{"id":5922,"date":"2009-10-29T23:14:53","date_gmt":"2009-10-30T06:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=5922"},"modified":"2013-03-03T11:29:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T18:29:33","slug":"beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful &#8217;55 Chevy &#8220;Hot Rods by Dean&#8221; at World Finals 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbeautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2FWorld-Finals-2009-801-400x265.jpg&amp;description=Beautiful+%E2%80%9955+Chevy+%E2%80%9CHot+Rods+by+Dean%E2%80%9D+at+World+Finals+2009\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[5922]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Beautiful \u201955 Chevy \u201cHot Rods by Dean\u201d at World Finals 2009\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Beautiful \u201955 Chevy \u201cHot Rods by Dean\u201d at World Finals 2009&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\" data-text=\"Beautiful \u201955 Chevy \u201cHot Rods by Dean\u201d at World Finals 2009\" data-desc=\"Bonneville Salt Flats World Finals Pictures I took a couple hundred pics at World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats a few weeks back.\u00a0 I thought I should start sharing some of my favorites. This 1955 Chevy Bel Air Post built by Hot Rods by Dean was absolutely gorgeous.\u00a0 I don't know squat about\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801-400x265.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h3>Bonneville Salt Flats World Finals Pictures<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5922]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5924\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Hot Rods by Dean 1955 Chevy at World Finals 2009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Rods by Dean 1955 Chevy at World Finals 2009\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-801.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>I took a couple hundred pics at World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats a few weeks back.\u00a0 I thought I should start sharing some of my favorites.<\/p>\n<p>This 1955 Chevy Bel Air Post built by <a title=\"Hot Rods by Dean website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hotrodsbydean.com\/#\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Rods by Dean<\/a> was absolutely gorgeous.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know squat about the car.\u00a0 It runs in the B\/CGC (B engine size is 373 cu in to 439 cu in, and is a competition gas coupe) class.\u00a0 I dig the yellow interior too.\u00a0 It gives the cockpit some pop.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-83.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5922]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5927\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Great two tone paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-83-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"Great two tone paint\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-83-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-83-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-83-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-83.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The first thing that\u00a0grabbed me is that two-tone paint.\u00a0 Cream and grey is not the usual color combo for a hot rod, but it works perfectly.\u00a0 \u00a0The paint is a smooth, matte or flat finish, it goes nice with those moondiscs.<\/p>\n<p>The car is run by Sidney Allen and ran a 172 MPH in the first Mile.\u00a0 Then on Friday it\u00a0actually spun, according to the Results page on <a title=\"SCTA Results page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scta-bni.org\/Bonneville\/World%20Finals%2009\/results.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">SCTA-BNI.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-81.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5922]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5925\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Crazy reflection in this emaculate chrome bumper\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-81-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"Crazy reflection in this emaculate chrome bumper\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-81-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-81-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-81-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-81.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out this cool reflection in the crazy chrome bumper.\u00a0 The bumper was the second part of this Chevy that caught my attention.\u00a0 This car oozes CLEAN.\u00a0 Hot Rods by Dean does sneak in some racecar design.\u00a0 Check out the front airdam, the moondiscs, and that roll cage!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-82.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5922]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5931\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Yellow cockpit\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-82-400x265.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow cockpit\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-82-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-82-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-82-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-82.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Check out that yellow dash and roll cage.\u00a0 An unusual color choice, but it looks great.\u00a0 I love the classic dash from the 50&#8217;s.\u00a0 Still has the horn ring on the steering wheel.\u00a0 Tons of details on these racecars&#8230;look at that front windshield bracket.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t need windshields flying off at 172MPH when the car in stock trim\u00a0probably didn&#8217;t go 3 digits.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-235.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5922]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5932\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Bomber shot of this 1955 Chevy at the Bonneville Salt Flats\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-235-400x602.jpg\" alt=\"Bomber shot of this 1955 Chevy at the Bonneville Salt Flats\" width=\"400\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-235-400x602.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-235-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-235-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/World-Finals-2009-235.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually hard to get good pics of cars at the Salt Flats.\u00a0 Half the problem is all the light.\u00a0 Lots of sun against a white background.\u00a0 But, when you get it right, it pops.\u00a0 The other problem is its hard to get these cars off on their own.\u00a0 They are either in their pits feverishly wrenching and when they&#8217;re not wrenching, they&#8217;re waiting in line.\u00a0 I was able to grab this picture by cropping out the other cars waiting in line in front and behind him.\u00a0 Man, when you look at the aerodynamics of this &#8220;shoebox&#8221; as they were known, 172 MPH is pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Leave us a comment below and tell us what you think of this ride.<\/p>\n<p>Hechtspeed<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fbeautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Beautiful+%E2%80%9955+Chevy+%E2%80%9CHot+Rods+by+Dean%E2%80%9D+at+World+Finals+2009\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Beautiful \u201955 Chevy \u201cHot Rods by Dean\u201d at World Finals 2009\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Beautiful \u201955 Chevy \u201cHot Rods by Dean\u201d at World Finals 2009&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/beautiful-55-chevy-hot-rods-by-dean-at-world-finals-2009\/\" data-text=\"Beautiful \u201955 Chevy \u201cHot Rods by Dean\u201d at World Finals 2009\" data-desc=\"Bonneville Salt Flats World Finals Pictures I took a couple hundred pics at World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats a few weeks back.\u00a0 I thought I should start sharing some of my favorites. This 1955 Chevy Bel Air Post built by Hot Rods by Dean was absolutely gorgeous.\u00a0 I don't know squat about\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Bonneville Salt Flats World Finals Pictures I took a couple hundred pics at World Finals at the Bonneville Salt Flats a few weeks back.\u00a0 I thought I should start sharing some of my favorites. This 1955 Chevy Bel Air Post built by Hot Rods by Dean was absolutely gorgeous.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know squat about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1814,19],"tags":[1758,2584,2513,967],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22584,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5922\/revisions\/22584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}