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between the rails. The Hemi has an Edelbrock ignition system, Hot Heads front cover, a GM HEI prepped by Hot Heads, an Isky cam, a Melling oil pump, and a Bell adapter hooking the Hemi to a T-5 manual gearbox. All that hard work meets the road through 15-inch steelies wearing Towel City Pie Cut wide-whites. The best and worst thing about building an odd rod is that almost no one knows what exactly you did to the car. Tom chopped the top 2 inches, frenched in ’50 Pontiac taillights, molded in the license plate and recessed the firewall. He slipped on Swan mirrors, used
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