
’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio
Owner/Builder
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 TruTrac 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 TruTrac 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
- 22×10-inch front and 24×12-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
BODY & PAINT
- 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