 V8 engine producing 500hp, paired with a custom 4-speed automatic transmission with a custom leather floor-mounted console shifter. Full fabrication to fit the LS6, including the firewall. This a no-expense-spared build. It rides on a custom-built racing chassis built by RS Roadster Shop in Chicago for superior road handling and rolls on a custom

Schott wheel setup for the stance. Also features a rear triangulated 4-link suspension, stainless-steel gas tank, black ceramic-coated exhaust, aluminum radiator with dual electric fans, aluminum air-conditioning condenser, complete billet front accessory drive, aluminum overflow tank and aluminum power steering reservoir. This Bel Air is also equipped with tubular upper and lower front control arms, an aluminum remote reservoir, coilover front shocks and 1.25-inch cantilever front sway bars. Stopping power comes from Wilwood disc brakes, 6-piston front and 4-piston rear. The car is finished in custom Hawaiian Sea Blue Metallic paint complemented by custom Cream Metallic two-tone, and the chrome and trim have been restored to show-quality. The new black Haartz cloth convertible top folds down into the rear of the Bel Air. The interior features a Classic Instruments gauge cluster, a Vintage Air system, New Port wipers, power steering, 6-way power adjustable front bench seat, Lokar shifter, power seats, Ididit chrome tilt steering column, Budnik custom steering wheel, Sparco custom seatbelts and a Pioneer/Rockford Fosgate sound system. The car rolls on Schott wheels - 18-inch in the front and 19-inch in the rear - wrapped in Toyo Proxes tires.