1956 Chevy DelRay Street Gasser

[tim boyd]

My cover article in the February, 2010 issue of what was then the other model car magazine showed how to make a Gasser from the then-new Revell '57 Chevy Black Widow.  In this outtake from that article, I show how the same chassis from the article looked when mocked up with the Revell '56 Chevy 210 Del Ray sedan body.  It just looks SO right to my eye!  

Alas, since the '57 Gasser project used the chassis shown here, this project was nothing more than a one-time only mockup.  Would like build one of these, though, someday, perhaps with a later 1960s "Street Freak" flavor (fatter rear slicks, higher ride height, blower through the hood., fade paint scheme..etc.)   

Thanks for looking....TB 

[atomicholiday]

Great stance.  I’d be interested in seeing your take on this one.?

[Zippi]

Looks great.  Any tri-5 Chevy looks good no matter what you do to it.  

[espo]

Is the chassis from the AMT '55 Chevrolet two-door post kit?

[tim boyd]

1 hour ago, espo said:

Is the chassis from the AMT '55 Chevrolet two-door post kit?

David....dealing from memory (in lieu of digging out the magazine article) the basic underbody was the Revell '57 Chevy Black Widow, while IIRC the "enhancements" (engine/suspension were sourced from the Monogram BadMan and AMT '55 Nomad kits....TB