Innholdsfortegnelse for Volume 2, Issue 13 - January 2022 i All Chevy Performance

AL NOE’S ’67 CAMARO RS/SS “ My first car was a ’68 Camaro RS/SS. It was red with white stripes,” Al Noe fondly recalls. “I bought it when I was 15 and ‘redid’ it so that when I turned 16 I could have it finished and cruise in style.” With only his learner’s permit his parents reluctantly allowed him to take the car out with some friends who were a bit older and had actual driver’s licenses. “So, off I went to Edgewater dragstrip in Cincinnati,” Al tells. “I raced the car that night and have been hooked ever since. At the time I thought the car was fast, but in reality it was a stone. I think it went high 15s in the quarter-mile! ” “I RACED THE CAR…

It’s not hard to argue the merits of the modern LS engine, especially those that show up in a wooden crate with everything inside needed to make 'em run. Turnkey, reliable powerplants using 21st century technology inside and out, capable of making gobs of power; what’s not to love? They work as advertised, there’s no arguing that, but when compared to their vintage brethren of years gone by, the modern LS engine falls flat. All that wiring, plastic, and drab gray aluminum leaves a lot to be desired in the looks department, especially when said powerplant finds itself between the inner fenders of a classic Chevy muscle car. The guys at LS Classic know this all too well and made it their credo to bring some vintage styling to the…

JIMMY ARNOLD’S FLAWLESS DAY TWO ’67 CHEVELLE The muscle car era is a time that car enthusiasts believe to be the heyday of horsepower. Even though we understand that today’s horsepower and technology surpass anything that Detroit built during the ’60s, we also know that today’s cars lack the visceral feeling you get from a real-deal, old-school muscle car. For Jimmy Arnold of Church Hill, Tennessee, no amount of technology can replace that feeling. He grew up during the tail end of the muscle car era and distinctly remembers his uncle having a ’67 Chevelle with Cragar wheels and popular bolt-on modifications from the era. That car made an impact on his taste in cars, and it led him to own a few Chevelles of his own, including the incredible…

THE 2021 PURE STOCK DRAGS WAS A GLIMPSE OF THE MUSCLE CAR PAST It’s been 27 years since Dan Jensen, Dennis Jensen, Lyndon Hughes, and a few other loyalists banded together to pull vintage muscle cars off the show field and shove them down the dragstrip. The Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race (PSMCDR) quickly grew into a must-attend event for owners and enthusiasts across the U.S. and Canada—a throwback kaleidoscope of color, horsepower, and tire smoke. “The goal from the very beginning was to give owners a place to enjoy their cars the way they were always intended,” Dan Jensen says, who also notes his trio gets about four hours of sleep for the entire month of September, as they and a few volunteers organize and stage the event…

1. FAUX OH NINE Lokar’s new Chevy 409-style intake emulates the look of a classic 409. The LS Classic Series intake kit gives you everything you need to adapt a GM 92mm throttle body and vintage carb-style intake manifold to your LS engine. The intake kit includes a single-plane aluminum intake manifold, billet aluminum fuel rails, black dual-snorkel air cleaner, 4150 carb adapter plate, and all mounting hardware. The system is designed to utilize GM LS3 OEM fuel injectors and GM four-bolt, 92mm, drive-by-wire throttle body (not included) and are compatible with GM and aftermarket ECUs and harnesses that support both drive-by-wire and speed density tuning. For more information, contact Lokar by calling (877) 469-7440 or visit lokar.com. 2. BILLET RESERVOIR Finned aluminum brake fluid reservoirs from Wilwood give your…

INSTALLING DAKOTA DIGITAL’S RTX SERIES INSTRUMENTS IN A ’69 CAMARO Many, many years ago, well before editor Nick Licata got his first skateboard as a kid, one of the additions performance enthusiasts made to their cars was a row of aftermarket gauges hanging below the dashboard. Even though they were often difficult to see mounted near the floor, the general consensus was they were better than factory gauges, which were inaccurate at best and useless at worst. Most factory gauges didn’t react very quickly or have meaningful numbers, making them only slightly better than warning lights that would normally illuminate about the same time some sort of mechanical carnage was taking place. As proof we offer the instruments in our ’69 Chevrolet Camaro. Apparently, when our base Camaro was new,…

