earlier a guy gave me a call about an old chevy i'm a sucker for vintage rides so chum and i are
on our way to check it out hey how's it going glad to see you so what do we got here well we
got a 1956 chevy quarter mile race car you always did want your own race car yeah that is badass
called the guys on the pawn shop down today take a look at this 56 chevy quarter mile car
i have to move and i can't take it with me i would not let this car go for less than 35
000. so where did you get it i had a friend who raised stock cars and i got it from him for cheap
when i bought it it was half finished but i built a whole new package for it i did everything myself
well the potty looks nice it looks pretty beefed up for a chevy man well it is it's a drag car it
was built specifically to race on a quarter mile closed race track because they go really fast
really quick it's gonna run faster than 150 and it's gonna need a parachute nice you can take this
car right now put the suit on and go race it you don't have to do anything to it it's ready to go
all right drag racing got real popular in the late 1940s chevy came out with a lot of vehicles that
were really easy to upgrade and make fast so do you mind if i take a look around please do that's
got a full cage in it now this is pretty cool it's certified by the national hot rod association
which means that the inspector came out here and went over this thing and said it meets
all the specs for a safe race car okay you mind if i look under the hood no sir i like you too
yeah it definitely looks fast i'll tell you that it's fast the engine was originally
made for offshore racing boats really yeah i said well if they're good enough for the
ocean they're good enough for the street we just started it yesterday for the first time
so i mean you've never took this down the track yet no it's brand new brand new with all the work
this guy's done to this car i'm sure anyone crazy enough to race it would love to have it i just
wish he had tested it first so what do you want to do with it i'm thinking about selling it what
did you want to get out of it the car is worth 55 i was thinking maybe i could get 42. i mean i'm
a little concerned that you haven't tested it i know a guy who will know everything about this car
so let me get my buddy out here let him look at it and um maybe we can make a deal on this thing
sounds good all right i'll be right back whoever they bring in if he's competent he will see the
workmanship that's going into that vehicle it is pretty isn't it for a drag car i mean this
car is beautiful you've had the car inspected and certified absolutely all the way through it's got
a stamp on a bar i can run 850 with it right now 850. yeah 850 meaning that they've certified this
car to be allowed to run as fast as an eight and a half second quarter mile time which is insane fast
rick what's your concerns brother what's it worth how well is the motor built
all right let me check this thing out give it the once-over
ah absolutely beautiful
door shut's gorgeous the whole body here is just beautiful it's
just straight as an arrow thank you absolutely wow
can we can we open up the hood yeah just pull it pull the pins
not a lot of engines make me giggle but good lord and mighty this is
beautiful look at that injection system can we fire it up here absolutely let's do it
that smell is delicious man
and oh man it sounds great take it for a test drive danny it's not something you would do
out on the public roads at all you've got to be in a controlled environment if the surface of
the road isn't proper one rear wheel might pull harder than the other and it could send you into
somebody's house so we can't take it for a test drive is everything all right without a test drive
the fact that it's been nhra certified that basically tells me the car is magnificent so
the question is the engine itself it sounds great the execution of the build the way you put this
car together it's absolutely beautiful i would certainly think that it would be safe to negotiate
a fair offer on this car so what kind of money are you talking uh to put a number on this car
it's difficult there's probably 60 grand 70 grand worth of just parts list on this car that motor is
probably worth 40 grand you build a hot rod you never get your money back out of it that's just
how it is you know it's worth whatever somebody's gonna pay for it that's the type of car that it is
at least you know pretty much what the components are worth go from there i hope it helps all right
thanks man yeah man my pleasure it's a race car and it's a show car it's amazing to see
the quality of this build it's gorgeous all right so how much do you want for
it knowing what's in there 42. 42 i can't do um i'll give you 30 grand
that's just not enough i got to make some money and it's the economy um i'll go 35 on it
i know i got to take a loss on it how about 38
i'll go 37. 37 bye honey at the deal all right that's the deal i got this car for an amazing
deal and i'm already thinking about some people who might be interested all in all a great day