'55 Chevy Hilborn Injected Gasser Cold Start
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- Опубликовано: 6 дек 2022
- I finally do a cold start on my '55 Chevy Historical Gasser after sitting for nearly 4 years. The car is a Hilborn Injected 301" Small Block Chevy and held many NHRA National Records from when it ran competitively from 1959 through 1964 in D/Gas and E/Gas. Follow along as we get it ready to fire up, run the car and make plans for 2023! Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you would like to follow this historical '55 Chevy Gasser.
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Hubie ROCKS! I like the fact that it's the REAL DEAL not a clone! Man the racing pedigree she has!
Have no fear, the Dougster is here! Thanks Doug! Yep, it is a pretty amazing car, that is for sure! I feel like the curator of a rolling museum with it! It is fun to drive too! Thanks for watching and see you on the next live! Take care!
What a cool car with a very cool history. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Shakey! I have a few more videos planned for it soon and I am hoping to make it to the Jan 28th MoonEyes Race out here with it in 2023. We'll see. Thanks again for watching!
I dig that car so much Jeff..I keep watching this video but forgot to comment!! Too Cool Buddy
Awesome Dennis, Thank you! Hopefully I can get it out to an event some day that you will be at and we can each see our '55's. Take care and keep up the great work on your channel!
Hello from Nebraska...Landon sent me too!
Thank you! Glad to have you along for the ride!
That thing sounds AWESOME. I love the injection. That's the icing on the cake in my opinion. Reminds me of my uncles 55 2 door post gasser with open fenderwell headers. I remember him saying it had a truck straight axle with 54 Chevy car hubs. I've wanted to build a gasser 55 for about 15 years. May do that in the future
Thanks HAFF RODS! Hilborns were a way of life for these So. Cal Gassers back in the day with Stuart Hilborn having his original shop here in Orange County. Even my Dad's '55 Gasser that I am going to re-create with the Delray had a Hilborn Injectors. If I remember right, Oklahoma had some terror gassers out there too, maybe one was your Uncle's. It would be great to see a picture of it or use it as inspiration for you to re-create it down the road. The fun for menhas been doing the research and searching for correct parts. The pictures of my Dad's gasser inspired me to build a street/strip version of his car. Using that '54 truck axle and switching to passenger car hubs on your Uncle's gasser was a great idea! This gasser actually had a 6 lug chevy truck rear axle with 6.14 gears and 16×10 wheels. I switched out alot of older parts on the car before I knew the history of it. The truck rear was given away to a buddy and I put a 9.3 '57 Pontiac rear end in it. I wished I had left the car alone as it was a total time capsule! Thanks for watching and the great comments. Take care and I hope your wife is feeling better!
Love it man!
Thanks for watching Chris!
Awesome car Jeff. You know I love the injection! Thanks for the shout out. Be cool to do some event together someday if I ever get my junk ready to race.
Thank you Brad! It was a great idea and well worth the mention! It keeps me focused when my ADD kicks in out in the garage! I would love to meet up for an event some time when I finally get out there! I won't be far from you or Chris at Ironhead Garage who's at the Wash/ID panhandle border. Sunny from RatGasGarage in Washington goes to an awesome Nostalgia Drag Race in Toutle, Wash called the Estranged Nostalgia Drags at Riverdale Raceway that he filmed. I hope you guys are well, staying warm and have meat in the freezer for winter! Take care and keep up the great work!
What a Kool 55 Gasser, the start up was awesome, it still sounds healthy, loved it when reved it. Nicely done.👍
Thank you! I hope to have it out soon! I have lots of future video plans for this one! Thanks for watching!
Cool Video man! That engine sounds mean! I can only imagine having nice weather to go racing in January. Keep the videos coming. Have a good one Buddy 👍
Thanks Don! There is good and bad here in Cali, that's for sure. The weather will be a tough one to leave for me when we go to Montana permanently. I hope you guys are doing well and you get the daily drivers sorted out so you can get back to your tri fives. Stay warm and thanks for the encouragement! Take care!
Cool car, new subscriber from NM. I'm always up for content on gassers👍
Thank you! Glad to have you aboard and welcome! We should have some more content on this one soon as well as content for a new street gasser build where I will be re-creating my Dad's Silver D/ Gas '55 Chevy!
@@hubiesgarage Sounds great, I'm in the process of building a gasser and trying to learn as I go not many people with them where I'm at. Have a Merry Christmas.
