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’66 Chevy Suburban Cleveland, Ohio

Motortopia Staff . 4th October, 2022
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  • ’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

Vehicle Details

Owner/ Builder

Mr. Gasket/Accel Performance Group

Vehicles Highlights

Manufacturing year:

Engine:

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

Transmission:

Exterior Color:

Interior Color:

Specification

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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

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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