TRENT YOUNG’S ’66 CHEVY II It seems the early Chevy Novas are in high demand these days, but the truth is many of them have been in the build process for a number of years. So, there is no denying their popularity, it’s just that they’ve been so for years. Good for us, as we are seeing the lengthy builds of these cool cars finally coming to fruition and hitting the streets. Trent Young is one of those guys who has had his car “under the knife” for about 12 years. But let’s back up a bit–Trent found this ’66 Chevy II Nova in the Omaha World-Herald want ad section way back in 1992. The owner was asking $4,300 and it had some good stuff for the time: a rebuilt…

INSTALLING AN AMERICAN AUTOWIRE HARNESS For most of us the prospect of wiring a car ranks right up there with going to the dentist for a root canal—in both cases a certain amount of worry results from anticipating the uncomfortable procedure about to take place. While we can’t do much about visiting the dentist, we can advise the easy way to wire your pride and joy, and that’s with a wiring system from American Autowire. To install it you don’t have to know any more about electricity than that it’s the stuff that makes the engine run when you turn the key and the lights come on when you pull on the switch. There are a variety of reasons for rewiring an older car, and in many cases time has…

It’s time once again to venture forth into the Bowtie Boneyard. Here, we visited Bernardston Auto Wrecking (413-648-9300) in Bernardston, Massachusetts, where proprietor Dale Hastings runs a quiet but successful operation amid the pine trees and wild bears of the New England forest. Our review was marked by a large number of manual transmission–equipped Chevys, just a few of which are presented here. Manual transmissions increase the connection between driver and car and also generally increase the fun factor. Let’s dig in……

You’ve probably seen Cruzer’s Customs’ work via their recent ’64 Buick Riviera project called “Vanquish.” That car was a beautiful example of classic styling meeting modern performance in the right ratio. This new project looks to continue that theme within the fiberglass shell of a ’64 Corvette. Billet turbine wheels allow for big brake clearance and also tip the hat to period-correct styling. Inside the cockpit will be stockish-appearing upholstery, but the craftsmanship will be brought up to a new level as will the materials. CNC-perforated leather will add a subtle bit of customization to the door panels and seats. Underhood is an LS with backdating accessories to make it look like a Rochester-injected fuelie. The combination of subtle mods add up to a dramatic end result, for sure. @TavisHighlander…

BOB FULTANOS’ ’54 CHEVY GASSER One of the things about age is that it often forces us to reflect back and examine our past. Inevitably, we look at the mistakes and also the successes of life. When it comes to the automotive realm it’s often the one that shouldn’t have been sold, or the one we wanted but couldn’t afford. For Bob Fultano, his car rewind goes back to his teenage years. “I got my first car when I was 15,” he recalls. “It was a ’55 Chevy and over the years I’ve had numerous Chevelles and Novas–all big-block cars.” One taste that he acquired early on was for gassers, to the point that it eventually grew into a bucket list item. Fulfilling that desire came about back in 2019…

INSTALLING VINTAGE AIR ON AN ALL-ORIGINAL ’66 CHEVY II Change is always a little intimidating, especially when something has been unchanged for 55 years. This ’66 Chevy II has spent most of its years in completely original condition and still has its 194ci six-cylinder engine and Powerglide automatic transmission. Typically, a six-cylinder Chevy II would’ve made an easy candidate for a hot rod, but somehow this one survived. While an LS swap would be a simple transition in the modern sense, we’re embracing the original powertrain. We do have plans to upgrade this car in an effort to make it more comfortable and reliable for road trips. The first step in that process is air conditioning, so we called up the folks at Vintage Air for some guidance. Our original…

There are many reasons for replacing a vehicle’s glass. It may be broken, blasted by the elements, making it hard to see through, and, of course, there may be scratches in the windshield that look like wipers ran for months without a rubber blade. Then for project cars like Randi Scudellari’s ’63 Chevy Nova, removing all the glass, associated rubber gaskets, and trim is part of doing a primo paintjob; it’s the best way to refinish all those hard-to-reach areas around the window openings. While all automotive glass looks the same, there are significant differences. Windshields are made of laminated glass, which is constructed by sandwiching a thin layer of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) between two layers of glass. The combination is then heated and pressed together, with the end result…