Guys, meet Vivian. I’ve owned this car since 1980. She started as as rock-solid body and frame from Arizona. She used to be an old gasser that ran a small block Ford so the firewall was butchered and had to be replaced. Way back when I was able to find a NOS replacement firewall through Hemmings. The car was painted in lacquer in the 90’s and is still very presentable. She was originally built as a cruiser with a stock 350 Chevy and Turbo 350. My brother is also into Hot Rods so the inevitable happened: we kept on escalating our brotherly dick measuring contest by throwing race parts at our cars. Now she’ll turn consistent low 12’s in the quarter with a best of 11.88 at 116 mph on a prepped track. (Yes, I’m faster than my big brother.) I could probably make her faster than 11.50 but that would require a cage which I’m not going to do. Ride along with me on my first nitrous pass of 12.26 at 112mph: Still, she’s a great cruiser and is happy to take us for a ride along the lake or out for ice cream. Granted, she’s a little temperamental when she’s cold but aren’t we all? I even manage to get gas mileage in the teens when cruising in overdrive. As much as I hate to part with her, I’ve got a ’64 Cutlass project in the works and I’d like to start on something else when I’m done with that… my buddy has a ’56 Lincoln Premier that’s in real need of customization. LOL I'm not interested in trades but will entertain offers. Thanks, Gary PM me / text / call 440- five 3 nine - zero 5 zero 2 --------------------------------- Body: 1939 Ford Business Coupe body. 1940 Deluxe fenders, hood, and grille. Hood professionally louvered. Sandblasted, primed, and painted with ’84 Chrysler Graphic Red lacquer. Reproduction stainless by Bob Drake. Original interior reupholstered by Portage Trim, Ravenna, OH. GM tilt steering column. Ron Francis wiring and VDO gauges. Briz aluminum rear bumper. Chassis: Henry’s original frame sandblasted and painted. Chassis Engineering parallel leaf spring rear axle kit. Ford 9” rear by Moser Engineering with 3.89 gears and posi. Cal-Trac traction bars. 4” dropped axle mounted to a Pozie’s Super Slider spring. Speedway Motors four bar front suspension. Vega steering by Flaming River. GM metric front disc brakes with drum rears. Summit Racing Line-Lock. Custom-built chrome reverse by Wheel Vintiques. Drive train: Dart 400 cu in SHP small block. Eagle Specialty Products forged crankshaft and ESP H-Beam rods. Sportsman Racing Products forged pistons. Comp Cams 280XFI HR13 XTREME Fuel Injection XFI™ hydraulic roller using 1.6 rockers. Airflow Research 180cc heads. Weiand 177 Pro Street supercharger. Holley 850 CFM boost reference blower carburetor. Edelbrock Performer nitrous plate system. Set up for 50 hp but can run up to 150 hp. MSD Boost Timing Controller and Nitrous window switch. Ceramic coated fenderwell headers. Gearstar 200-R4 Transmission and 3K stall converter.
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