Tour Dates and Cities June 6 – Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin June 7 – Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois June 8 – Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois (St. Louis) June 9 – Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, Tennessee June 10 – Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover / Birmingham, Alabama June 11 - Centennial Plaza, Gulfport, MS June 12 – Lamar Dixon Expo Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana more info from Hot Rod Network > |
The SAM '57 Chevy Build Team has worked for 2 months to build a resto-mod '57 Chevy Bel Air for the 2015 Hot Rod Power Tour. Check the tour dates above as the team left Texas to begin their tour nearly 3,000 mile journey in Wisconsin on June 7th and will conclude their journey on June 12th in Louisiana. More information, media and updates can be found at their SAM Racing facebook page.
This 1957 Chevy Bel Air, owned by Judson Massingill (who is the owner of The School of Automotive Machinists right here in Houston), has been sitting for 15 years. A previous school team had attempted to build this car and did not pull through. This year, with a strong team and not a lot of time (two months to be exact), this car has been completely transformed.
Tasco Auto Color/Landmark Marketing Company's own Jackie Perry was a key contributor in the 57 Chevy Build. Jackie (JAX Art & Design) helped with everything but the main things she did in her spare time was the production photography, designing the paint/color scheme, laying out the flames, designing vinyl layouts, setting up files for Redline and installing the vinyl.
Going with an old school hot rod look, the team decided to leave the car in primer and lay flat black flames over it.
Tasco Auto Color donated high end products including PPG Hot Rod Black, PPG JP285 Urethane Surfacer (primer), PPG DCC9300 Acrylic Urethane, PPG DCX61 High Solids Hardener, Evercoat Rage Extreme lightweight body filler, 3M 1/8” vinyl fine line tape, 1 1/2” and 3/4” 3M masking tape, roll of masking paper, a SATA spray gun rebuild kit, 34 oz DeVilbiss spray gun cup liners, pack of 1/8” and 1/2” spot weld drill bits.
Plenty of hours went into bodywork and sanding. Much of the 19-20 hour days went into this car, all the way til the end. The team had a strict deadline to make — the morning of June 4th.
Meet the Students of the School of Automotive Machinists - The ’57 Bel Air that Wouldn’t Have Been - theblock.com
Welcome to Power Tour 2015 - Hot Rod Network
The SAM 1957 Long Hauler - MSN, Hot Rod Magazine
SAM Racing Students Took This '57 From Heap to Pro Tourer in 8 Weeks - LSXtv
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