Where are the pre 1960 stockers?

56sedandelivery · 12-22-2011, 01:16 AM

Roughly a year ago, I bought Kyle Marshall's 1957 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, "Hustlin' Hoosier". BUT, I'm really a 1956 Chevrolet guy, and I found another 1956 Sedan Delivery to go with the one I already had. Three Deliveries, and not enough room for them all, so the 57 Delivery was sold to a fella from Texas. The car was just like it was when put away in 1972 after they dropped Junior Stock; 220 HP 283, single Rochester 4-Jet carb, Stahl fenderwells, cast iron Powerglide with a 2500 RPM stall converter, and 4.88 rear end gears. The guy from Texas put new tires on, and has been racing it; best E.T. of 14.04, and nothing's even been freshened up. NHRA needs these cars back in stock; the spectators can relate to them, and think about how it was "back then". With a little work, lightweight wheels/tires, and more converter, this car will be in the low 13's, easily..............and it won't take 30-40K to get it there (I bought it for less than half of the lower number). These cars will be coming out of retirement, and sure, some "new" cars will be built. The guys at NHRA, for the most part, are'nt racers themselves currently, if they even ever were, and have no idea what the older stuff will really do with newer technology. Start them at the factory ratings, and go from there, up OR down, rather than pull a number out of the tire smoke. A 55 265 4 barrel motor is no more a 56 265 motor than it is a 426 Hemi (56 265's had three different heads used, 55 but one). Oh, and I sold "dakahuna" his 55 265 4 barrel intake; I want to see his car come into being. Butch/56sedandelivery.

12-22-2011, 01:16 AM	#23
56sedandelivery Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 21 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers? Roughly a year ago, I bought Kyle Marshall's 1957 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery, "Hustlin' Hoosier". BUT, I'm really a 1956 Chevrolet guy, and I found another 1956 Sedan Delivery to go with the one I already had. Three Deliveries, and not enough room for them all, so the 57 Delivery was sold to a fella from Texas. The car was just like it was when put away in 1972 after they dropped Junior Stock; 220 HP 283, single Rochester 4-Jet carb, Stahl fenderwells, cast iron Powerglide with a 2500 RPM stall converter, and 4.88 rear end gears. The guy from Texas put new tires on, and has been racing it; best E.T. of 14.04, and nothing's even been freshened up. NHRA needs these cars back in stock; the spectators can relate to them, and think about how it was "back then". With a little work, lightweight wheels/tires, and more converter, this car will be in the low 13's, easily..............and it won't take 30-40K to get it there (I bought it for less than half of the lower number). These cars will be coming out of retirement, and sure, some "new" cars will be built. The guys at NHRA, for the most part, are'nt racers themselves currently, if they even ever were, and have no idea what the older stuff will really do with newer technology. Start them at the factory ratings, and go from there, up OR down, rather than pull a number out of the tire smoke. A 55 265 4 barrel motor is no more a 56 265 motor than it is a 426 Hemi (56 265's had three different heads used, 55 but one). Oh, and I sold "dakahuna" his 55 265 4 barrel intake; I want to see his car come into being. Butch/56sedandelivery. Last edited by 56sedandelivery; 12-24-2011 at 01:11 AM.