MOBILE
EAST
aluminum heads, big cam, and it’s hiding a JEGS EFI underneath a rather sedate Caddy air cleaner for an engine making 450hp. The 700R4 was beefed up and a higher stall converter was installed. All that power is delivered to gray steelies with ’40 Ford caps wrapped in Coker wide-white radial rubber. The fully red leather interior features VDO gauges, tilt column, Vintage Air AC/heat/defrost, bucket seats, a
backup camera, and a Bluetooth JVC radio with Rockford Fosgate amps and speakers. Alex and Bill redid the wiring with a kit from Painless Performance. The car came flat black and that was perfect for Alex who only perfected the styling (stripes, wheels, and tires). Looking over Alex’s pictures, I realized the more it was raining the more he smiled, and that’s a great attitude to round out a dream being fulfilled.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN
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