1955 Chevy Nomad-true Barn Find-rat Rod-hot Rod-rare! No Reserve!!! Bel-air! on 2040-cars

Listed here with NO RESERVE is a 55 Nomad Barn Find

I bought the car out of a barn in Tennessee where it had been sitting for over 35 years. My intention was to build a high end rat rod out of it and have since changed directions and purchased another project. Car comes with a Bill of Sale ONLY-that's the way I got it, that's the way I'm selling it! DOES NOT HAVE A TITLE, VIN, or COWL TAG-that's how I bought it, again, that's how it will be sold!! I have a TON of money in this old car and the nice stuff and engine that go with it so my loss is definitely going to be the winning bidders gain. I want to be up front with any and all bidders interested that this car needs a full restoration-full floors, doors, fenders, roof repair, etc. with somewhere between $20k and $25k spent on it on top of the cost of the car itself if you're wanting a $70k-$100k car when completed. However, the car lacks very little as-is to be riding and driving.  Counting all the glass, I would guesstimate that it would take somewhere between $1000 and $2500 plus your labor to put the car on the road from where it is right now and to do it "right" and safe and finish it the way I had envisioned....as a killer rat rod.  After all, how many 55 Nomads are still left, let alone one that's been built as a true rat rod?   

The car has most, if not all, the trim for the exterior and the interior.  It has the extremely hard-to-find headlight eyebrows and even some rat rod quality useable fender and door trim.

It has a 305 V-8 Chevy engine in it now. It is coupled to a 700R4 overdrive transmission, both of which came out of an 84 Trans Am that was running and driving when pulled out February of this year (2014).

The car has the original front bench seat and the rear seat bottom but no top section best I remember.

The tailgate trim is all there.

As I said, most, if not all, of the hard to find pieces are there.

Here's the icing on the cake-I also have a really nice engine that I did for the car that I'm going to let go with the car.  Over $6,500 spent on the engine alone-yes, it goes with the car. It is a carbureted 350 LT-1.  It has been bored +.060.  Honed and polish honed with deck plates.  File fit rings.  Forged and coated Mahle pistons. Crank turned .010/.010. Eagle I beam full floating connecting rods. Balanced rotating assembly.  Short block has been professionally assembled and all clearances checked.  Heads are new reman with 2.02/1.60 valves and new Comp Cams springs, retainers, cups, and keepers. Has a new Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam still in the box and Howards hydraulic roller lifters still in the box.  Has new oil pump and timing set still in the boxes. GM Performance carbureted conversion intake. Engine has head studs and main studs.  Roller rockers. Engine is not junk-tons spent on it! Makes power to 6500 RPM.  Motor will make an honest 450HP on 91-93 octane pump gas.  10.4:1 compression ratio.

$1000 NON REFUNDABLE deposit is due within 24 hours of auctions end.  Please call and ask any and all questions prior to auctions end. We are available from 8AM-5PM EST Monday-Friday at Dixie Motorsports in Middlesboro, KY at 606-248-1200.  Feel free to ask any questions you may have. Also please contact us at auctions end to let us know what your transportation/shipping arrangements are.  This car and all parts that come with it are being sold AS-IS/WHERE-IS with NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. Good luck and happy bidding!!