Custom Chassis with canti setup

[valleycustom]

I also had the driveline made by inland empire driveline. They did a nice job.

[SCOTI]

Very trick.

[Izzy]

Sweet.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Its gonna be a shame to put sheetmetal on the chassis....

[bshelton]

Pictures-Some other work done by Valley Customs. I figure its ok to post these pics because its a Chevrolet..its driven hard. Why do I know? Drag racing tickets and impounded car for 30 days to prove it. This was set up with 4 link, bagged, 350/350, 9" rear. We also moved the tranny tunnel up so driveline wouldnt hit, bunch of trick stuff. It will lay the frame on the ground and when you mat it..it hooks up big time. This guy knows what hes doing, he proved it on this Belair. Enjoy!

[72CSTC5]

Looks like Vegas on that suspension, "just a roll of dimes stacked on top of each other" gorgeous welding by the way. You need to teach some of the big name builders how to build chassis.

[bshelton]

couple more bel-air pics

[72CSTC5]

Dude that 56 is so bad looking in Black. Love your car.

[bshelton]

right on..thanks!

[fastbagged68]

Bshelton....what else is done to the chassis. My buddy has a Nomad we are going to do. There are no floors in the car now so we might body drop it. What size tires are on that bel air? Is that the stock front end? Help me out!

[bshelton]

fastbagged68 brother,
The chasis has a c-notch kit from jegs modified alot, front is pro-fab bag setup using the stock a-arms, all hand built by VC. No body drop, just new body bushings and hardware. wheels were 17X7 front 17X8 rear with standard offset. One mistake I made was that the rear end is 9", it really is 8" from a Granada; the thing about the 8" is its really narrow so you can tuck everything pretty easily in the back. The tires 255/55/17 and 245/55/17..I think..sold the car to build a c-10 truck.

For advice on your friends nomad:
the kid from Valley Customs built this suspension, motor mounts, tranny mount-(tucked, he should manufacter these), entire floor hump redone so you could drive it on the ground as hard as you want without the driveline hitting the bottom of the floor, a cool pro fab sheetmetal floorpanel to match the C notch..... all 3 years ago. This means he was 13. Bottom line, he is a Badass fabricator and his dad is an engineer, so its genetics + skill. I say see him for advice/insight on any project. Bill S Modesto CA-

[valleycustom]

Originally Posted by bshelton

fastbagged68 brother,
The chasis has a c-notch kit from jegs modified alot, front is pro-fab bag setup using the stock a-arms, all hand built by VC. No body drop, just new body bushings and hardware. wheels were 17X7 front 17X8 rear with standard offset. One mistake I made was that the rear end is 9", it really is 8" from a Granada; the thing about the 8" is its really narrow so you can tuck everything pretty easily in the back. The tires 255/55/17 and 245/55/17..I think..sold the car to build a c-10 truck.

For advice on your friends nomad:
the kid from Valley Customs built this suspension, motor mounts, tranny mount-(tucked, he should manufacter these), entire floor hump redone so you could drive it on the ground as hard as you want without the driveline hitting the bottom of the floor, a cool pro fab sheetmetal floorpanel to match the C notch..... all 3 years ago. This means he was 13. Bottom line, he is a Badass fabricator and his dad is an engineer, so its genetics + skill. I say see him for advice/insight on any project. Bill S Modesto CA-

Dude I'm 26... He's joking. He owns the C-10 that I am working on. LOL The notch for the bel-air was from ***************** with over the axle setup. I made the front components. The center tunnel was moved up 2-3" to clear the driveline, and I custom made the 4 link.

[cornutz]

I heard that this Jr guy has six fingers on each hand and that is what enables him to achieve these awesome welds!!!!

Also, I heard his dad used to drink water out of a well near a hick town called Waterford... you see.... there might be something in the water that caused the spermies to, well, you know...the rest.

Bill G

[cornutz]

I also heard that this Jr. guy has a decent set of teeth, too!!! Not too much butter on them, if you know what I mean....

I heard his dad rides BAD A$$ "choppers" to and from work too!!! They are some special 10 speed version though!!!

Great Family!!! It must be in the "genes"

[cornutz]

Hey Bill S.... Jamie, (Carmean), says HI!(from those wackey old AMR days) nice car you got there!

[valleycustom]

Originally Posted by cornutz

I also heard that this Jr. guy has a decent set of teeth, too!!! Not too much butter on them, if you know what I mean....

I heard his dad rides BAD A$$ "choppers" to and from work too!!! They are some special 10 speed version though!!!

Great Family!!! It must be in the "genes"

Hey I still have all of my "teef" so it must be a good sign.

[valleycustom]

Well yesterday I finally finished the carrier bearing crossmember. I already did one but I didn't like it. This one I am happy with. Check it out. Let me know what you think.

[72CSTC5]

bshelton, this kid is 16YRS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bshelton]

Jamie...wassssuupp!

[laynlow77]

hey i have a 77 suburban i want some stuff done on. i live in fresno but i could easily bring it up there. i want it bagged. pm me if you are interested.

[bshelton]

burned the pics..it looked totally different..running 8X15 vette rallys, 327 that burned up, 10 bolt with a 2:73, fried glass and the paint, I cut and buffed it... it looked like black primer..home shot job straight out of Tennesse. I''ll look for the pics. Later..heres a pic of the harley..suspension is a little rough.

hey, isnt that Jaime girl 15?

[pharcydekm]

Hey JR nice work! You are definately a qualified fabricator. Can't say I have ever been to Modesto but I definatley have some motivation to come up and see this thing. I'm also in the process of building a 67 c-10 custom frame. Not to the extent of your masterpiece by any means. Keep it up and Good luck with the shop. You have the skills just keep the money coming in so you can pay the BILLS!!!!

[bshelton]

Wait till its done...we have a couple other tricks up the sleeve. See you at GoodGuys in Mar-06.

[DroppedZ84]

Damn, that bel-air is CLEAN. I've never seen it around though. I know a guy building a Bel Air similar to that, but it's a BIG motor (Big Chief heads, etc) The guy owns Auto World 2000...
no kididng a lot of murdesto folks...

[bshelton]

DropDZ-Thanks..sold the 56 about 2 years ago, had it for 5 years. Looking to build another tri5, but 55 2D post with BBC..somwhere down the road..see you around in motown..