10th Gear. . .
This car belongs to the brother of Nils. His name is Grijlenslorb and he is currently working on restoring, no wait, wrong word. . .he is customizing a 1955 Chevrolet, "The Best 55 Ever" as it has been termed. This car will be far from stock after it is finished.
As you can see the body has been completely reworked.
And the body mounted on a custom performance frame.
Brakes? Who needs those? Brakes are for the faint of heart.
Hey look it's a fender!
Some other details.
The interior.
Just a couple of horsepower for the drivetrain. In the form of an all-aluminum model LS-7, 427 cubic-inch (7.0 liter) GM powerplant pushing about 505 horsepower at 6300 r.p.m.
That's Grij on the right. Hey Grij? On second thought, maybe those brakes aren't such a bad idea after all.
Being an ex heavy-line mechanic my mouth waters at the site of big block sitting on an engine stand or pallet like the one I'm looking at in your pics Toast.
I always swore by the small block until I had a 67 SS Camaro with a 396ci come into one of the shops I worked in. After an R&R and a couple of road tests down Harbor Blvd. here in San Pedro I instantly became a believer in the Rat.
What a fucking stump puller that damn thing was. I always thought big blocks were only good for boats until I actually drove a small chasis car with one. This was a stock factory 396 too. BTW, it ain't the horsepower in a big block that counts. It's the TORQUE the damn things put to the rear wheels.
Man, this makes me want to turn a wrench.
My friend in high school had a perfectly restored 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby Cobra Fastback complete with the 427 c.i. Cobra Jet engine. You talk about a fucking monster. Simply hearing that engine growl was enough to make anyone drink a gallon of gasoline just for the hell of it.
Give me an old Dodge Dart or Super Bee, Chevrolet Chevelle or Plymouth Road Runner any day. A big, heavy gas guzzler with enough torque to leave your colon behind during acceleration is where it's at for me!
And one more thing about all those old cars. . .you could actually work on the fucking things. Engine, carburetor, radiator. What more do you need?
Please tell me there's a caliper for that front disc somewhere. And is that a mid-sixties galaxy in the background?
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