Because we could!

Some people have asked why in the world would you go to this much trouble to build a 56 Chevy this way when you could have done so much easier. First of all let me say that hotrodding has always been about innovation. Several years ago, while working at the GM concept studio in Los Angeles, Ron Boatman put his first IROC based hotrod together using a low mileage 1988 IROC and a 1953 Ford Sedan Delivery. This car has been proven to be a reliable, good handling, unique street machine. I had the opportunity to buy his second attempt at this, a 1966 Ranchero and 1988 Camaro, and it proved to be as dependable and solid as his first. I purchased another IROC with the intention of finding a 56 Belair to do this conversion. What you see on these pages is the result of that third attempt.