z28summit
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11-18-23 07:32 PM - Post#2864264
California 50's in color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olc3FKhUzc0
Derek revives a 1950 Bel Air, will it drive 1400 miles home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYhPpytGCGs
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 RAM_51
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11-19-23 08:24 AM - Post#2864276
In response to z28summit
Derek revives a 1950 Bel Air, will it drive 1400 miles home
I noticed right off that the car isn't a Belair. Although in the other vids of his at the right of my computer screen, there is one with this car featured that has a "1950 BELAIR" title over it. When Derek goes into the interior, I spotted the edge of the raised platform behind the front seat that is spot welded to the floor pan. That told me immediately that he's messin' with a 1227B Special Business Coupe. If you watch closely you can make that out on the cowl data plate when he opens the hood and rubs his hand across it.
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 Shepherd
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11-19-23 09:00 AM - Post#2864277
In response to RAM_51
Yup. Lol
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52_Belair
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11-19-23 04:09 PM - Post#2864286
In response to RAM_51
Funny, I just scanned through that video last night before seeing this post.
A question, did the Belair ever come with the 216 and manual transmission or was it only available with the 235 and Power Glide?
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kzhurley
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11-19-23 05:34 PM - Post#2864289
In response to z28summit
Anybody notice what throttle linkage that car was running? I like the setup it has from what I seen maybe modified tri-five?
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Shepherd
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11-19-23 06:06 PM - Post#2864291
In response to 52_Belair
My 51 Belair was originally stick shift.
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 tommy49
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11-19-23 07:41 PM - Post#2864292
In response to z28summit
Thanks for posting! I liked the California clip, but I could take only so much of Derek’s dialog, it hurts my brain. 
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RAM_51
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11-19-23 08:28 PM - Post#2864294
In response to 52_Belair
did the Belair ever come with the 216 and manual transmission or was it only available with the 235 and Power Glide?
From 1950-1952, it came standard with the 216 and three speed...PowerGlide behind a 235 was an option. In 1953, now called the Sport Coupe, you got a 235 either way, but the PowerGlide 235 was now a full pressure engine; the first Blue Flame Six.
1951 Fleetline Preservation
'51 Fleetline DeLuxe 2 DOOR SEDAN (Fathom Green)
'51 Styleline Special BUSINESS COUPE (Shadow Gray)
'53 6500 Dump Bed (Oxidized Red)
'50 Styleline DeLuxe 4 DOOR SEDAN (Mist Green) |
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52_Belair
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11-20-23 10:58 AM - Post#2864300
In response to RAM_51
Thanks for the info.
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z28summit
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11-22-23 02:08 PM - Post#2864374
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I havent had a chance to watch it yet!
Ram we need to download your knowledge and plop it in a database somewhere. Perhaps our own AI app.
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50_Fastback
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11-22-23 09:39 PM - Post#2864395
In response to z28summit
The 50's California video took me back to my early childhood. I'm still smiling from the trip down memory lane.
Thanks for the effort!!
Ron Starkey
Life's full of risks..........take one!
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