Vehicle Description
This fully custom 1949 Chevrolet Business Coupe is the proud award
winner of the 2001 Don Riddler Award built by Hot Rods & Custom
Stuff in Escondido, CA. The vehicle underwent extensive frame-off
restoration and extensive modification taking nearly 16 months to
complete. Other awards, accolades and magazines to include
"Yosemite Sam Radoff Sculpture of Excellance", "Best Custom", &
"Outstanding Display" 2001 Detroit Autorama, "Best in Class" &
"Boyd's Pro Pick" Goodguys Del Mar, CA, Magazine Cover & centerfold
"Super Rod" April / May 2001, "Street Rodder" Riddler award winner
August 2001, "Hot Rodding" Rookie of the Year September 2001, &
"Rod & Customs" top 50 December 2003. The vehicle has since spent
the past 15 years in a private collection in Texas, showing 2,638
miles since build out.
Equipped with LS1 Fuel Injected V8 engine from Street &
Performance. Manual 6 speed transmission. Painted in a Viper Red
finish. Custom Ron Mangus at Custom Auto Interiors Butterscotch
Leather bucket seat interior. Kugel Komponents front independent
suspension to include: Power Rack & Pinion, Wilwood calipers,
coil-overs, and polished stainless tubular control A-arms. Kugel
Komponents rear suspension to include: Jaguar mid section with
inboard disc brakes, coil-overs, polished stainless components, and
posi-trac 3.50 gears. Dual exhaust with Borla mufflers and custom
headers hand-fabricated by Olympic Powder Coating. Ron Davis
aluminum radiator with dual electric fans. Vintage Air A/C with
Billet Vents. Custom built engine cover with Nickname M-80 graphics
by Pete Finlan. Ididit aluminum tilt column with Billet Specialties
leather half-wrapped steering wheel. Westach gauge cluster. Custom
center console with hidden knob & toggle switches. Painless wiring
harness. Fully finished out trunk compartment with custom aluminum
Jeff Davis built fuel tank. Halibrand Machined wheels 17x7 front &
18x10 rear.
Custom body modifications to include:
Chopped top. Lowered front 3" by moving the cowl down. 1" lower in
the rear.
Lengthened doors 2" / slant B-pillars forward.
Flipped rear window upside down & moved it up around 3".
Removed radius out of roof by cutting off roof skin, sectioned
edges, split down the center from front-to-back & moved apart as
needed. Gaps filled.
Made quarter windows solid.
Built custom floor-pans, firewall, and louvered belly pans.
Wedge-sectioned body (4" at front to 0" at rear).
Removed rocker panels.
Fabricated door to fit car & rebuild inner door structure.
One-piece side glass & windshield.
Welded center seam of hood & wedge-sectioned hood.
Wedge-sectioned deck-lid.
Fabricated rear roll pan.
Custom taillights recessed in car.
Mercedes headlights grafted into fenders.
All handles / trim / drip rails removed & slicked.
Rear wheel opening modified.
Bumpers removed.
Cantilever hood hinges.
Front wheel opening modified.
Custom exhaust side-pipe in quarters.
Custom inner fender panels & radiator support.
Rear wheel wells tubbed.
Call (830) 629-4843 for more information on this 1949 Chevrolet
Business Coupe Custom for sale in our inventory. Don't miss out on
your chance to own a Riddler Award Winning that rarely hit the open
market!!!
