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’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio

Motortopia Staff , 4th October, 2022

  • ’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio
  • ’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio
  • ’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio
  • ’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio
  • ’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio
Owner/Builder

Mr. Gasket/Accel Performance Group

Specs

    ENGINE

    • Shop: The Roadster Shop
    • Chevrolet Performance ZZ502 big-block V-8 crate engine
    • Custom-ground camshaft
    • Accel DFI Thruster engine management and electronic fuel injection system, EFI intake manifold, billet aluminum throttle body, fuel rails, fuel injectors and Extreme 9000 ceramic boot spark plug wires
    • Mallory Max-Fire distributor
    • Mr. Gasket PCV, oil cap and water neck
    • Hayes heavy-duty flexplate
    • Sanderson headers
    • 3-inch stainless steel exhaust system with Flowmaster mufflers
    • Ron Davis custom aluminum radiator
    • SPAL electric fans
    • Billet Specialties Tru-Trac serpentine kit
    • Finned valve covers and air cleaner
    • TCI 4L85E transmission
    • Strange Engineering Ford 9-inch rear axle assembly with 3:90:1 ratio and Detroit Tru-Trac differential

    SUSPENSION

    • Shop: The Roadster Shop
    • The Roadster Shop Fast Track custom chassis
    • The Roadster Shop Fast Track IFS with Corvette C6 spindles, tubular upper and lower control arms, power steering and NASCAR-style splined sway bar
    • The Roadster Shop four-bar rear suspension with panhard bar
    • Penske Racing coil-over shocks
    • Baer Brakes Roadster Shop Edition 14-inch, six-piston Pro+ front and rear disc         brake kit
    • Wilwood brake master cylinder

    WHEELS & TIRES

    • 22 x 10-inch front and 24 x12-inch rear Billet Specialties SLC62 wheels with painted centers in a custom silver
    • 295/30R22 front and 305/35R24 rear Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires

    BODY & PAINT

    • Shop: The Roadster Shop/Charley Hutton of Charley Hutton’s Color Studio
    • Custom-mixed PPG Mr. Gasket Green and Volkswagen Harvest Moon Beige on the roof
    • Custom-fabricated split grille with 1967 C-10 headlight buckets and water jet-cut insert
    • Modified hood/fender opening
    • Eliminated fender to cowl panel seams
    • Custom inner fenders and radiator close-out panel
    • Smoothed firewall
    • Ringbrothers Chevelle hood hinges modified and adapted Roadster Shop
    • Shaved, sectioned, narrowed, reshaped and flush-mounted front and rear bumpers painted in custom silver
    • Shaved door handles, fuel door, side mirrors, front turn signals and antenna
    • One-piece door glass and side glass flush mounted along with all other windows
    • Stretched and reshaped rear wheel opening
    • Fuel filler mounted behind taillight
    • Hand-built roof rack
    • Ron Jon vintage-style balsa wood surfboards

    INTERIOR

    • Shop: The Roadster Shop/Vos Upholstery & Custom Auto Trim
    • Dash was split and reshaped to have dual hump
    • Reworked original gauge cluster
    • Hand-built teak floors and inserts
    • Custom aluminum center console
    • Leather upholstery
    • 1961 Impala front bucket seats
    • Custom-built rear bench seat
    • Modified 1940 Ford steering wheel
    • ididit steering column
    • Hand-carved tiki shift knob
    • Vintage Air climate control system
    • Kicker stereo system
    • American Autowire wiring harness

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