# Big\_Reds '54 Chevy: The Stealth Bomber **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [November 20, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482 "2011-11-20T21:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/21 "2011-11-23T05:35:21Z")
> [@eh, just throw it in the back of the f-body.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eh-just-throw-it-in-the-back-of-the-f-body/46796/5): > > Cool pics, I really like them 53/54 Chevy’s. Don’t need much to look really cool. > > I remember seeing that car on the hamb awhile back, think he stopped posting a year ago when it still needed back glass and paint. The wraparound rear window seems like a pain but definitely looks cool when its chopped. the glass is the hardest part, the windshield can be cut, and the sides are just flat glass so they can be custom cut , the back glass however is laminated tempered so it cant be cut. So in order to do it you have to lay it down and sink the corners. thats what was done on the monster garage 54. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/22 "2011-11-25T16:01:34Z")
drove this pile today, got it up to 45, which is kinda silly in a car that has ZERO brakes or floors haha. [ame=“[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMOnCnb2L5M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMOnCnb2L5M)”][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMOnCnb2L5M[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMOnCnb2L5M%5B/ame%5D) I also pulled it in my bay in the shop so the fun begins tomorrow ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/23 "2011-11-25T16:35:13Z")
let alone looks, it SOUNDS sketchy as hell! ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/24 "2011-11-25T17:10:38Z")
Straight 6 with a misfire and a big exhaust leak. It’s been sitting in a field for 15 years be kind hahaha ---
**Author:** ![DRock518](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drock518/32/6363_2.png) [@DRock518](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DRock518)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/25 "2011-11-25T17:17:24Z")
Giggidy for the build thread youve been boring lately lol. ---
**Author:** ![Johawk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johawk/32/6284_2.png) [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/26 "2011-11-25T17:19:13Z")
NICE! I cant wait to see this project. I hope it is very original and fun. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/27 "2011-11-25T17:33:48Z")
> [@Stupidest Kid Ever](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupidest-kid-ever/46807/33): > > NICE! I cant wait to see this project. I hope it is very original and fun. No movie correct on this one, I can just go H.A.M. And do whatever I want ---
**Author:** ![Johawk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/johawk/32/6284_2.png) [@Johawk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johawk)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/28 "2011-11-25T17:38:23Z")
That’s what I’m excited for! ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/29 "2011-11-25T17:38:54Z")
> [@Stupidest Kid Ever](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupidest-kid-ever/46807/32): > > Giggidy for the build thread youve been boring lately lol. Haha I might be one of the only on people on shift who actually builds cars ha ---
**Author:** ![DragnDoor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DragnDoor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DragnDoor)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/30 "2011-11-25T17:51:25Z")
Truth! **^** ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/31 "2011-11-26T17:13:43Z")
now that the car is in one of my bays at the shop I started digging into it, and boy is it a can of worms. First thing to do is the rust repair, over all the car isnt too bad, its not great but that is to be expected for a car that is almost 60 years old. today I pulled off the door to fix it, this fucker weighs a TON, almost fucked my back trying to get this thing in the stand. yea that’s not good, the inner door had completely rotted out. ![http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7981/img0443dc.jpg](http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7981/img0443dc.jpg) ![http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3396/img0444gp.jpg](http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/3396/img0444gp.jpg) So I cut out the old nastyness ![http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8421/img0445do.jpg](http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8421/img0445do.jpg) New inner door fitted ![http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/5296/img0446i.jpg](http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/5296/img0446i.jpg) and welded ![http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8958/img0448ub.jpg](http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8958/img0448ub.jpg) then I flipped the door over to replace the outer skin trimmed off the old. ![http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3886/img0449hp.jpg](http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3886/img0449hp.jpg) fitted and tacked the new ![http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1223/img0451l.jpg](http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1223/img0451l.jpg) flipped the door over again the hem the outer door skin over the edge of the inner. ![http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4985/img0450n.jpg](http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4985/img0450n.jpg) before I weld up the seam I decided to strip the old paint off, the smell of 60 year old paint burning is horrible. ![http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6057/img0452st.jpg](http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6057/img0452st.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/32 "2011-11-27T13:04:29Z")
