I needed to update my dreary, cold and dark garage. I wanted someplace clean and tidy to work on my toys in the winter months that had some color and contrast with useable storage and good looks. I completed my garage update in April 2015 using CoinTrax on the floor and NewAge storage cabinet system from Home Depot that gave me an 84” stainless bench as well. My tool box is a Craftsman roller drawer modular system I’ve had for many years. I added a HotDog 35000BTU ceiling mounted gas heat system along with an insulated garage door utilizing a LiftMaster wall mounted header style garage door opener. This allowed me to add extra lights to the ceiling… I have six Dual LED lights and with the white walls and ceiling they give me plenty of light.
1956 Belair 2-door sedan (factory V8 Belair built May 56 in Oakland, Ca.), .30 over 96’ 454HP 4-bolt block, Scat Crank, Scat H-Beam Rods, Comp Cam, Moroso pan, Merlin heads with 1.7 roller rockers, MSD ignition, Cloyes Original True Roller Timing set, Edelbrock Air-Gap and Holly Street Avenger 770. Dyno @ 453HP and 502FPT, held together with ARP bolts. Transmission is a 700R4, Rear end is a Dana 60 with 3:54 gears and Trac-Loc and old school traction bars. It sports Air, Tilt, PS, PB, Power seat, Classic Autosound AM/FM I-Pod compatible stereo pushing Pioneer speakers. The wheels are American Racing Torq Thrust II’s with tri-spinner knock-offs, wearing BF Goodrich rubber. The front end is out of a 70 Impala with big block springs. The paint is DuPont Centari that was sprayed in 1989. Knowing it is a single stage paint over 25 years old…I still get the best body and paint at some shows!
1931 Ford 5-window coupe. Custom Tubbed frame and chrome front end, Ididit Steering with a 40 Ford steering wheel. The engine is a ZZ4 with an Edelbrock air gap dual quad. Ford 9” with 3:08 gears. Still wearing all of its original steel and ‘31 Oregon plates. Air, tilt, black pleated low profile bucket seats, Pioneer AM/FM I-pod compatible stereo mounted under the seat. Locar Shifter and throttle cable system. Rolls on red Smoothies and Dodge Lancer 4-bar spinner caps wrapped in BF Goodrich Silvertown wide-white radials.
Like most guys… everything is a working project… you always want to do something else… that’s why we do it!! Thanks! Brian
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