1949 Chevrolet Other Chevrolet Models

This fully custom 1949 Chevrolet Business Coupe is the proud award winner of the 2001 Don Riddler Award built by Hot Rods & Custom Stuff in Escondido, CA. The vehicle underwent extensive frame-off restoration and extensive modification taking nearly 16 months to complete. Other awards, accolades and magazines to include Yosemite Sam Radoff Sculpture of Excellance, Best Custom, & Outstanding Display 2001 Detroit Autorama, Best in Class & Boyds Pro Pick Goodguys Del Mar, CA, Magazine Cover & centerfold Super Rod April / May 2001, Street Rodder Riddler award winner August 2001, Hot Rodding Rookie of the Year September 2001, & Rod & Customs top 50 December 2003. The vehicle has since spent the past 15 years in a private collection in Texas, showing 2,638 miles since build out. Equipped with LS1 Fuel Injected V8 engine from Street & Performance. Manual 6 speed transmission. Painted in a Viper Red finish. Custom Ron Mangus at Custom Auto Interiors Butterscotch Leather bucket seat interior. Kugel Komponents front independent suspension to include: Power Rack & Pinion, Wilwood calipers, coil-overs, and polished stainless tubular control A-arms. Kugel Komponents rear suspension to include: Jaguar mid section with inboard disc brakes, coil-overs, polished stainless components, and posi-trac 3.50 gears. Dual exhaust with Borla mufflers and custom headers hand-fabricated by Olympic Powder Coating. Ron Davis aluminum radiator with dual electric fans. Vintage Air A/C with Billet Vents. Custom built engine cover with Nickname M-80 graphics by Pete Finlan. Ididit aluminum tilt column with Billet Specialties leather half-wrapped steering wheel. Westach gauge cluster. Custom center console with hidden knob & toggle switches. Painless wiring harness. Fully finished out trunk compartment with custom aluminum Jeff Davis built fuel tank. Halibrand Machined wheels 17x7 front & 18x10 rear. Custom body modifications to include: Chopped top. Lowered front 3 by moving the cowl down. 1 lower in the rear. Lengthened doors 2 / slant B-pillars forward. Flipped rear window upside down & moved it up around 3. Removed radius out of roof by cutting off roof skin, sectioned edges, split down the center from front-to-back & moved apart as needed. Gaps filled. Made quarter windows solid. Built custom floor-pans, firewall, and louvered belly pans. Wedge-sectioned body (4 at front to 0 at rear). Removed rocker panels. Fabricated door to fit car & rebuild inner door structure. One-piece side glass & windshield. Welded center seam of hood & wedge-sectioned hood. Wedge-sectioned deck-lid. Fabricated rear roll pan. Custom taillights recessed in car. Mercedes headlights grafted into fenders. All handles / trim / drip rails removed & slicked. Rear wheel opening modified. Bumpers removed. Cantilever hood hinges. Front wheel opening modified. Custom exhaust side-pipe in quarters. Custom inner fender panels & radiator support. Rear wheel wells tubbed. Call (830) 629-4843 for more information on this 1949 Chevrolet Business Coupe Custom for sale in our inventory. Dont miss out on your chance to own a Riddler Award Winning that rarely hit the open market!!!