36 chevy

[knucky]

The project started one year ago. I found that 36 chevy in a farm. I'm the third owner.



The first step was to renovate the rolling chassis.





The second step was to find a 235ci to replace the old 207ci. I found a 1956 bel air engine.

 

[42chevy]

That looks like a real solid start you have. The old Chevy's are pretty cool caes.

 

[Snake Farm]

Always liked those hump backed sedans! [cl[cl

 

[rebstew]

Nice body for sure!

 

[Shea Laking]

Uhh... You found that on a FARM!??! Man, what a great score![dr

Nice to see you're going to run a 'bolt under the hood.

Looking forward to your progress as you make it![[P

Regards,
Shea

 

[38fordtruck]

cool! nice start that body looks solid as hell

 

[knucky]

Yes the body and the chassis are in good condition. But there's a lot of work on the (big) fenders.

I changed all the brake system: brake cylinders, all the brake lines, and replaced the master cylinder to a forklift master cylinder.

I wanted to change the engine but I wanted to preserve the transmission.
But, 235ci engine don't fit 1937 bellhousing, and 1956 bellhousing don't fit 1936 transmission. The only chance is to find a 40's truck bellhousing. I found it coming from a bomb truck dating from the II war.




Perfect! All fit.



...to be continued

 

[knucky]

...I decided to open the transmission, just to run one's eye over gears. Surprise!







poor teeth

So, I have to rebuild the transmission: a NOS gear, machined a new shaft, changed the bearings.



The transmission is ready....

Sorry for my english, remember I'm french. I hope you understand what I try to explain.

 

[knucky]

...and then I rebuild the engine:





...and installed it in the car:






I discovered that the whole engine/bellhousing/transmission is shorter than the original. Nearly 1-3/4".





The solution was to make new supports for the front of the engine :















Perfect!

 

[Sam_Fear]

Your English is good. A picture is worth a thousand words, so keep posting lots of pictures!

 

[Paul_J]

Very interesting project. I am impressed with the amount of cross referencing it takes to adapt the engine and trans!

 

[earthman]

I like this project a lot.

 

[knucky]

...I worked on the radiator grille. The original was totally destroy.






..and now:

 

[knucky]

...I worked on the fenders too. I wanted to "encrust" ford type tailight.











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[knucky]

I reflect on transform my car like that:



A 5 W coupe with 5 seats ( in fact 2 seats and 3 children seats )

What do you think about that? Let me know before I cut it [S

 

[SugarRay8]

You do some awesome work, that grill and the tail lights are great!

As for the transformation: that’s the body style I would want, so if you feel you can do it and do it right, then I’d say go for it. [P

 

[Sam_Fear]

That will look great as a coupe. I think you can do it. Tail lights look great!

 

[LUCKY DEVIL 13]

...I worked on the radiator grille. The original was totally destroy.






..and now:

Nice work!! What kind of mesh did you use? And where did you get it?

 

[rebstew]

Very nice work on the grille.

 

[Snake Farm]

Great work on the tail lights and grille ! I like the looks of the coupe idea too.