 The Allisons 57 Chevy 210 |
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The Beginning To The End Click on Images To See How Things Changed Since May 2012 Below Is Some Info On The Car Along With A Little History |
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a LS3 376 CI/480 Hp GM Performance Crate Engine - GM Performance
4L70E Transmission and 3000 Stall Torque Converter . The color is
A Custom Mixed Charcoal Gray - The Interior is a Terra Cotta
Leather with Carbon Fiber Accents. My builder was Designer
Street Rods in Cleveland, Georgia who did everything except the
Interior that was Done by Paul Atkins Interiors in
Hanceville, Alabama. The car was originally from Pennsylvania and had a 6 cylinder engine a 3 speed transmission. I am not sure how it ended up in Georgia, But the way I have heard the Story before I got it was that a couple of friends from Clarkesville GA., Clavin Waters and Kenny Canup, I believe, built a very strong 327 cubic inch engine and installed it along with a Muncie 4 speed transmission in the 57. Bobby Canup, my cousin, bought it from Clavin and Kenny and drove it for a while and just so happened I was looking for something to drive. I can't remeber exactly why I was needing a ride but it could be that I sold a 49 ford that I had been driving to Warren Brown. This all happened in the 1970-71 timeframe. I drove it a a while and found I couldn't stay out of the gas so cluthes and rearends were something I had to replace pretty often so I bought a 1964 Impala that had been hit in the side and totaled. I took the 327ci 300hp engine out of it and swapped it with the built 327. It was still strong but I was able to keep cluthes and rearends under it. Then in 1978 something went wrong, I was told the diapharm in the fuel pump burst and pumped the block full of gas and the engine started trying to seize, so I shut it down and pulled the engine with the intent of rebuilding it but I had something else I was driving to so long story short it never got rebuilt and the car sat in my open pole barn till 2008 (I'm guessing on this date). Then I started buying parts and decide to start the restoration. Another cousin has a shop and was working on it when he had back problems and could keep going with it.... so back home it came, only to sit idle again. So about that time we needed to do some work on the house and then after that we needed a camper and then a Kitchen remodel. So by then I decided to change all my original ideas so the 350 330hp crate motor i had in the basement wasn't in the plan. So I started going down the fuel injection path. Now it is done Rodney and Tanya Beasley and Jerry who's last name I haven't a clue at Designer Street Rods, and Paul Atkins along with Rick ( whom I made a point to call and see how it was going every Tuesday) along with all the guys in the Interior Shop Did a first class job. Thanks to everyone who helped us during this process. |
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