1970 Chevelle. Best Of The Best! Pro Touring Custom. High-end Custom Show Car on 2040-cars
Fairbury, Illinois, United States
This is a High-End custom show car that was just finished July 11th. It has a ton of One-Off pieces and a full custom interior. The paint is PPGs Vibrance candy pearl Sunburst Yellow with PPGs Ditzler Hot Rod Black satin trim. The hood has custom one off fabricated aluminum vent inserts in the sides of the cowl scoop with stainless mesh behind it. The rear spoiler is a custom one off aluminum piece that I designed to flow with the car. The rear bumper has a one off two piece aluminum insert designed to mimic the original rubber insert only more aggressive with stainless button head fasteners around the perimeter. The panel below the rear bumper has been molded into the body and the rear marker lights have been shaved to clean up the exterior. The rear taillights are sequential LED units. the outer door handles are Ring Brothers custom black anodized two tone black with stainless bolts running down them. The door locks have been shaved and electrics have been installed. The emblems are custom machined in the same two tones of black. all the external trim is satin black. The grill is a one off custom fabricated aluminum piece with polished stainless mesh behind it. The front marker/turn signals are LED also. The headlights are blackened HID units. The Wheels are Intro 22" rear with 285 tires, and the front are 19" with 245 tires, and they have polished backs as wells. The rear brakes are custom 14" rotors with Wilwood polished 4 piston calipers and the fronts are 12.19" rotors with polished 4 piston calipers. It has a Wilwood polished big bore master cylinder and a Hydratech Hydraulic brake booster for consistent braking at all RPMs. The rear end is a Currie 9" with a Tru Trac and Hotchkis rear springs/shocks/and sway bar and a 3.50 gear. The fuel tank is a Ricks Stainless. The fuel pump is a Holley 125HP with the matching aluminum fuel filter inline. The rear spring and shock mount have ben raised 3" to set the rake on the car. The rear control arms and Billet aluminum with billet adjustable uppers. The drive shaft is a heavy duty with heavy duty u-joints and u-joint girdles on the rear end. The entire frame has been smoothed and the welds taken out and paint Ferrari metallic black with PPGs new satin clearcoat system. The front has tubular upper and lower control arms with Heidts drop spindles with the raised upper ball joint to improve caster. The front has Hotchkis springs/sway bar/ shocks and billet tie rod adjusters. The power steering box is a variable ratio AGR billet unit. The radiator is a BeCool module unit with the twin electric fans. The engine compartment, smooth firewall, and entire underside of the floor has been painted the Vibrance candy pearl sunburst yellow with satin black 3" Flowmaster exhaust system. The tailpipes have custom one off internal tips out of aluminum with polished edges. The transmission is a Super T-10 4 speed with a Hurst Competition plus shifter with custom Ring Brothers shifter. The clutch is a RAM high performance unit rated at 650hp. It has a Lakewood Scattershield. The engine is a fully ported and polished heads with new valves and springs and Harlan Sharpe roller rockers. The valve covers and air cleaner are Billet Specialties. It has a Pete Jackson noisy gear drive and an Isky cam. The rods also have been polished and the rotating assembly has been balanced. It has 10.6 to 1 compression with the forged pistons. The intake is a Weiand Team G and carb is a Holley 850 HP double pumper with a braided throttle cable. It dynoed at right at 600hp. The interior and trunk is fully custom with suede inserts and stainless button heads throughout. The dash is custom with a Dakota Digital gauge unit that glows red, a Billet Specialties steering wheel, Clayton Machine Works custom cut out clutch/brake/ gas pedals. It has a high end Pioneer stereo with Sirius satellite radio, Infinity speakers throughout, and an Alpine hidden subwoofer and Alpine monoblock amp.The carpet is custom Mercedes and the headliner is a custom one piece embossed suede. The dash has a Vintage air control panel and Vintage air heat/cool factory fit unit installed but the compressor is not on the engine. The console is a custom one off fabricated piece wrapped with suede inserts. It has power windows with tinted glass. The rear package tray is a one off 3 dimensional piece with custom stainless mesh speaker holes as well as the door cards. The exterior mirror is also a custom fabricated piece. This is a high end custom show car that is fully detailed top to bottom. No bolt has been left unturned and everything was built to make the car as strong as possible and still be show and go. Feel free to ask any questions. This car was just completed July 11th, so it is fresh and ready to be shown or driven.
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