Anyone seen this build? Its going to be a monster.
http://dougjenkinsgarage.com/blog/ca...956chevynomad/
Anyone seen this build? Its going to be a monster.
http://dougjenkinsgarage.com/blog/ca...956chevynomad/
Not only will it smell bad, it looks bad too.
Not my cup-0-tea... build quality is super nice.. If we all built the same thing, it might get a bit boring. Seems they're pushing the envelope
Poor car and I dont mind telling them that in person.
I think it's going to be a brute. A friend of mine put a Duramax in his 55 so it's been done before....and it didn't "stink". I rode in it once and the torque was incredible.
The workmanship is pretty good and there's a lot of issues they had to overcome to make it work. There are some things I noticed...first I don't like the color combo. Maybe it looks better in real life. I saw a yellow and silver 56 at Goodguys Spokane and it was stunning.
I wonder if he plans to steer it:
I think he seriously compromised the integrity of the front crossmember and I wonder what's going to hold the suspension in alignment.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
FYI freight trains don't have to steer much lol. I was wondering the same thing when I saw that picture .The latter pics appear to have a narrower tire up front.
Here's that 56 from Spokane Goodguys I mentioned...
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56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
Last edited by chevynut; 01-27-2015 at 08:26 AM.
56 Nomad, Ramjet 502, Viper 6-speed T56, C4 Corvette front and rear suspension
Other vehicles:
56 Chevy 2-door BelAir sedan
56 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
57 Chevy 210 4-door sedan
1962 327/340HP Corvette
1961 Willys CJ3B Jeep
2001 Porsche Boxster S
2003 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Duramax
2019 GMC Sierra Denali Duramax
The paint colors aren’t to my personal tastes, but the general direction of the build is ambitious none the less. I guess if you start with a fairly incomplete or bad Nomad body and frame, you might as well go big on the resto. If that was a super clean, rust free, nearly stock starting point, then I personally wouldn’t tear into it quite as much as this guy has. But to each his own. I do like all the pics of the interior sheet metal work, as it’s helped me on my own project to see how he tackled it. So I give this one a thumbs up.
1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.