Summary

Customized by Joe Martin and Shorty Ponce. Powered by a 383ci V8 engine with a 700R4 automatic transmission. RideTech suspension, Classic Instruments gauges, custom 9-inch Ford rear end and custom PPG Viper Red paint with custom flames.

Details

This custom Nomad is powered by a 383ci stroker V8 engine and a 700R4 automatic transmission with a Hughes 220 stall converter. This Nomad is equipped with a custom-built narrowed 9-inch Ford rear end geared 3.73. Braking was upgraded with a CPP chrome toaster master cylinder pumping CPP 13-inch disc brakes up front and drum brakes in the rear. Suspension is RideTech tubular control arms with coilovers in front and rear with a 4-link rear end. This Nomad is riding on staggered 20-inch front and 22-inch rear Coy five-spoke wheels with painted centers wrapped in Hankook tires. The 383 stroker engine is equipped with Pro Action heads, Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetor, March pulley system and an MSD ignition. The exhaust flows through Patriot ceramic-coated long-tube headers leading into a custom 2.5-inch stainless exhaust with Flowmaster 40 series mufflers. The body of this 1955 Chevrolet Nomad underwent a full frame-off restoration with a smoothed and powder-coated chassis and recontoured wheel openings. The body was restored back to stock, and all chrome and stainless has been replated and polished, including one-piece bumpers. The custom PPG Viper Red paint is by Joe Martin of Martin Bros Customs and Shorty Ponce of Elite Autoworks. Joe was given creative license to design and air brush one-of-a-kind custom flames that include his famous ghost skulls with a unique expression in each flame lick. The design theme was continued on the custom-fabricated center console, firewall and inside gas lid, and is signed on the tailgate by Joe. This is truly a one-of-a-kind work of art on wheels. The immaculate interior includes billet sweep dash panels, Classic Instruments gauges with Painless wiring harness, Ididit automatic tilt column, Budnik steering wheel, Vintage Air and top-grain full custom leather interior, including seats, door panels and headliner. The carpeting is a match of Mercedes-Benz gray and black tweed covering with wall-to-wall Dynamat thermal acoustic mat. Power windows and locks complete the luxury interior design. This one-of-a-kind build won Goodguy's PPG Dream Car and Super Chevy Editor's Choice award, and was featured in Goodguy's Gazette and Super Chevy magazine.