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Chevrolet 1935 project, Specifications

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Specifications Chevrolet Standard 4-door sedan 1935

Body:
Chevrolet Standard 4 door Sedan 1935. Original body, new fenders. Roof filled in with steel sheet metal after making new wooden bows to support it. Spot-welded and then filled in with fiberglass filler.
Front side windows are modified and the vent window removed, power assist from Speciality Power Windows. Power window controls are located in center console only.
Rear side windows are fixed, jammed tight with a s/s adjustable bar inside the window.
All windows are tinted. 
Wooden frame removed from original doors and new metal structure welded up.
Fenders are fiber glass from Outlaw. Rear fender widened about 2 inches to accommodate the 15x8 265R rear wheels
Original hood used, but hood locks removed and new internal hood catch manufactured from s/s and aluminum. Opening by means of s/s rod from inside the cabin.
Grille shell original, grille from .... in aluminum.
Front bumper is a s/s bumper from outlaw. Rear bumper removed and replaced with a custom welded baggage rack in s/s, polished to show quality (not yet on the pix) . Wooden custom made "suitcase" (not yet there).
Door handles shaved and replaced with remote entry solenoids. Ford s/s radiator cap glued on with silicon glue onto the radiator shell. (New radiator cap for filling is now inside the engine compartment.)
Smoothie steel running boards.

Lights and electricity:
Front headlights are KingBee 7inch s/s polished lights on Outlaw Chevy 34 headlight bars in aluminum with "snake eye" inserts with blue dot.
Front turn signals are LEDs flush mounted in the fenders plus Vision rear view mirrors with LED lights.
Rear turn signals and Rear lights are Ford 39 teardrop lights with blue dot frenched into the bumpers.
Third brake light is a 10inch LED light flush mounted below the rear window.
Wiring harness from Painless.
Remotely controlled battery disconnect switch.
Remote entry from Dakota Digital.
Battery is mounted in a s/s custom made box under driver's seat. Reachable only from outside/below.
Vintage Air Gen2 A/C with bulkhead fittings and braided hoses with Airquip fittings.
Specialty Power Windows windshield wiper system.

Interior:
Original rear seat covered in Argentinian brown leather.
Front seat also originally original, but I am now working on changing this to Japanese bucket seats because the original became too high.
Ceiling has a mahogany center console with DVD monitor. The rest of the ceiling is plywood/chipboard , closed cell foam and then yellow leather.
Door panels are leather over foam with a mahogany trim below the window. Flames carved out of the foam.
The whole interior is thoroughly insulated. Floor has first a fiberglass mat and on top of that rebond with an aluminum foil. Door panels and ceiling etc have a foam-alu sticky boards.....(???) Don't know the name but it is lightweight and has a sticky side where you peel of a sheet of protective paper.
Instrument panel is accented by mahogany details that fit into the factory stampings with a new console of mahogany.
Classic Instrument Vintage series instruments. RPM had to go into the console to fit.
Rear doors have no handles on the inside (suicide doors). Can only be opened with a switch on the console when the ignition key is in OFF position. Considering to install some kind of mechanical handle in case of emergency escape.
Steering wheel is a LeCarra three spoke with mahogany rim. I managed to get the same color on the dash....!
Ididit polished steering column with column shift.

Suspension and brakes:
TCI Mustang II independent front suspension with tubular arms. Power rack and pinion steering with Flaming river linkage to the Ididit steering column. Lokar linkage between the steering column and the TH350 transmission. Disc brakes front.
Rear new leaf spring suspension with Ford 9inch rear and drum brakes.
Master brake cylinder and booster on the frame, below driver. Inspection (boat) hatch in the floor in front of the driver's seat.
S/s brake lines with braided s/s flexible ends in front. Proportional valve and 2 psi and 10 psi valves.

Wheels and tires:
American Racing TorqThruster II, 14x6 front and 15x8 rear. Tires are Road Huggers 225x14 front and 265x15 rear.

Engine and transmission:
Goodwrench GM crate engine 350cui and 230HP with Edelbrock polished intake, Edelbrock 750cc carburetor, block hugger headers, breaker-less ignition, chrome gas pump, chrome alternator, chrome water pump, chrome A/C compressor. Chrome valve covers and chrome air cleaner. Griffit aluminum radiator with SPAL electric fan.
TH350 automatic transmission with B&M chrome oil cooler. S/s braided hoses for transmission oil and for power steering.
Braided s/s hose from fuel pump to fuel tank. S/s Rock Valley fuel tank.