Vehicle Description
Vehicle to be offered for Auction sale June 2nd - 4th, 2017 at
Russo and Steele\'s 5th Annual Newport Beach, California Auction.
Please contact us for more information.\r\n\r\nStarting with a 430
Buick engine from a cast-off project, did machine work keeping the
stock crank but boring the block out to 444 ci. With the plumbing
and breathers, it\'s hard to tell this is a 1967 430 Buick punched
out to 444 ci. Assembled the engine with a Clay Smith cam, H-beam
rods, and JE forged pistons and oil pump-all assembled with ARP
fasteners. The iron heads run TA Performance stock rockers, have
been ported and massaged, and are covered with stock Buick valve
covers modified with breathers. The intake is a TA Performance
aluminum medium-rise manifold crowned with a 750 Holley and purple
anodized billet air cleaners. It also has a TA aluminum water pump
featuring more vanes for more flow. Pulleys are stock Buick dipped
in the chrome vat. Firewall, fender panels, and core support were
all fabbed. The MSD standalone distributor gives ample spark,
confusing onlookers with its location that it\'s a Ford engine.
Paint, polish, chrome, as-cast, anodized-it\'s all under the hood
and undercarriage. The aluminum radiator is by Ron Davis. Ignition
comes from a standalone MSD, with the exhaust running through an
old pair of reworked Blair\'s Speed Shop headers. He also built the
stainless steel exhaust that includes Magnaflow mufflers and
machined both the billet exhaust supports and the tailpipes, too.
Randy\'s Transmission in Anaheim, California, rebuilt the Turbo 400
transmission, mating it to the Buick with an adapter. Power is sent
to the narrowed late-1960s 9-inch Ford rear with 3.25 gears and
stock brakes.\r\n\r\nThe body was basically left alone, but
required some modifications to smooth it out and also tweak it for
clearance with its low stance. The hood vents up front were filled,
with the stock pockets on the sides left alone after removal of the
F1 trim. The door handles have been shaved, and the stake pockets
in the bed have been filled. The chin and tails of the front
fenders have been trimmed about 1-1/2 inches, and the rear fender
tails have been trimmed 2 inches. The rear wheel openings have also
been raised about 1 inch to match the front openings. The stock
grille is painted silver and features frenched headlights. The bed
has inner wheel reliefs, with purple tinted wood slats and
stainless machined runners with reliefs machined into them and a
relief panel for the third member was also fabricated.\r\n\r\nAfter
all of the bodywork was finished, a basecoat of clearcoat black was
laid down and finished off with Dennis Ricklefs pinstriping and
lettering on the tailgate. Ricklefs also pinstriped the rear axle
housing, lower control arms, oil and trans pans, and other
undercarriage components. For the interior James in San Jacinto,
California, created the leather interior that features a modified
dash with carbon-fiber insert, bear-claw door latches, Vintage Air
air conditioning, Specialty power windows, a GM van tilt steering
column, and aluminum panels covered in leather also by James.
American Auto Wire supplied the wiring kit making this F1 and true
masterpiece.
