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    Cool New member

    Way back in the last century, I redid a '55 Chevy Bel Air 2 Dr. Sedan ; VC55Lxxxxx that came from Monterey, Ca. Took me from '76 till ' 82. Since all sheet metal was rust free, I did it body on frame. This was perhaps more difficult for me since I chose to strip, scrape undercoating, sand blast and paint sheet metal tan , frame light blue and suspension black in DuPont Centauri paint. My hopes were to replicate the earlier customs with a J.C. Whitney tube grille, and Lees custom tail lights. The car was in a Popular Cars magazine in 1983 . His Halverson wrote the article .
    I was a member of CCCI ; number 8320.
    I am preparing to redo an old friend's '57 210 2 Dr. sedan . He brought it back from Tucson to Michigan in '83 . It has been stored in his barn ever since.
    I can tell you all that the worm gear from a '63 Impala will work in the stock steering gear housing to give a splined shaft for later columns. I had to use a C/K truck rag join.
    I also designed a spring loaded extra hood-lock to eliminate the hoods flying open . Still have a print .
    After my '55 was done , I joined M.H.R.A. for a while. Detroiters end up infected by the car bug . I'm 73 years old and still have the desire to (re-) create cars . I now live in The Villages, Fl.
    I do need to find out who sells zero offset disc brake rotors .

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    Welcome aboard Gary!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hotrodgary View Post
    I do need to find out who sells zero offset disc brake rotors .
    Welcome to the site Gary. I believe CPP has "zero offset" brake kits and ECI does too.

    http://www.ecihotrodbrakes.com/early...nversions.html
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    Welcome to the site... another Gary... WE look forward to your stories and tips as you rebuild your latest classic..
    PS. That sounds like a great mod you described re the '63 Chevy worm gear in the stock steering box... I'd love to hear more and see pix if you have them..

    Gary
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    Howdy from Texas, Gary! I enjoy modifying these cars and look forward to hearing about your build. No info on the zero offset rotors to share. I have had to either resort to reversed wheels up front or centered (zero offset) wheels and hubs that space wheels farther out in years past so as to allow running 7" wide rims without tires rubbing frame when turned full left or right. Someone here will have that info for you though.

    Best regards,

    Harry

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