1956 Chevy Pro-Street Build

[BC Toy chest]

Nice!!! Keep the photos coming.

[Red Foreman]

Onboard.

[ptc]

Well I received a few items from the supplier store and have some more things to check off the old "To Do" list ....

Made all the modifications to the front spindles off the Gen 2 - Z28 to fit the new Wilwood calipers and rotors. Not too tough a job with just a battery powered sawzall and a grinder! Turned out pretty good. Since these are multi-use hubs with both 4.5" and 4.75" bolts patterns I decide to match it to the rear flanges that are already Ford at 4.5", that way all my rims will be the same pattern.... FORD! lol - I only hope that custom Wheels for FORDS are cheaper than Chevy ---- they should be right? their cars are "cheap"!

Got the spindles remounted onto the front end and can get the front wheels back on to roll it around now.

I fitted a rear caliper bracket to the 9" FORD rear and found it to be a little strange.... But I guess this is just the way Wilwood does things. I'll post some closer pics of that later.

a question I have for you guys building these rear ends.... do the axle shafts at the flange end have any type of seal or gasket that is suppose to be there or does the bearing sitting in its pocket seal any oil in the housing that comes that way?


Got more to do this weekend before all the egg hunters and family arrives.... Happy Easter everyone!

[Kim57]

Nice looking stuff.
My axles had seals that fit over them.
Kim

[ptc]

Couple new pics with the rear end mocked up.... reminds me of a song....

Nobody gonna take my car, I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car, It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine, It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tires and everything .... anybody recognize it????

[Kim57]

Love it.
I think these trucks look great in the Pro-street style.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

That looks awesome!

[ptc]

Thanks guys appreciate the support....

I did make it down to the DMV yesterday to get my project registered and titled.... got both now and it isnt even together yet!!! I decided to keep the old blue and yellow plates, Im wondering if it is illegal if I were to repaint them to the black and yellow like the plates of that '57 era? anybody know?

Next thing Im working on is the rear roll pan I just received and fixing up some the bed rails and rust holes.

Then a hitch receiver that I think will fit perfectly hidden right behind the plate box..... we'll see!

[bowt1ed]

Hey PTC, for the Wilwoodd did you just have to cut the ears off of your Gen II spindles? Got pics of the mod? Thanks, Jim

Originally Posted by ptc

Well I received a few items from the supplier store and have some more things to check off the old "To Do" list ....

Made all the modifications to the front spindles off the Gen 2 - Z28 to fit the new Wilwood calipers and rotors. Not too tough a job with just a battery powered sawzall and a grinder! Turned out pretty good. Since these are multi-use hubs with both 4.5" and 4.75" bolts patterns I decide to match it to the rear flanges that are already Ford at 4.5", that way all my rims will be the same pattern.... FORD! lol - I only hope that custom Wheels for FORDS are cheaper than Chevy ---- they should be right? their cars are "cheap"!

Got the spindles remounted onto the front end and can get the front wheels back on to roll it around now.

I fitted a rear caliper bracket to the 9" FORD rear and found it to be a little strange.... But I guess this is just the way Wilwood does things. I'll post some closer pics of that later.

a question I have for you guys building these rear ends.... do the axle shafts at the flange end have any type of seal or gasket that is suppose to be there or does the bearing sitting in its pocket seal any oil in the housing that comes that way?


Got more to do this weekend before all the egg hunters and family arrives.... Happy Easter everyone!

[ptc]

Hey Jim, Yea I did the mod to the Gen II disc spindles and they came out just fine. was pretty easy actually, the forgings cut easy with a medium tooth sawzall blade and then just grind flat the finish.

I'll get some pics up of the final product for you too.

Here are the Wilwood directions for the install. they are very good. The only thing that I am really miffed about is Wilwood using TORX - button head screws for the mounting of the alum hub. With the expectation that you can torque them to 55 FT-LBS.... not going to happen without twisting bits and stripping heads.... I changed all the bolts out to grade 8 for my install.

What were they thinking?

http://www.wilwood.com/PDF/DataSheets/ds480.pdf

[Roadkill58]

Originally Posted by ptc

Thanks guys appreciate the support....

I did make it down to the DMV yesterday to get my project registered and titled.... got both now and it isnt even together yet!!! I decided to keep the old blue and yellow plates, Im wondering if it is illegal if I were to repaint them to the black and yellow like the plates of that '57 era? anybody know?

