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BUILD SHEET


ENGINE:
Type: 2005 Blown Alcohol Keith Black Stage 6 aluminum wet block - Chrysler Hemi. Displacement: 526 c.i. Original Bowers 10:73 Blower. Original Hilborn mechanical fuel injection. Output: 3000 hp. Gauges: 3 5/8 10,000 RPM Classic Instruments Tach. 2 1/4 Classics 200 p.s.i. Oil Pressure.

DRIVETRAIN:
Transmission: Direct drive with reverser. Clutch: L&T 7 ½ inch 3 disc slip. One off Lakewood certified (Robertson) clutch can. Rearend: Narrowed Ford 9 inch. Strange 40 spline gun-drilled Pro Race Axles. 11/32 drive studs. 4.56 gears.

CHASSIS:
Frame: Original 1960 Kellison A/D dragster kit, tubular steel. Updated by O.J. Higgins, Clark County Speed, Berryville, Va. Wheel Base: 102 inches. Windup push bar by Don Ault. Steering: SPE with 10X5-1/2 deep dish white Moon steering wheel . Front Suspension: Hand made dropped axle, single bar radius rods. SPE Early Anglia spindles. Wheels, Front/Rear: Polished Radir 12 spoke spindle mount 18X3/Polished Halibrand Sprint 15X10. 4 inch offset. 4.75 bolt pattern. 5/8's brass valve stems. Mickey Thompson tubes. Tires, Front/Rear: 18X3/15X10 Whitewall Slicks. Brakes, Rear: Disc, hand operated, CNC master cylinder. Accessories: Moon 3-1/2 fuel tank. Moon 4 quart puke tank.

BODY:
Model: Hand formed aluminum by O. J. Higgins. Interior - Black rolled and pleated for racing, white rolled and pleated for show by Johnny Longo, Rockville, Md. Hand made pedals. Deist safety harness. Deist chute.


AWARDS HISTORY


COMPETITIVE RECORD:
Top 20, Jalopyrama 6, Annapolis, Md. 10/31, 2009.
Outstanding Show Award, City of Virginia Beach, Wild Wheels Weekend, Va. Beach, Va. 10/3-4, 2009.
Best Old School. Motor Mania, Rochester, N.Y. April 3-5, 2009.
1st, Dragster Class. 29th Annual Custom Car and Hot Rod Show, Ocean City, Md. 3/13-15, 2009.
Top 30, 31st Motorama, Harrisburg, Pa. 2/21-22, 2009.
1st, Comp Class, International Auto Show Case, Syracuse, NY. 4/4-6, 2008.
Top 30, Dulles Plane Pull, Dulles International Airport. 9/8/07.

SPECIAL APPEARANCES:
Website Feature: www.hotrodhotline.com, November, 2009.
All-Chrysler Nationals Invitational Feature Vehicle, Carlisle, Pa., July, 2009.
Nostalgia Little Guy Nationals Feature Vehicle, Virginia Motorsports Park, May 15-17, 2009.
Website Feature: www.hotrodhotline.com, February, 2009.
Magazine Feature: 31st Motorama Races and Shows. Page 16, 2/21-22, 2009.
Magazine Feature: Traditional Rod and Kulture, Issue 13. Pgs. 52-54, Spring 2008.
Website Feature: www.hotrodhotline.com, December, 2006.
East Coast Indoor Nationals Feature Vehicle, Timonium, Md., December 1-3, 2006.

PHOTOS

Show and Go 2. November 06

Almost Ready. September 06

526 Cubic Inch Keith Black Aluminum Block Hemi. June 06

On the ground. December 05

’nother shot - December 05

Show Interior - October 1st 05

Finished Frame. Where do you keep your racecar? October 1st 05

Bodywork. August 05

Fuel, puke tanks - Late June 05

Windshield Mockup -Late June 05

Steering Box, Accelerator - Late June 05

40 Spline Axles - Late June 05

Heads and Blower Manifold - Late June 05

Push Bar - Early June 05

Machinist Don Ault, Builder O.J. Higgins - Early June 05

Engine Mockup - Earl June 05

Frame construction - April 05

Master Cylinder - April 05

A man and his dragster - April 05

April 05. O.J. Higgins

November 04