I guess that was a little worse than it looked lol. ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/33 "2011-11-27T17:03:28Z")
The other door has some rot, so I’ll replace the inner on that. The outerskin is fine. The trunk/ hood are solid. ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/34 "2011-11-27T17:43:29Z")
And so it begins. Cannot wait for more. GL. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/35 "2011-11-28T06:01:35Z")
> [@Best Buy Employee Auction Site](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-buy-employee-auction-site/46801/15): > > close, im gonna do a 5.3 vortec with air conditioning, prob backed by a 4l80 or something. But for now im gonna keep the straight 6 with three on the tree 🙂 Best $500 you will ever spend on an engine/trans!!! :rofl > [@Oil change intervals? When do you change yours?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-change-intervals-when-do-you-change-yours/46794/45): > > now that the car is in one of my bays at the shop I started digging into it, and boy is it a can of worms. > > First thing to do is the rust repair, over all the car isnt too bad, its not great but that is to be expected for a car that is almost 60 years old. > > today I pulled off the door to fix it, this fucker weighs a TON, almost fucked my back trying to get this thing in the stand. > > yea that’s not good, the inner door had completely rotted out. > > So I cut out the old nastyness > > New inner door fitted > > and welded > > then I flipped the door over to replace the outer skin > > trimmed off the old. > > fitted and tacked the new > > flipped the door over again the hem the outer door skin over the edge of the inner. > > before I weld up the seam I decided to strip the old paint off, the smell of 60 year old paint burning is horrible. Couple of things buddy. Please tell me you addressed the rust inside the door! Just cause you cant see it, doesnt mean its gone! And lastly, and most importantly… 60 year old paint USUALLY contains lead. Listen to OSHA and follow proper precautions so you will live to see your grandkids projects!!! Homie, we have a long winter!!! Come spring time we should be rolling out HEAVY together! :number1 ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/36 "2011-11-28T06:23:09Z")
> [@Nikuk new mod?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nikuk-new-mod/46864/32): > > Couple of things buddy. Please tell me you addressed the rust inside the door! Just cause you cant see it, doesnt mean its gone! > > And lastly, and most importantly… 60 year old paint USUALLY contains lead. Listen to OSHA and follow proper precautions so you will live to see your grandkids projects!!! > > Homie, we have a long winter!!! Come spring time we should be rolling out HEAVY together! :number1 I used a woffy pad to clean the rust then used a sealer made by chassissaver. And I KNOW the paint has lead. my boss looked over and goes why do you think it didn’t fall off like most other GM paint after 10 years lol ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/37 "2011-11-28T10:06:48Z")
> [@FS: 97 s10.........SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-97-s10-sold/46784/9): > > I used a woffy pad to clean the rust then used a sealer made by chassissaver. > > And I KNOW the paint has lead. my boss looked over and goes why do you think it didn’t fall off like most other GM paint after 10 years lol Figured as much, but did want people thinking you were taking the easy way out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![big\_red](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/big_red/32/6328_2.png) [@big\_red](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/big_red)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/38 "2011-11-28T13:04:46Z")
there is nothing easy about it. its a pain in the balls. ha ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/39 "2011-11-28T13:26:26Z")
> [@WTBarrow: Cargo roof carrier for a dead body \*BORROW\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtbarrow-cargo-roof-carrier-for-a-dead-body-borrow/46419/12): > > there is nothing easy about it. its a pain in the balls. ha U shouldn’t be doing body work with your dingy! :rofl ---
**Author:** ![REDWGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redwgn/32/6695_2.png) [@REDWGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/REDWGN)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482/40 "2011-11-29T20:58:59Z")
> [@Nikuk new mod?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nikuk-new-mod/46864/32): > > And lastly, and most importantly… 60 year old paint USUALLY contains lead. Listen to OSHA and follow proper precautions so you will live to see **your grandkids projects**!!! ![http://rapdict.org/images/4/45/Regent_Park_Toronto1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/4/74e116f04311d898cdb58e544e7ee9475e7f087b.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/big-reds-54-chevy-the-stealth-bomber/261482.md?page=3)