Slightly Modified 55 Chevy on Ebay - Page 5

**Xplantdad** · #41 10-30-2005, 08:23 PM

Does it come with the whole display set up? When does it arrive "home"?

**SamLBInj** · #42 10-30-2005, 09:19 PM

That thing is as cool as it gets, who painted it?

JoeG · #43 10-30-2005, 10:24 PM

Watch out for the Red Baron in your rear view----

55chevy · #44 10-30-2005, 10:26 PM

I want a ride

**Charley Lillard** · #45 10-31-2005, 04:49 AM

The whole car was built and painted in Austrailia. I think the paint took about 8 months to do. It comes with the complete display including posters, t-shirts and magazines to sell. Guns are not legal over there so they had to jump through a bunch of hoops to even display the fake machine gun. There is enough display and spare stuff to fill a 20' trailer. Even comes with a set of Rolls Royce tools in a fitted wood box labeled "Rolls Royce tool set # 1". It has a 2 speed Lenco trans and a clutch that will make your leg shake. To put the engine in the car they had to turn it around and drive the car off where the propeller usually is. That meant it was turning the wrong way so they built a offset gearbox that switched direction of the output and sped up the output speed at the same time. The paint lines and rivets were layed out by taking a pic of a real P51 and then projecting it on the side of the car. There are several thousand rivets, each one is three colors and had to be masked three times. The scoop on the hood is shaped like the scoop under the nose of a P51. The windshield had to be ground under water. There are 4 hydraulic rams incorporated into the frame that allows you to lift the car high enough off the ground that you can stand a soda can under each tire.

**SamLBInj** · #46 10-31-2005, 05:09 AM

That is really cool, Explains the right hand drive..is that hand throttles or are they for show?

**Xplantdad** · #47 10-31-2005, 05:20 AM

Wow...All I can say is wow...

Thanks for having a weak moment Charley

Stuart Adams · #48 10-31-2005, 05:26 AM

Wow is right. Woodland folks are going to freak. Drag race at SCR 9 would be cool to see.

Can't wait for Belair's comments!!

**Charley Lillard** · #49 10-31-2005, 05:33 AM

Two of the levers in the console are for the trans. One is neutral-reverse the other is 1-2. Third lever is the oil shut of to the dry sump tank. The tank is higher than the engine so you need to shut it off while the car is stored or the oil will fill the crankcase. Car won't start unless the oil lever is pushed down and oil valve is open. Rod has put about 50 miles on the car. Most of the miles were done driving the car with no body. The body can be removed in about 1 hour.

**SamLBInj** · #50 10-31-2005, 05:39 AM

Any idea of how fast it is?

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