Displacement: Chevrolet V8. Summit Racing Equipment Engine Shop 350 c.i.d. High Output, splayed 4 bolt, small block. 353 h.p., 389 lbs. /ft torque. CNC block, bored .040 over. Modifications: Engine Shop Stage One connecting rods. TRW forged pistons with Engine Shop engineered dual quench, molly rings. Summit true Roller timing chain. Clevite main, rod, and cam bearings. Fel-Pro engine gasket set. Engine Shop high pressure oil pump assembly. 1600 thermostat. Hays 168 tooth flex-plate. Ported GM 305 cast iron cylinder heads. 66 cc. combustion chambers. TRW 1.94 intake/1.6 exhaust Stainless steel valves. 1.5 ratio rocker arms. New valve springs, locks, and valve guides. Crane camshaft (2780 intake/exhaust duration, .467 intake/.494 exhaust lift). Cam is degreed in. Mallory magnetic breakerless distributer, Mallory chrome coil. Sears Group 42 Die Hard battery. Polished aluminum Edelbrock Performer RPM dual plane intake. Edelbrock 600 cfm. non-EGR, electric choke, 4 barrel carburetor. Holley electric fuel pump. Sanderson Lime Fire Headers. HPC coated. Mickey Lauria machined caps and muffler inserts. Corvette finned aluminum valve covers. Brizio carburetor scoop with machined support by Don Ault. Springfield Street Rod finned aluminum oil pan. Summit Racing chrome dipstick. Chrome water pump, alternator, starter, and dust pan.
Brizio scoop
DRIVETRAIN:
Transmission: GM 350 TH. B&M shift kit. 12 inch (2400 RPM) stall converter. Lokar kickdown and flexible dip stick. Polished finned aluminum tranny pan. Rearend: Ford 8 inch. 4.11 posi. Total Performance drive shaft mounted emergency brake kit.
CHASSIS:
Frame: Total Performance box tube TP23T1803. Front Suspension: Chassis Engineering chromed and drilled I-Beam axle. Chrome Posies Superslide spring. Chrome Pete & Jake’s shocks. Chrome Super Bell steering arm. Chrome radius rods, drag link, and tie rod. Stainless steel king pins. Rear Suspension: All American coil-overs. Chrome radius rods. Watt linkage. Steering: Reversed Corvair. Bell limited production, 3 spoke nostalgia steering wheel. Wheels, Front/Rear: Halibrand Spindle Mount, 15x4&1/2, polished both sides/ Halibrand Sprint, 15x12, polished outside. Machined hubcaps by Mickey Lauria. Tires, Front/Rear: 1.35SR15 Michelin/31X16.50-15LT Tires International, Mickey Thompson tubes. Brakes, Front/Rear: Wilwood Racing polished calipers, single piston disc/stock Ford.
BODY:
Model: Ford T Roadster Pick-up, 1923. Modifications: Total Performance fiberglass body. Shortened bed. Lexan firewall. Ten inch Performer windshield. Wescott Pro Street 1932 grill shell, 4 inch chop, Dales Stainless steel grill. Walker pro-street radiator. Moon Equipment 1 gallon overflow tank with mount by Don Ault. Vintique King Bee headlights, 1939 Ford tail lights, blue dot lenses. Simpson parachute. Stainless steel machined push bar by Don Ault. Paint: Sikkens. Purple Metallic, 2 stage by Chuck Smith, Ray’s Auto/Body, Vienna, Va. Blue, white, and silver pinstripes.
INTERIOR:
Total Performance Diamond Tuck, white sierra. Classic Instrument’s Moon Equipment gauges, electronic speedometer and tachometer. Gennie Shifter w/neutral safety switch. Hand carved shift knob by Norm Grabowski. Chrome emergency brake handle. Simpson seatbelts.
Grabowski Gear Shift Knob
AWARDS HISTORY
PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCES:
Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum Feature, Jan. 24 to April 27, 2014. Total Performance Inc. Catalog, 2004 Pg. 48.
Total Performance Inc., 30th Annual Catalog, 2002, Pg. 69.
Total Performance Inc., 25th Annual Catalog, 1997, Pgs. 2 and 73.
NSRA Nationals East Total Performance Display Car, June 1996.
ISCA CLASS WINS:
1999 Autorama 99 Super Show 34, Ottawa, Canada
1999 Washington D.C. World of Wheels, Chantilly, Va.
COMPETITIVE RECORD:
5 ISCA awards.
16 Total awards.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
Invited Indoor Participant, Jalopyrama 13, Westminster, MD, October 15, 2016 AACA Billboard Advertisement, Rt. 422, Hersey, PA., Winter 2014. Your Guide to Chocolate Town USA, Hersey, PA., Winter 2014 rear cover. Invited Indoor Participant, Jalopyrama 11, Annapolis, MD, October 25, 2014 AAA World Magazine, Jan/Feb 2014, pg. 6. Cruisin’ Times Magazine, Jan 2014, pg. 21. Official AACA Museum Pocket Guide, Summer/Fall 2013. Custom Classic Trucks, January 2010, pg. 35. All-Truck Nationals Invitational Feature Vehicle, Carlisle, Pa., August, 2009. Goodguys Goodtimes Gazette, August 2005, cover.
Show Stopper Magazine, Summer Issue,1999, pg. 21.
Best Street Engine Autorama 99 Super Show 34, Ottawa, Canada.
Street Rodder Magazine, June issue 1997, pg. 40.
CARICATURE AS ARTWORK
Cruising, April/May, 2014, Vol. 25 No. 1, pg12. Official AACA Show Shirt, January 24 to April 27, 2014. AACA Billboard Advertisement, Rt. 422, Hersey, PA., Winter 2014. Your Guide to Chocolate Town USA, Hersey, PA., Winter 2014 rear cover. AAA World Magazine, Jan/Feb 2014, pg. 6. Cruisin’ Times Magazine, Jan 2014, pg. 21. Car Show & Cruise Guide, Dec/Jan 2014, pg. 21. Official AACA Museum Flyer, Fall 2013. Official AACA Museum Pocket Guide, Winter 2014.
