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Member ID: chevy_belair1963

Location: Santa Fe, Texas

Vehicle Info

1963 Chevrolet Bel Air

Bragging Rights

  • Top Speed160 mph
  • HP495
  • Weight3200 lbs

Major Upgrades

  • bore-increase
  • extrude-honed
  • stroke-increase
  • port and polish

Ratings

    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3/5 Stars.
    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Aug 10, 2008

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Matt’s Chevrolet Bel Air:
“Gold Rush”

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chevy_belair1963's 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air Santa Fe, TX Customized with GM Performance Parts Transmission, Sunpro Gauges, Competition Engineering Strut Bars, Competition Engineering Springs, Competition Engineering Shocks, Cragar Wheels - 222

August 10, 2008

Been a while since a update but I have took some time off from the car to give the enamel body paint time to dry before reassembly on some parts. Wirebrushed the tops of the front fender and the gutter that the hood bumpers sit atop of, filled in the pin rust holes on the driverside gutter and sprayed the passengerside gutter before reinstalling the wirebrushed and semigloss black painted passengerside hood hinge mount. Also reinstalled the A/C & Heater box on the firewall and the metal A/C connection duct to the box

June 11, 2008

Carburetor to throttle pedal linkage was reinstalled after being wirebrushed to bare metal and then sprayed with High Temp Aluminum paint. Transmission linkage bar from column to frame linkage was reinstalled after being wirebrushed and painted Aluminum itself.

June 5, 2008

Late 1959 - 68 High Performance "Corvette" valve covers came in. Awaiting to be sprayed with High Temp Aluminum paint.

June 2, 2008

Firewall repainted with OEM "Saddle Tan Poly" paint. Frame rails were repainted Semi Gloss black along with the brake booster and the master cylinder. The master cylinder cap and latch along with the steel brake lines were cleaned and repainted with a High Temp Aluminum paint.

April 21, 2008

Body to Bumper Panel sprayed in OEM "Saddle Tan Poly" color.

April 13, 2008

Body to Bumper Panel wirebrushed to bare metal and primered awaiting OEM colored paint to be sprayed.

April 12, 2008

Front sheet metal removed (Grill Assembly, Body to Bumper Panel, Bumper and Bumper Supports) to make ease of restoration.

March 11, 2008

Condenser fins straightened, cleaned, and painted high temp aluminum.

March 9, 2008

Radiator support removed from car.

Feburary 14, 2008

Engine back together fully and repainted waiting to go back into car.

January 5, 2008

Engine removed to be cleaned up and repainted.

August 24, 2004

Page back up. Complete reformat is finished as of 1:10 p.m. Central Time.

Feburary 29, 2004 6:00p.m. Central

At 6:00 p.m. Central Time orignal page had 9,200 hits before page was messed up beyond repair. This page was started.

March 24, 2003

1963 Belair "GoldRush" orignal page started.

chevy_belair1963's 1963 Chevrolet Bel Air Santa Fe, TX Customized with GM Performance Parts Transmission, Sunpro Gauges, Competition Engineering Strut Bars, Competition Engineering Springs, Competition Engineering Shocks, Cragar Wheels - 27

PAGE1:INTRODUCTION (UPDATED 6/11/2008)(YOU ARE HERE)
PAGE2:HISTORICAL INFORMATION (UPDATED 5/16/05)
PAGE3:EXTERIOR PAGE (UPDATED 8/10/08)
PAGE4:INTERIOR PAGE (UPDATED 4/04/05)
PAGE5:ENGINE (UPDATED 6/05/08)
PAGE6:FRONT END OVERHAUL (BEFORE/DURING/AFTER)(UPDATED 4/04/05)
PAGE7:LIGHTED UP (UPDATED 4/04/05)
PAGE8:DEDICATED TO THE BIG 10 TIRE CO. CAR
PAGE9:UPCOMING MODIFCATIONS
PAGE10:FACTORY/DEALER INSTALLED OPTIONS
PAGE11:GOLD RUSH (NEW 2/07/06)
PAGE12:POSER PAGE (NEW 4/11/05)
PAGE13:UPDATES TO PAGE (NEW 5/13/05)(UPDATED 6/10/05)
PAGE14:RESTORATION STATUS (NEW 6/10/05)

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Member ID: chevy_belair1963

Location: Santa Fe, Texas