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55 Chevy Bel Air

Motortopia Staff , 16th September, 2022

  • 55 Chevy Bel Air
  • 55 Chevy Bel Air
  • 55 Chevy Bel Air
  • 55 Chevy Bel Air
  • 55 Chevy Bel Air
Owner/Builder

Ira Horwitz,

Specs

    BUILDER:

    • Mike Thieker, Thiekers Street Toys, Muscating, IA

    TIME TO BUILD:

    • Three years

    FRAME:

    • Morrison (GT Sport)

    SUSPENSION

    • FRONT: Upper/lower control arms: Morrison
    • SPINDLES: Morrison/Wilwood 2-inch dropped
    • STEERING: Morrison power steering rack-and-pinion (20:1 ratio)
    • SHOCKS: Morrison adjustable coil-over gas filled
    • SWAY BAR: Morrison
    • REAR: Triangulated 4-bar Rearend housing: Ford 9-inch 3.56 gears
    • SHOCKS: Morrison adjustable coil-over gas filled
    • SWAY BAR: Morrison
    • REAR: P185/70R-15

    BRAKES

    • FRONT: Wilwood disc brakes Calipers: Six-piston
    • ROTORS: 14-inch cross-drilled/ball-milled
    • REAR: Wilwood disc brakes, four-piston calipers
    • ROTORS: 13-inch cross-drilled/ball-milled
    • MASTER CYLINDER: Wilwood

    WHEELS

    • Raceline Explosion Five polished aluminum; front: 18 x 8; rear: 20 x 10
    • TIRES: Nitto 555; front: 245/40-18; rear:285/30-20

    ENGINE

    • 2011 GM LS3 376 ci Hot Cam crate engine
    • HORSEPOWER: 550 hp, 475 lbs-ft torque
    • BUILT BY: Mike Thieker
    • BLOCK: Aluminum
    • HEADS: Aluminum
    • INTAKE MANIFOLD: Holley Hi-Rise aluminum
    • INDUCTION: GM EFI
    • IGNITION: GM electronic
    • HEADERS: Doug’s long tube
    • EXHAUST: 2 ½-inch diameter in stainless steel
    • MUFFLERS: Flowmaster 18-inch

    TRANSMISSION

    • 4L70-E with push button by Master Shift Rearend gear ratio: 3.56 with posi-unit

    BODY & PAINT

    • BODY MODS: Thiekers Toy Shop roof chopped 1-inch, shaved roof drip rails, gas door relocated behind the taillight on the driver’s side, shaved door handles, frenched turn indicators
    • DOOR HANDLES: Kindig-It Design Salt Lake City, UT
    • BUMPERS: front sectioned and smoothed, rear sectioned and smoothed
    • GRILLE: stock smoothed, Tiarra Custom Grilles insert, Eddie Motorsports billet aluminum hood hinges with actuators
    • TRUNK HINGES: Eddie Motorsports
    • BODY PREP: Thiekers Toy Shop
    • PAINT: Sikkens water base in Cyber Gray Metallic by Thiekers Toy Shop
    • PINSTRIPER: Jeff Roberts, Upland, CA

    INTERIOR

    • SHOP: Elegance Auto Upholstery Upland, CA, Mark Lopez
    • FRONT SEATS: 1988 Cadillac Eldorado buckets (no headrests) cut down, peanut butter leather with graphite inserts
    • REAR SEATS: 1988 Cadillac Eldorado buckets (no headrests) cut down, peanut butter leather with reverse suede and graphite inserts
    • CENTER CONSOLE: Waterfall front to rear
    • AIR CONDITIONING: Vintage Air with Dakota Digital controller
    • DOOR PANELS/KICK PANELS: Peanut butter leather with reverse suede and graphite inserts
    • HEADLINER: Peanut butter with reverse suede and graphite inserts
    • CARPET: Black pile
    • DASH: Custom passenger side hump removed and smoothed
    • GAUGES: Dakota Digital VHX series analog/digital gauges
    • PEDAL ASSEMBLY: Billet Specialties with gas pedal-pad used on brake pedal mounted vertically
    • WIRING: Thiekers Toy Shop
    • STEERING: ididit chrome column with Billet Specialties Waterfall 14-inch wheel, peanut butter leather wrap

    AUDIO

    • AUDIO SYSTEM: Art of Sound Upland, CA
    • HEAD UNIT: Alpine IVE W530
    • AMPLIFIER: Alpine
    • SPEAKERS: Rockford Fosgate
    • SUBWOOFER: Rockford Fosgate 10-inch

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