FINISHED PICS!!!--56 Bel Aire 210 w/ Vette engine

I guess thay made some intake manifolds for us regular hot rodders, I am sure the intake dated me quite a bit.  there is one on ebay, bids are at $132.

its a low rise as was mine.    mine just dumped fuel....did not run good until 4k + rpm....hehe.

guess it was parted out, dont know, last I saw it was about 1975.

it was a "bailing wire special"... that pre-dates using duct tape, you see.

bspeed wrote:

Love it, brings back the memories :) I had a 56 belair for some time in High School. 307 motor from a chevell. 2 4 barrels ( a mess) on an Offenhauser (yes,really) intake I got for $35 at a junk yard, crane cam and fenderwell headers, that were always uncapped. loudest car in town. Red and White in color. Sometimes I drove it with hardly any brakes.... gotta have a car ya know. walking no fun..

What ever happened to it?

Love it, brings back the memories :)

I had a 56 belair for some time in High School.

307 motor from a chevell. 2 4 barrels ( a mess) on an Offenhauser (yes,really) intake I got for $35 at a junk yard, crane cam and fenderwell headers, that were always uncapped. loudest car in town. Red and White in color.

Sometimes I drove it with hardly any brakes.... gotta have a car ya know. walking no fun..

Thanks guys!

Your comments make my tail wag!

Man thats looking well, should be an excellent present, very thoughtful.

Terry.

doog,that would be a interesting hood ornament better the bull horns lol,Thats the good thing about a small block chevy almost everything is interchangeablefrom intake to oil pans ...

John

jtrace214 wrote:

Hey doog when I go out to my shop tommorow morning I'll grab my Chevy interchange manual it has all the numbers if you want to find out excatly what size and year the block and heads are post the numbers   John

Hey, I could bolt my Pz IV track that I picked up on eBay here recently to the real car? Kinda like a new hood ornament? LOL! Might devalue the car a bit though, huh? 

Or INCREASE it! ........

LoL, tracks..

you dont put tracks on a classic chevy! crazy pirate man. lol.

(besides, I am more of a LAV guy myself. tracks can eat my dust. )

the doog wrote:

Boba Fett wrote: You are awesome ! Keep it up and you'll be editor of FSM someday! HA HA! (Hey, they were looking for a new editor of some sort a few months ago?) Thanks, again, Graham, Jason, Marc, and Sean! I appreciate the 's!! Sean, those are ome rudimentary brake lines! It's funny--Jenn's mother wouldn't even care about the engine details, but I just couldn't let them off. Ironically, I've never ridden in this car yet. Jenn wants to take me to a car show in it, but this year was just so busy. Plus, when we went to them this year, we were on our bikes... Thanks again for the kind words, guys!

Hey doog when I go out to my shop tommorow morning I'll grab my Chevy interchange manual it has all the numbers if you want to find out excatly what size and year the block and heads are post the numbers

John

Boba Fett wrote:

You are awesome ! Keep it up and you'll be editor of FSM someday!

Thanks, again, Graham, Jason, Marc, and Sean! I appreciate the 's!!

Sean, those are ome rudimentary brake lines! It's funny--Jenn's mother wouldn't even care about the engine details, but I just couldn't let them off.

Ironically, I've never ridden in this car yet. Jenn wants to take me to a car show in it, but this year was just so busy. Plus, when we went to them this year, we were on our bikes...

Thanks again for the kind words, guys!

Doog - Your skills make you a True Master   What's that I see ? Brake lines coming off the Master Cylinder ? You are really starting get into this Auto thing huh !    Well I can Hardly wait to see your Next Project

And here she is! All finished! This one came together pretty quick, thanks to the simple paint scheme and Tamiya acrylics.

Here's the real car again...

And the finished model:

That's a wrap! Thanks for looking in, and comments are always appreciated and welcomed!

Thanks for that info, Mike!

