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1965 Chevy Suburban

Motortopia Staff , 23rd November, 2022

  • 1965 Chevy Suburban
  • 1965 Chevy Suburban
  • 1965 Chevy Suburban
  • 1965 Chevy Suburban
  • 1965 Chevy Suburban
Owner/Builder

Rene Hagen

Specs

    BUILDER

    • Scott’s Hot Rods Oxnard, California

    ENGINE

    • 1974 Chevrolet cast iron big-block machined to 468 ci
    • Shop: Adams Machine Shop Lancaster, CA
    • Assembled by Bill Arthur
    • GM 454 BB cast iron ported and polished cylinder heads
    • Custom-polished aluminum valve covers
    • KB pistons
    • GM steel crankshaft
    • Comp Cams camshaft
    • GM intake and exhaust valves
    • GM valve springs
    • Crawler roller rockers
    • GM hydraulic lifters
    • GM push rods
    • Edelbrock aluminum water pump
    • Be Cool radiator
    • SPAL dual cooling fans
    • Scott’s Hotrods engine mounts
    • Edelbrock intake manifold
    • Holley 750-cfm carb
    • K&N air cleaner
    • Vintage Air FrontRunner serpentine kit
    • American Autowire harness
    • Scott’s Hotrods custom, ceramic- coated headers
    • Flow master 3-inch mandrel- bent, stainless steel exhaust with Flowmaster muffler
    • Optima battery
    • Scott’s Hot Rods 18-gallon aluminum fuel tank

    TRANSMISSION

    • Manufacturer: Bowtie Overdrives Hesperia, CA
    • GM 1992 765R4 four-speed automatic
    • PDQ stall, 2,400 rpm torque converter
    • Lokar shifter Coast Driveline driveshaft

    FRAME

    • Rear frame rails step-notched, boxed, holes filled and smoothed

    SUSPENSION

    • Shop: Scott’s Hotrods Oxnard, CA
    • Front: Scott’s Hotrods front bolt-in cross member with Super Slam RideTech Firestone ’bags IFS bolt-in
    • Scott’s Hotrods control arms
    • Wilwood Pro 2-inch dropped spindles
    • RideTech Firestone pneumatic ’bags
    • Scott’s Hotrods power steering rack
    • Rear: Scott’s Hotrods 4-bar and pan hard with pneumatic Ride Tech Firestone ’bags
    • Ford 9-inch narrowed rearend housing with 31-spline axles, 3.70 gears with posi-unit

    PAINT

    • Shop: Palmers Custom Paint Moorpark, CA
    • Painter: Alan Palmer
    • AXALTA DuPont Macadamia Metallic Brown (custom mix) and AXALTA DuPont Chrysler Stone White roof
    • Pinstriping by Bob Coslett

    WHEELS

    • Front: Hot Rods By Boyd, brushed aluminum, one-off 20x8.5
    • Rear: Hot Rods By Boyd, brushed aluminum, one-off 20x12

    TIRES

    • Front: Pirelli PZero 245/35ZR-20
    • Rear: Pirelli PZero 305/35ZR-20

    BODY

    • Shop: Scott’s Hotrods Oxnard, CA
    • Justin, Brycen, Kody, Dennis, Severy, Jerry, Tyler, Kyle, Andy and Alan
    • Chopped 2 ½ inches, C-pillars and drip rail removed
    • Rounded upper door corners
    • Sectioned 1 ¼-inch from beltline
    • GM factory hood
    • Pacific Coast Powder Coating media blasting
    • GM factory grille and insert
    • Halogen headlights
    • Dakota Digital LED taillights with stock lenses
    • LMC front bumper with bolts shaved, chromed by Sherm’s Plating
    • Scott’s Hotrods rear bumper custom molded to body
    • Kindig It Designs smooth door handles
    • RideTech gas filler
    • Auto City glass

    BRAKES

    • Wilwood 14-inch front rotors, six- piston calipers
    • Wilwood 13-inch rear rotors, four- piston calipers
    • Wilwood master cylinder combo with 1-inch bore

    INTERIOR

    • Shop: Mangus Hot Rods Interior Rialto, CA
    • Four Glide bucket seat frames with Mangus custom foam and perimeter bolsters
    • Mangus custom Terracotta Tan leather suede and Alcantara leather center console
    • Dynamat sound deadener
    • Mangus square wave brown/tan carpet
    • Custom tan leather headliner
    • Alcantara Brown and Terracotta Tan leather door and side panels
    • Clayton Machine Works billet aluminum door handles
    • Scott’s Hotrods custom matte brown dash
    • Classic Instruments white face gauges
    • ididit tilt steering column painted body color
    • Colorado Customs 14-inch, classic two-tone leather ½-wrap steering wheel

    AUDIO

    • Shops: Scott’s Hotrods and Mangus Hot Rods Interior
    • Alpine head unit, amps and speakers
    • Fosgate wiring
    • Optima battery

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