1966 SS Chevelle, real 138 VIN car. Same owner since 1992, purchased from original owner. Current owner completed a body off frame restoration in 2009, and car has only been driven to local car shows since then, accumulating less than 1000 miles on current restoration.
Engine is a 496 cubic inch big block,built from a virgin 4-bolt main 454 block by a professional engine building shop. It has a SCAT 4340 forged crankshaft, Manley H-beam forged rods, SRP forged pistons with Total Seal rings. Main and rod bearings are King Allecular, the engine was meticulously blueprinted and balanced, and has a Fluiddamper harmonic balancer. Compression ratio is 10 to 1, allowing pump premium 92 octane to run just fine. It has a Milodon 7-quart oil pan, and a Milodon Diamond Stripper windage screen, a Pro Series Moroso oil pump, and a Tilton SuperStarter. The valvetrain is Competition Cams, using a street mechanical roller XR280R cam, Endurex lifters, HiTech custom pushrods, Comp Cams valve springs and titanium retainers, and Crane Gold 1.72 ratio roller rocker arms. Heads are Edelbrock Performer RPM XT, intake manifold is port-matched to the heads, and is a electro-plated Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap. Carburetor is a custom built Holley by Sean Murphy Industries (SMI), custom jetted and prepped for this engine, with 50cc accelerator pumps and Dominator float bowls. A Ron Francis 3319 Nascar radiator is installed with a Stewart water pump, and a custom aluminum shroud and clutch fan. A Performance Distributors 140 amp polished alternator is used. ARP 2000 fasteners are used throughout the engine.
Ignition is by a custom Performance Distributor HEI unit with a calibrated advance curve for this engine and a 50,000 volt coil. A MSD Digital 6 Plus ignition box adds to the spark, and has a built in adjustable rev limiter, MSD plug wires and billet plug wire holders are used.
The transmission is a D&D Performance Tremec Super Magnum 6-speed, with carbon fiber synchros, high nickel gears and steel shift forks. A McLeod RST Street Twin flywheel, twin clutch discs is used, inside a Lakewood steel bellhousing. Transmission sixth gear is 0.50 to 1 overdrive, and the rear end is a custom built 9" positraction, with 31 spline Moser SuperStock axles. The driveshaft was custom built by Mastershaft, out of 4" chrome moly, with 1350 U-joints. The rear end is anchored by Metco upper adjustable and lower billet control arms, ensuring traction is applied with no wheelhop.
All suspension components are new, purchased from PST.....tie rod and ends, front sway bar, coil springs and KYB gas shocks, all body to frame bushings, and A-Arm bushings are all new PST items. Front spindles are new as well. Steering box is a new CPP quick ratio product, brakes are four-wheel disc brakes from CPP, although the booster needs to be replaced.
A Ron Francis complete wiring harness was installed, with every piece of wiring new front to back. All lights, turn signals, etc are new LED Ron Francis items as well. A new Custom Autosound stereo and speakers is installed. The entire interior is an OPGI package. The dash was removed and filled with all new OPGI gauges and Ron Francis switches. The original speedometer was retained and recalubrated and works correctly and accurately. Vintage AC and heat is installed, and operated by three rotary switches installed in the dash.The only interior item not yet completed is headliner installation, and I have a new headliner and metal bows from OPGI.
Exhaust is by Jet Hot coated Hooker Competition headers, a complete Torque Tech 3" dual exhaust with an X-pipe, and Magnaflow stainless mufflers.
The body was bead blasted to bare metal, all blemishes removed, and sprayed with PPG epoxy primer, then with PPG Midnight Black and PPG clearcoat. Rear wheels are 15"x10" American Torque Thrust D and fronts are 15"x7" American Torque Thrust D.... all four with billet "SS" center caps.
A new OPGI gas tank is installed with a -10 teflon lined braided stainless fuel line from the tank to the 150 gph Keith Dorton fuel pump.
I built this car to keep, to pass along to my son, but I am being forced to part with it due to my wife's illness. She has Alzheimer's and will require full time assisted living within the next year. In Arizona this is quite expensive. I am also now 75, and can't tinker on it like I want to due to physical limitations.
The car is very solid, no squeaks nor rattles. It is comfortable cruising to car shows, but is very powerful, and it takes an experienced driver to appreciate it.
Please, seriously interested parties only....no tire kickers, no free rides.
