DACC FEATURE CAR
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March 2012
We searched for several years for a ‘56 Chevy Nomad to restore. After a few
years we found this one at Lawrence Marshall Antique Autos in Hempstead, Texas.
It was orange with a black interior. At that time it had a 327 4 speed with very
rusty floors. We drove it for three years and then the clutch went out. When we
jacked it up to change the 4 speed to an automatic we saw the gas tank was
hanging down. That when we realized a restoration was needed on this Nomad!
We had bought parts for 8 years. When we started we replaced the floors and took
the body off the frame. This is when we saw there was damage to the frame. We
clipped the front end and installed a new one from Fat Man Fabrications, along
with installed spring pockets on the rear end to accommodate larger tires. Over
the years we have added a 350 engine, 350 Turbo transmission and a 9 inch Ford
rear end along with disc brakes on all 4 corners. We painted the frame House of
Colors silver and the body with House of Colors tangelo orange. We added flames,
louvered the hood, and put in a new interior. We have had it in several shops
over the years, but Texas House of Hot Rods in Mansfield finished it off
installing AC, wipers, power windows, a Pioneer stereo, power seats and
interior.
A friend asked me what her name was. She's named Jasmine because our song when
we were dating was Summer Breeze by Seals and Croft which has a line that says
"blowing through the Jasmine in my mind." Our car was finished in August 2011.
We are back on the road meeting new people and making friends!