The classic `shoebox' look of a '55 Chevy `post' car is captured by Sutton's tough tornado survivor.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
The rear seat received the same custom treatment from Downey's Upholstery.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
The rear tires are also BF Goodrich items, sized 275/60R/15's, also mounted on XXXXXXXX wheels. Sutton says he wanted heavy duty wheels to hold the power that the blown, fuel injected 454 produces.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
The front wheels, a set of XXXXXXXXX, were modified with the addition of '57 Chevy hubcap emblems; tires are BF Goodrich 235/60R/15's.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
The rear tires are also BF Goodrich items, sized 275/60R/15's, also mounted on custom billet wheels. Sutton says he wanted heavy duty wheels to hold the power that the blown, fuel injected 454 produces.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
Sutton knew the big block Chevy needed some extra cooling, so he had Dave Stuckey punch six rows of louvers in the hood to enhance air flow.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
The front wheels, a set of custom billet wheels, were modified with the addition of '57 Chevy hubcap emblems; tires are BF Goodrich 235/60R/15's.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
The auxilliary digital gauges mounted on either side of the steering column give the driver updates on supercharger boost and fuel pressure; note the nifty chrome column shifter ball.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
A padded 5-spoke Grant steering wheel is used to transmit driver input to the late-model power steering system installed on the car.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
Downey's Auto Upholstery was enlisted to create a custom cloth and vinyl interior in understated gray, using the stock seats.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
One of the old-school custom touches that show up on the Chevy is the dual antennas frenched into the right rear fender, a call-back to the show cars of the 1960s.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
Sutton stayed with the basic stock layout of the dash, but added digital instruments, including a clock, in the factory locations.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
Sutton was determined to stuff the most potent big block Chevy engine he could under the hood of his '55 Chevy. A Street & Performance computerized fuel injection unit is boosted by a ProCharger supercharger, seen in the lower right of this photo.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
Dennis Sutton's 's '55 Chevy Bel Air is a different kind of `survivor car.' It was torn to pieces by the tornado that devastated Haysville in 1991 during its first rebuild, but was reconstructed by the determined owner, who turned it into this beautiful Brandywine supercharged street machine.
Link to image
| Buy this photo
Mike Berry / The Wichita Eagle
Manage Delivery
