1955 Chevrolet

2-door wagon Wagon

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

VA55L040808

Clear

Gasoline

1955 Chevy 150, 2-door Handyman-Special Station Wagon OLDER FRAME-OFF RESTO-ROD-AFICATION SHOW WINNER! 383 STROKER (350 BLOCK BORED & STROKED) EDELBROCK 750, CFM CARBURETOR EDELBROCK PERFORMER INTAKE MANIFOLD DART II ANGLE PLUG HEADS ROLLER ROCKERS HEDMAN HEDDERS A PETE JACKSON GEAR DRIVE MALLORY UNILITE DISTRIBUTOR MOROSO 8 QUART OIL PAN AND REMOTE OIL FILTER GRIFFIN ALUMINUM RADIATOR WITH ELECTRIC FAN TURBO 400 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH HURST PRO-MATIC 2 RATCHET SHIFTER WITH SHIFT KIT SO YOU DO NOT MISS A SHIFT, EVER! 4:11 REAR END ALL THE GAUGES YOU NEED TO KEEP TABS ON THIS POWERFUL MACHINE. ALL NEW CHROME CUSTOM TAILIGHTS ‘OLD-SCHOOL’ DIAMOND PATTERN’ INTERIOR with FOLD DOWN REAR SEAT FOR ENOUGH ROOM FOR A FULL SHEET OF SHEET-ROCK BASE COAT, CLEAR COAT DEEP BLACK PAINT JUST REFRESHED SOME NOTES OF INTEREST ON THE CAR: The car is cold-blooded, pump the gas while trying to start it. It may take two tries to start if the car hasn’t been run in more than a few weeks. The throttle is touchy. The accelerator spring may be too strong for some but, I like it that way. The car runs ‘rich’ for higher performance. I’ve only use premium gas. Occasionally I would add 5 or so gallons of 100 octane (Turbo Blue) to a tank of gas. You could tell the difference. The exhaust system is in very good condition. The passenger side tailpipe occassionally rattles slightly. Usually when you first put it into gear it will rattle a bit, or when you drive over a rough section of road. Everything is tight but the passenger side hanger has more play than the hanger on the driver’s side. Depending on how picky you are, I’ve painted the headers every year. I used POR 15 high temp paint. I usually did this in the Spring after I got the car out for the season. The temperature lever on the heater control is broken off. The dome light doesn’t work. It has power going to it but no way to turn it off. You could install the door button that I bought but, haven’t installed. Most of the glass is original, except the passenger side door, as far as I know. There are some very minor scratches on some of the other glass. I had thought about having them ‘polished’ out. Overall, for a 50 year old car, they’re in very, very good shape. The paint is base coat, clear coat and has been just touched up to a glimmering finish. The door locks only work on the inside. I usually lock behind me, then enter through the rear hatch. The tires are larger than stock, so when cutting the steering wheel hard to each side while turning into say, a driveway with a hump, the tire will occasionally rub a little on the inner fender splash pan, depending on how hard you’ve cut it. I try not to have to cut the wheel so hard. The shifter is a ratchet type. To get it out of Park & into any gear you have to lift up on it then bring it back into gear. The same thing goes when you want to put it back into Park, you have to lift up on it then move it forward. This is just the way these shifters work. It goes into gear ‘hard’, meaning that is isn’t like the automatics today where they just kind of ‘slide’ into gear. You’ll know when you have put it into forward or reverse. It’s an automatic transmission but, you can shift through the gears manually by simply racheting forward or back to up or down shift. This allows you to get the most out of your rpms in each gear for optimum performance. If you so desire. To open the tailgate, just turn the handle to the right and pull. To open the glass above the tailgate, the simplest thing to do is to open the tailgate 3 or 4 inches, then lift up the glass. On each ‘arm’ there is a catch that you must snap into place to secure it open. That’s just how they worked. Just remember, when you put the glass down you must have the tailgate open first, unclick the catches, put the glass down, and then close the tailgate. The hood latch is just under the lip of the hood on the right of center. The hood opens easily & stays open with no trouble due to new, chrome hinges and springs. When you close the hood, bring it down to where it just catches, then push down on the ‘bird’. It latches firmly. All of these ‘quirks’ have been there since I got the car. I think this it part of what makes the car unique. The other instructions I just thought might be helpful. This car wasn’t meant to be a trailer queen. You could spend upwards of 30 or 40 grand for a perfect show car. This is just a super nice looking car for the money, that will hold it’s own as a driver, at a car show or a cruise and will make people smile, wave, give you thumbs up, blow their horns, you name it. And well, it really gets the chicks