Don Nicholls

Don is the Chapter head for the Ontario Inliners chapter and sends this report on his latest toy:

Well, this ol Canadian finally got himself a neat custom '54 Chev and Inline power to boot. See what happens when you get bored on a Sat. night and decide to surf the net for cars. I located this car just outside of Wichita Kansas (about a 2500 mile round trip) and lucked out as my buddy was taking a car to Tulsa and it was only about 150 miles away from the '54. I emailed the owner and he sent me some pics and we talked back and forth on the phone before I made the deal. Sent off a deposit and made arrangements for the trip. When we got to his house, I was a little disappointed as the drivers electric door lock didn't work and the door glass was down. Car was absolutely filthy. Had to take it for a drive after over a 1000 miles of traveling. Motor had a miss in it (turned out to need the valves reset) steering box had about a turn and a half of play and the shifter was a mystery shifter (mystery as to what gear you were in) but I could see the potential in the car. It has a 250 C.I. bored out with a mild cam; Offy intake and valve cover; tube headers; Muncie 4 spd; '55 Chev rearend with 2" lowering blocks; cut frt springs; extra grille teeth; skirts; spotlight; frenched headlights and tail light; white tuck and roll interior with Fiesta hubcaps. I have enclosed a couple of pics of the car and will update later on as I progress along with it. Had a 1954 Bel Air 15 yeas ago but it was not as nice as this one. I will have to park in the garage beside my '40 Chev and the 1965 Chev pick-up. Sounds real good with side pipes hooked up. Has a real bark to it.

....Don Nicholls # 324