55 CHEVY SEDAN DELIVERY …RESTO-MOD…OWNER PAUL DIMAURO…PROJECT BEGAN 2004………I PURCHASED IN 04 TO BEGIN A PLAN TO DO A PAIR OF 55 56 OR 57 CHEVYS ,……………BACK IN 1992 I HAD A PAIR OF TRI-5S………..A 1956 PRO-STREET BEL-AIR AND ALSO A 1956 CHEVY NOMAD……….BOTH PAINTED A TWO-TONE TEAL GREEN AND PEARL WHITE…….THEY WERE REAL NICE BUT NEVER WAS I ABLE TO BRING THEM TO LEVEL I HAD WANTED TO…………………..I ALSO HAD NOT OWNED A RESTORATION SHOP AT THE TIME EITHER…….BACK THEN IT WAS ALL COLLISION…….WELL BAD CHOICES AS WELL AS MISFORTUNE LED ME TO SELL AND OR GIVE UP MY 2 PRIZED POSSESSIONS………I SWORE TO MYSELF ONE DAY, I WOULD BUILD MYSELF THOSE TRI-5S AGAIN………BETTER THAN BEFORE AS A SIGN TO MYSELF I HAD MADE IT BACK!!!!!!!! WELL NOW ITS 2009 17 YEARS LATER , AND THE REBUILDING HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS………..FIRST, MY 55 CHEVY SEDAN DELIVERY, I WANTED A RESTO-MOD LOOK, SO WE STARTED OUT BY REMOVING THE BODY FROM THE FRAME. WE THAN SMOOTHED OUT THE FRAME , REMOVED THE LEAF SPRINGS, AND INSTALLED AN AIR RIDE TECHNOLOGIES 4 LINK. WITH 4 WAY SHOCK WAVES .FOR BRAKES WE CHOSE 12 IN. WILWOOD BRAKES & ALSO CUT THE EXHAUST THRU THE FRAME. ONCE WORK WAS COMPLETED ON THE FRAME AND EVERYTHING WAS MOCKED UP, WE REMOVED ALL COMPONENTS & STARTED BODYWORK ON THE FRAME, PRIMED & PAINTED SUNSET ORANGE PEARL ( H.O.K. ) FOR THE ENGINE RIGHT NOW I HAVE A SMALL BLOCK L-82 FUEL INJECTED , PAINTED AND DETAILED TO MATCH THE FRAME, ALONG WITH A 700R4 OVERDRIVE UNIT. ( HOPING I DONT CHANGE MY MIND, THIS CAR CRAVES A BIG BLOCK ) THE BODY WAS SECURED TO THE ROTISSERIE AND THE UNDERBODY WAS SANDBLASTED AT THIS POINT I REALIZED THERE WAS TO MANY SMALL SWISS CHEESE HOLES , SO I ELECTED TO REPLACE THE COMPLETE FLOORS AND BRACES AS WELL AS THE LOWER QUARTERS AND INNER ROCKERS, I SMOOTHED OUT ALL THE HOLES IN THE BODY AND REMOVED THE FUEL DOOR , AND MOVED BEHIND THE LS TAILITE POCKET, WE MADE THE NOSE 1 PIECE CLOSING ALL THE SEAMS AND ALSO SHAVED THE DRIP RAILS,,AS WELL AS REMOVING THOSE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES AND KEY HOLES WE ALSO REMOVED THE REAR LS / RS METAL PANELS SO WE CAN INSTALL REAR WINDOWS, THESE WILL BE CUSTOM MADE CURVED GLASS, I ALSO WANTED TO CHANGE THE INTERIOR LOOK A LITTLE SO I REMOVED THE RS METAL HUMP IN THE DASH AS WELL AS THE GLOVE BOX AND WELDED AND GROUND, TO GIVE IT A REAL CLEAN SMOOTH LOOK, WE WILL BE FABRICATING A CENTER CONSOLE FROM FRONT TO BACK AND CONTOUR WITH THE REAR SEATS. THE BODY AT THIS POINT IS RE-SECURED TO THE FRAME AND WE WILL BE FABRICATING THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES ALONG WITH WIRING HOPEFULLY I CAN KEEP MY CHANGES DOWN TO A MINIMUM AND FINISH THIS AWESOME TRI-5 SOON