I should have an update here soon! It's finished; I just have to put two decals on it and photograph it!

the doog wrote:

You've got a small block Chevrolet for sure, but they're more or less generic.  Corvette valve covers are also the real thing -- any of the Monogram 57-62 Corvette kits should have the valve covers.  The tri-carb set up is (would have been) aftermarket, but was popular on small blocks.  You can probably find the tri-power in an old AMT kit.

Whether the valve covers are nine fin or seven is something of a moot point.  In scale, you probably won't be able to tell the difference between the two.

Most Corvette engines can be identified by the number codes stamped on the pad on the block at the front of the right (passenger's side) head.  You may have to clean off the pad to see the numbers, but there should be two stampings there.  One stamping (larger characters) identifies the engine; the second stamping (smaller characters) is a VIN derivative of the car the engine was originally installed in.

VIN derivative on the left; engine code on the right.

Sean  and doc , thanks for that slew of great information; at least it gives me some idea of what I'm looking at! I wish the man was still around to get the story!

Glad you like the car! It;s actually Jennn's now; she's "inherited" it with her brother. I'm making the model for her mom though, for the nostalgia of it.

I'll have another updaet tomorrow; it's almost finished!

the doog wrote:

I'm stumped! Check this out though----look at the valve covers. It says "Corvette"--is this some kind of hybrid motor?! Could he have used only the valve covers from the Vette?  Thanks guys, and for anyone who can help with the questions I have!

Doog I think the Corvettes had the 7 fin style valve covers  from 1959 - 1967 .  Lots of us Chevy guys hunt high and low for the originals to use on our muscle cars. I have a set in my Garage to usefor my 68 Camaro as I am not into the Polished Aluminum or Carbon Fiber look

That could be a Vette block, the only way to find out would be to chase the numbers. The Intake is most likely an Edelbrock or Weiand aftermarket from the late 60's t0 mid 70's. Which none of that really matters as the real car is awesome And Jen's Dad did a Fabulous job rebuilding it. 

doc-hm3 wrote:

doog, as far as I can remember, the bodies differed in that any of the four styles be it 4dr., 2dr post, hardtop (w/o posts)or convertible. The trim package was the easiest way to denote weather it was a 210 with the combining single trim piece running down the sides of the body or the Bel-Air with the double trim piece running down the sides of the body coming to a point, plus there were a few other trim pieces here and there. But at the back of the body on the rear fender on each side there was also a trim piece that said Bel-Air. I know that there was more than that to show the differences but these are the things that really stood out visually.

doog, as far as I can remember, the bodies differed in that any of the four styles be it 4dr., 2dr post, hardtop (w/o posts)or convertible. The trim package was the easiest way to denote weather it was a 210 with the combining single trim piece running down the sides of the body or the Bel-Aire with the double trim piece running down the sides of the body coming to a point, plus there were a few other trim pieces here and there. But at the back of the body on the rear fender on each side there was also a trim piece that said Bel-Aire. I know that there was more than that to show the differences but these are the things that really stood out visually.

EasyMike wrote:

The tri-power set up is not stock Chevrolet, Corvette or otherwise.  You can probably find one in older kits.

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I'm about as knowledgeable about car engines as I am about ejection seats!

Thanks, too, doc; I'm also confused about the eact make of this car--it certainlylooks like the "Del Ray" model base kit--is the 210 a derivative of the Del Ray then? The interior, by the way, is not stock on the real car here.

Thanks too, Bob! I may go there yet! It depends on what happens with this damned economy! 

Thanks guys, and for anyone who can help with the questions I have!

Ya know what Doog....if this music thing doesn't work out for you, you can always pursue a career in modeling .

Seriously, very nice work.  And a very nice tribute.

Well done.

 She's looking great doog. I had a "56" 2dr. post Bel-Aire for years, took the 265 & powerslide tranny out and rebuilt a "327" bored .60 over w/350 Turbo. She was two toned also but black lower and yellow upper. Your build reminds me of her. Looking forward to the completion of your "56".

 By the way, your correct about her being a "210", but the Bel-Air had the double trim running down the side. The "210" and the "Bel-Aire" are two different models.

The tri-power set up is not stock Chevrolet, Corvette or otherwise.  You can probably find one in older kits.