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    Euro 55

    New member......I have a 55 Chevy Del Ray that I've been working on for over 20
    years. I'm on my 2nd paint job, 3rd interior, 2nd engine (you get the story).
    I'm originally from Southern Calif where I purchased this rust free car. I would
    go to car shows and all the 55's staring looking alike so I dared to be a little
    different and started modifying my 55 with a "Euro" theme as I enjoyed
    customizing BMW's and Porsches (usually bought theft recovery cars and rebuilt
    them) as this keep my initial car purchase cost low.

    My 55 has Porsche Cayanne Titanium Metallic paint, BMW M3 power/heated leather seats
    (Front/Rear), custom matching leather door panels, Porsche 911 electric mirrors, Porsche 993 door handles, 18"/20"
    BMW 7 series rims and BMW side marker lights. All stainless has been brushed and
    all former chrome items has been powered coated/cleared with a bright silver
    color. The engine is a factory crate ZZ3 with Street n Performance multi port
    fuel injection, Corvette 700R4 and a 90 Corvette C-4 independent rear suspension
    with QA1 coil over shocks. It has a stainless steel gas tank and aluminum drive
    shaft just to list a few of the components.

    I need to update the factory front suspension (all rebuilt with disc brakes,
    sway bar and CCP 500 power steering box) with C4 components which I have so I'm
    trying to decide to go with a brand new frame or just installed a front frame
    stub with the C4 mounts. Anyway that's the basics as I'll add a few pictures
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    Nice looking 55 1rad55. I think I've seen it before on another site. If you're interested, take a look at the C4 front clips or frames I sell.
    56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension


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    Yes...checked out your site and sent you an email for further communications. I have a complete 87 C4 front suspension/cradle. I would probably be more interested in your second option which is more complete for the front clip. I need to keep the hub to hub dimensions as close as possible to stock 55 as I have these BMW rims that I want to keep! Thanks and by the way your fabrication skills are outstanding!

    Chuck

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    I love your interior door panels. Nice job!
    Welcome aboard
    Last edited by Bihili; 11-19-2014 at 01:34 PM.
    Bill 1957-427-177-6-410

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    hi Chuck and welcome. good to have you here sweet ride.
    ARMY NAM VET, very proud!

    56 210 4dr

    drive and enjoy them while you work on them, life is to short.

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    Thanks for the comment.......The center black leather panel with the arm rest and door pull are from a Mercedes SLK coupe (EBAY purchase for $100). I usually buy high end power/ leather seats from EBay and then construct matching door panels (front/rear) from leather hides I purchased from Ebay. This process cuts the costs considerably compared to handing you interior work off to a pro shop. I've been educating myself on how to make custom door panels and I used material from Lowes hardware ( 1" blue foam panels) to create the raise surround around the black panel and the bottom speaker housing. Turn out pretty good for the first time using this method but was labor intensive!

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    Welcome Chad to the site! Nice car.

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