Project Half-Priced More-Door Archives

Tech
TRI-FIVE NARROWED TUBULAR CONTROL ARMS
Press Release: You asked, we delivered. CPP now offers narrowed tubular control arms for 1955, 1956 and 1957 Chevys. The kit narrows the track width 1.5″ per side which gives additional fender to wheel clearance [Read More]
Tech
Danchuk Has Sold To Halladay Manufacturing
Last year Danchuk closed it’s doors….it’s retail doors. They stopped selling retail and then sold off their manufacturing to a long-time employee. He’s rebranded it as Halladay Manufacturing who’s going to continue making all the [Read More]
'55 Car Features
Rodney Kline Jr’s 1955 Chevy
Rodney Kline Jr.’s 1955 Chevy has a long and meaningful history. Starting as his Dad’s very first car, the two restored the car to what you see today! Just like most restorations, this one took [Read More]
'55 History, Specs, And Decoding
Was The ’64 Chevelle The New ’55 Chevy?
Recently we came across this article on MacsMotorCityGarage.com where they were comparing a few striking similarities between the 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle and the 1955 Chevy platforms. Perhaps General Motors was trying to recreate the magic [Read More]
Installs
How to Install CPP High Clearance Front Sway Bar for Tri-Five Chevys
On our Project 50 in a 55 build, we installed a CPP high clearance front sway bar. The process is pretty easy and straight forward, but a video makes it even easier to show off! [Read More]
Tech
Bel Air’s Of Del Mar Good Guys
This past weekend was the Good Guys Del Mar SoCal Nationals and the Bel Air’s were out in force! We had a blast walking around checking out all the cars there but you know we [Read More]
Tech
Tri-Fives Of the Good Guys Lone Star Nationals!
Good Guys Lone Star Nationals This past weekend was the Good Guys Lone Star Nationals. While there is thousands of classic cars cruising around all weekend, we tried to grab a picture of just about [Read More]
'55 Car Features
1955 Ex-Racer Revived
Pictures and Text Courtesy of Holley.com Editor: Recently we were on Holley’s Motor Life and spotted this cool article about a vintage ’55 drag racer. This car is the real deal too – not just [Read More]
'55 Car Features
Danchuk’s Tri-Five Nationals 2022!
Even though we are huge Tri-Five Bel Air lovers, this is the first time we were able to make it to the Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green, KY. The show was massively bigger than [Read More]
'55 Car Features
1955 Bel Air – Limo!
There’s no shortage of cool ways to build a ’55 Bel Air. One particular way that caught our eye was to build one into a limousine. Now some Cadillacs came from the factory as a [Read More]

Adding High-Pressure Fuel System

When we bought our ’55 More Door, it was a running and driving car. However we’ve found plenty of things that weren’t done just quite right, and we’ve been slowly going through and fixing them. [Read More]

Champion Cools Down A Tri-Five The Easy Way!

Champion Cooling Systems To The Rescue Cooling a 1955, 1956, or 1957 Chevy can be a bit of a pain. Do you run it behind the core support in the V8 position, or in front [Read More]

Borgeson Steering Box Install: Doing It Right

Borgeson Steering Install: 1955 Bel Air Being cheap rarely pans out in your favor. On our project 1955 Bel Air dubbed Half-Price More-Door, we keep finding parts on the car from the previous owners that [Read More]

Install: Eddie Motorsports Billet Hood Braces

Installing Eddie Motorsports Hood Braces While we were installing the new Holley LS valve covers on our 1955 Bel Air, we noticed the big ugly bracket supporting the hood. This bracket is what stabilizes the hood and [Read More]

Cleaning Up LS Valve Covers

There’s no doubts about the power and performance you can get from an LS engine. These engines have been swapped into just about every make and model of vehicle ever made. You can take a [Read More]

Dakota Digital HDX Gauges – Review And Installation!

Review and Install of Dakota Digital HDX Gauges Dakota Digital HDX gauges started shipping this week, and we were lucky enough to get our hands on a set for review. After Dakota Digital announced the release of [Read More]

Don’t Be Cheap, Do It Once and Do It Right!

We are all guilty of it, buying a cheap knock-off model to save a few bucks. In fact we are bombarded every day with decisions, from the Harbor Freight version up to the Snap-On version. [Read More]

Half-Priced More Door

Just like many kids growing up my Dad was my hero. 30 years later, he still is. I always wanted to be like him, and know everything that he did. My Dad could fix that [Read More]

The Summer of ’69

The 1960’s is where this journey began. My Dad in high school had a 1955 Bel Air. At this point, they were cheap cars. His older brother had one too. However, his brothers was custom [Read More]