That sounds like a great project and one of the reasons I had started my channel was to be able to document my new gasser build. Along the way, I did videos on my historical gasser and it has been a big hit! It would be great to see the progress on your gasser if you ever document it on your channel! Good luck with your build and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Love it Hubie! Cool car cool story..
Thank you Rick! Hopefully, I can get this one out there and get it back on the race track for the MoonEyes New Years Race. It's a fun one to drive! Thanks for watching and take care!
Love that 55!
Thank you! Hopefully, I can get it back out on the track soon! Thanks for watching!
Hey Jeff man! she sounds good.
Good luck to you getting her ready for next year. Going be a lot of fun
For sure. Take it easy 👍🏻
Thanks Chris! It has been pretty frustrating because I got this car in '91 and had plans to paint/letter it back to when it held the records in '63 as far back as '93. I finally had the money to do it last year and try to go to Nitro Revival with the Outlaw Gasers of So. Cal but, the painters weren't ready to take it. Now, running into same issue where I have 3 very reputable guys that I would be proud to have their work on the car but, the timing is still bad. So, I'm going to drag it out and run it at 3 or 4 events in 2023 as is. It will make great content with video at the drags. If I get a second camera, I can do in car camera stuff....we'll see. Thanks for watching and I hope you guys are keeping warm!
Hey Jeff, Tony G. here you asked what my handle on HAMB on BW Garage is it is 38 2 DR SEDAN if you want to see my Willys it is under Willys Owners also there are a couple of other threads listed on my wheel well radius and fire wall, check it out if you are interested. Later Tony
Thanks Tony! I will look up the posts on your Willys! The Willys Coupe is a big favorite of mine! To me, it is the most classic gasser body of all time, then the '55. I had a good buddy who had a famous A/GS '41 pick up that was orange called "The Energizer". He had 2 trucks and 2 coupes. I rode in the Energizer and half throttle was instant tire smoke...yeah, I am a believer! He was the driver of my gasser when they set the national speed record at Half Moon Bay in '63. He helped my Dad and I put this gasser back together and passed about 2 years ago. I look forward to seeing your Willys! Take care and have a good one!
Incredible Car! Can’t wait for more!!! 🎸⭐️
Awesome! I have about 2 or 3 videos of it "in the can" as they say, waiting to be edited. 2 weeks from today we will have it out at the track running for the first time in 26 years! I plan to have lots of footage from that event! Thanks for watching and stay tuned!
Nice 55 man you should lay a rubber mat underneath that battery.
Good idea John! I think I got in a hurry in this one but, will put one in when the battery goes back in. The battery is now in the Bel Air Sedan. Thanks for watching and take care!
Very nice Jeff.
This is some very cool nostalgic history here.
Injected small block, Vertex mag.
I like a 301.
Thanks for sharing.
Take care, Ed.
Thank you Ed! I had bought it in '91 to build a clone of my Dad's D/Gas '55 but, finding out the deep history of this one made me have to put it back the way it was when it set all the records in '63! I hope you get to build a small cubic inch gasser some day! You would know all of the tricks to keep it alive! Thanks for watching!
Great video, Hubie, the 55 runs strong & sounds good 😆
Thank you Mike! I hope you guys are staying warm up there! We are not to far away from moving to NW Montana and I may be doing some car events out that way.
@@hubiesgarage cool cool👏
Very cool. I would love to find an old gasser like that. That whiteboard is a good idea, I got to get one. All I have now is a pad and a pen LOL
Yep, the whiteboard has been a great idea and helps keep me focused when my ADD kicks in out in the shop! It's nice to give some shout outs to some of the great channels out there and we have a great group of guys with Tri-Five and Gasser Channels! Hopefully, I can acknowledge and give credit to some of these great ones as it is tough running a channel and I admire everyone's work out there! I think you get the award for tearing down a tri five the furthest and replacing the most body panels! The car is looking good and getting there! Keep up the great work and thanks for watching!
@@hubiesgarage thanks I appreciate that. Yes sir I like watching everyone work on their cars too. I learned a few things during my journey. Still learning about 55 Chevys. Learn something new every time I see a video that's for sure. So keep up the good work and I'll see you on the next one have a great day
The long saga on how to tighten down a battery?