Next thing Im working on is the rear roll pan I just received and fixing up some the bed rails and rust holes.

Then a hitch receiver that I think will fit perfectly hidden right behind the plate box..... we'll see!

I'm surprised you got it done without taking the truck in for inspection.

Not having much luck with CA DMV lately. Must be karma for all the stuff I got away with in the past. Got called into the back room when I titled my 48 Pontiac. Thought I was done, but they just asked a couple questions because it hadn't been registered for awhile (before computers).




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[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by ptc

Couple new pics with the rear end mocked up.... reminds me of a song....

Nobody gonna take my car, I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car, It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine, It's got everything
Like a driving power, big fat tires and everything .... anybody recognize it????

Wicked cool rear rubber!

[Kabwe]

Man that is a lot of meat going on that truck. Keep the pics coming.

[FarmerSid]

You might need a bigger fuel cell to spin those meats!

[BC Toy chest]

Originally Posted by ptc

.....I decided to keep the old blue and yellow plates, Im wondering if it is illegal if I were to repaint them to the black and yellow like the plates of that '57 era? anybody know?

NO it's not go on ahead and paint them. Some people punch louvers in their plates and as the photo shows below I had my lic. plate chrome plated, I have never been pulled over for it yet.

[ptc]

Originally Posted by Roadkill58

I'm surprised you got it done without taking the truck in for inspection.

Not having much luck with CA DMV lately. Must be karma for all the stuff I got away with in the past. Got called into the back room when I titled my 48 Pontiac. Thought I was done, but they just asked a couple questions because it hadn't been registered for awhile (before computers).

Thats what I was worried about, but the lady I got the '57 truck from kept it non-opped since 1992!!!! so they just said pay the new fees and its a done deal!!!! So as far as they know... its just a plain old 57 chevy going down the road!!!! No wonder why they dont trust anybody at the DMV anymore!!!! lol

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Wicked cool rear rubber!

Glad you like!!!!

Originally Posted by Kabwe

Man that is a lot of meat going on that truck. Keep the pics coming.

I need some horseys to go with it!!!!!

Originally Posted by FarmerSid

You might need a bigger fuel cell to spin those meats!

Well thats 17 gallons, so it should get me to the racetrack ok!!!

Originally Posted by BC Toy chest

NO it's not go on ahead and paint them. Some people punch louvers in their plates and as the photo shows below I had my lic. plate chrome plated, I have never been pulled over for it yet.

Good to know, I think I will do that then, the plates are pretty wacked but I can straighten them. or just get personal plates if all else fails!

[ptc]

For Jims ? -
I just got the rotors and calipers mocked up finally and its a good thing we do mock up. Heres my pics of spindle cuts and bracket install

[ptc]

And once the rotor and caliper were installed I found that I needed to give the spindle a little bit more space so the caliper would bolt on correctly....

Heres those pics -

Notice the last pic where the bottom caliper bolt doesnt fit into place. The spindle needs more relief at the black marks.

[bowt1ed]

Thanks. More trimming than I thought. Good info.

Cheers, Jim

[4DSEVEN]

Gonna be a Highway Star! Keep up the good work!

[FarmerSid]

You would never know those spindles were trimmed when your done. Looks like a factory piece.

[Kim57]

Nice job on the mods.
Kim

[RockinKees]

Great work!
Scary to cut in your spindles...think twice, cut once

[ChuckDriver]

Nice fit!

[ptc]

Originally Posted by 4DSEVEN

Gonna be a Highway Star! Keep up the good work!

Ahh YEA!!! "Deep Purple" one of my favorites.... The license plate in CA is already taken no matter how I tried to make it work.

Originally Posted by bowt1ed

Thanks. More trimming than I thought. Good info.
Cheers, Jim

Yea the instructions say take as little as possible and I did. Just needs a fine tune now. but its pretty straight forward.

Originally Posted by FarmerSid

You would never know those spindles were trimmed when your done. Looks like a factory piece.

I will trim it more and clean all the forging lines too before I send them out for powdercoat. It all in the details....

Originally Posted by Kim57

Nice job on the mods.
Kim

Thanks Kim!

Originally Posted by RockinKees

Great work!
Scary to cut in your spindles...think twice, cut once

Yes this is definately one of those times not to do things TWICE!!!! lol

Originally Posted by ChuckDriver

Nice fit!

Thanks, ... I love the Wilwood stuff, they make it very easy. Used only Tilton in my race cars back in the day, but Wilwood has everything designed to work together.