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This car was purchased in 1998 after sitting in a garage for about 13 years. There is minor body rust, some floor pans had been replaced. It was originally a rangoon red 2 bbl 289, 3 speed car. It had a 4 speed, 4bbl and poppy red paint when we got it. The problem was 3 speeds came with very high rear gear, in this case a 2.8 to 1 in an 8” rear end. The color is now a 2 stage Dark Shadow gray metallic.
Modifications:
Powerplant: 347, Trick Flow
Track Heat heads, custom grind solid lifter cam, Holley 750, Kooks full length headers, full MSD 2
stage setup, custom 3” side exit exhaust, 2 core aluminum radiator w/
vintage air electric fan.
Transmission: 4
speed toploader with a Hurst V gate inline shifter Body: The color used to be poppy red, but it is now a 2 stage dark shadow gray mettalic with a cowl hood and some hood pins for insurance. Interior:
New carpet, painted panels, new door panels and weather striping, redone
fold down rear seat. Suspension:
lower 1” in the front, poly bushings, Boss leafs, Comp. Engineering traction bars and adjustable shocks in front, KYB shocks in the rear. Rear end: Nodular center with a 4.11 spool, Daytona support in a Currie 9” with 31 spline Currie axles. The wheels are 15"x3.5" Welds Draglites in the front, and 15" x 8" Weld Draglites in the back with 26"x10.5" ET Streets Misc:
6 point roll bar by Dan Page racecars. Racing seats, 5 pt harnesses. Front disc brake conversion. Oil pressure, water temp, voltage gauges and a memory tach. Detatchable steering wheel.
Hurst
roll control, electric water pump and fan.
Best ET/MPH: 11.78 @ 115.74 MPH Best 60 ft. time: 1.665 sec. In progress…
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