Good point! Yes, I find myself fast forwarding past that long part too! This is the dilema of many youtube channels. It is part of the learning process of editing, running your own youtube channel and figuring out what works. Unfortunately, it takes 4,000 watch hours to qualify to getting monetized on YT (as well as 1k subscribers) and it is tough to find a balance of meeting those hours and posting "filler" that is actually interesting. Monetization is not a priority for me on my channel but, as I reach the threshold, it's an accomplishment and a box to check off. I encourage everyone to give it a try! Thanks for hanging in there and watching, it is greatly appreciated!
Anybody else notice that the grill has the center cut out of it to make it easier to do a cam swap ?
Good eye! The guys were sponsored by Howard Johansen at Howard's Cams and he was always giving them cams to test out. They eventually got sucked into the cam wars and went east every year to Indy with about 10 other So Cal race teams (including Stone, Woods and Cook) to defend their records and prove who had the winningest cams. I heard Ed Iskenderian state that this was started by an ad from his advertising company in the late 50's and it grew like a brush fire. He said he sure sold a lot of cams! Thanks for watching and the keen eye comment!
@@hubiesgarage A friend of mine had a '69 SS 396 Nova with the front bumper smacked down at the top center by a BFH one night , three guesses what was directly in line with that little modification.
Sounds like he used the claimed damage to his advantage!
Kool history too bad your not up here in the pnw, I could hook you up with my good friend colin who lettered my nova, but she sounds nasty jeff thanks for sharing love it brother, Aloha
Thanks Sonny! I tell you, when I get up to NW Montana permanently, I will definatly drag this car out to the Estranged Drags at Riverdale that you had a video of on your channel....what an awesome event! Thanks for watching and I hope you are feeling better!
That thing sound stout!
Thanks BW! It ran pretty well at the race this weekend! Hopefully the video will be out soon! Take care guys!
IF YOU HAVE POLY LOCKS ON THE ROCKER AEM YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ADJUST YOUR VALVES FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THEY WILL HOLD
Very good point! Thanks for watching!
😈🔱👿..she sounds mean... Man i lov old hotrods and the sound of air going through a carb..i miss having a v8
Thanks! Hopefully, you will find another V8 to tinker with someday soon! Thanks for watching!
@@hubiesgarage oh I definitely will currently I'm looking for a Studebaker I can drop a 383 stroker in and a 4-speed Muncie
@@hubiesgarage or I might get lucky and find a Studebaker that supercharged then I'll just have to put crackers on her 🤗
That will be a fun ride! I know Wildrose Garage has built 2 V-8 Studebaker Larks and drag races them. I have my eye on a Stude Truck. Have a great week!
@@hubiesgarage good luck finding a truck in decent shape...pretty rare. ... But i was thinking one would make a cool gasser.. Since the bed and rear axle are wider than the front.. And desnt weigh much.. Make a little red wagon.. Be badass
Very neat car! Any info on your water pump set up is appreciated. What kind is it and where does it tap into the block? Is there another line from the passenger side of the block too? What diameter line? I would like to replicate the same set up for my 55 with a cam driven pump.
Thanks in advance
Thanks Lewis, I have 2 videos where I go into detail about the water pump system. The videos are '55 Chevy Gasser Wednesday and the Thursday Race Progress Reports. The pump itself is very old but, is a 12v water pump that should be able to be purchased at any RV Supply Store. The pump is all plumbed with garden hose fittings using 1/2" heater hose.
@@hubiesgarage Thank you for taking the time to respond, it is a big help. Looking at the Wednesday and Thursday helps it all make sense now. The pump looks like a Jabsco Water Puppy which was the go-to electric pump in 60’s drag cars. And yes Jabsco is still in business and still makes the pump!
Cheers
Yes, it is a Jabsco, that shook the cobwebs loose! Best wishes and good luck with your projects! Take care!
cam sounds pretty tame.
Honestly, I have no idea what the cam specs are on this one. It has a borrowed short block from a previous buddy who set the national speed record in the car back in '63. I have a bigger cam for the next build for the car. Thanks for watching.
What were the old ET's and MPH?
Many ET's and MPH's for this one including some that were faster than its recorded records. Its last recorded record for both ET and MPH in E/Gas was 12.71 @110.56 MPH. That was set in Sept. 1963 and carried over until the summer of 1964 when Gene Schwartz took over the record with his '52 Chevy.
@@hubiesgarage Cool. Thanks.
What times was they running back in the day ?? This seems like about a 15-second car.. you'll have a lot of fun.. I like it...
The last record this one held in 1963 was 12.71 at 110.56 MPH for E/Gas.