Facts & Figures
Mac & Shelley Bernd
Arlington, Texas
1937 Ford business coupe
| CHASSIS |
| Frame/Manufacturer | ’37 Ford |
| Wheelbase | 117” |
| Modifications | Completely boxed, reinforced, and show-quality painted |
| Chassis plumbing | Hand-fabricated polished stainless steel |
| Rearend/Ratio | Currie Enterprises 9” Ford, custom aluminum centersection, 3.70:1
gearing by Steve Cook |
| Rear suspension | Ladder bar with Air Ride Technologies airbags and ShockWave shocks |
| Rear brakes | Wilwood Engineering four-piston |
| Front suspension | Chubby Chassis Mustang II-type coilover IFS, with Air Ride
Technologies airbag suspension and ShockWave shocks by Steve Cook |
| Front brakes | Wilwood Engineering four-piston |
| Master cylinder | Wilwood Engineering |
| Steering Gear | Mustang II rack-and-pinion steering |
| Front wheel make, size | Colorado Custom, 17 x 8” |
| Rear wheel make, size | Colorado Custom, 18 x 9” |
| Front tire make, size | BFGoodrich Comp T/A, P215/40 x ZR17” |
| Rear tire make, size | BFGoodrich Comp T/A, P225/50 x ZR18” |
| Gas tank | Rock Valley 20-gal. polished stainless steel |
| ENGINE |
| Year and make | ’98 Corvette LT1 by Street & Performance |
| Displacement | 350 cid |
| Machining/Assembly | Street & Performance |
| Cooling fan | Be Cool |
| Radiator | Be Cool |
| Manifold/Induction | Street & performance LT1 Corvette |
| Headers | Street & Performance stainless steel |
| Exhaust/Mufflers | Stainless Specialties |
| Other engine modifications | Stainless steel exhaust installation and fabrication by Slim’s Auto Works |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Year and make | GM 700-R4 prepared by Street & Performance |
| Torque converter | LT1 Corvette, 2,200 stall-speed |
| Driveshaft | Inland Empire Driveshaft |
| BODY |
| Body style/Manufacturer | All steel ’37 Ford business coupe |
| Body manufacturer | Ford Motor Company |
| Body mods | Fenders pie-cut and widened, rear sheetmetal extended downward 3“,
front rollpan by Doug Klann at Slim’s Body Work, rear taillights
removed and frenched in, door handles and levers removed,
door latches are mechanical on exterior with pushbuttons located in rear
quarter-window sills, electrical releases inside interior, entire
body smoothed and de-chromed, Hagan gas filler door installed |
| Bodywork | Doug Klann at Sid’s Body Works |
| Paint type/color | PPG/Mazda Red |
| Painter | Sid’s Body Works |
| Graphics | Custom-made chrome trim |
| Headlights | ’37 Ford |
| Tailights | Frenched-in ’37 Ford |
| INTERIOR |
| Dashboard | Custom steel and billet aluminum by Slim's Body Works |
| Insert/Gauges | VDP Cockpit with CNC-machined bezels by Brian Fourier |
| Stereo/Speakers | Kenwood CD |
| Air conditioning | Vintage Air |
| Wiring | Painless Performance |
| Steering wheel | Billet-aluminumColorado Custom "Banjo" |
| Interior mirror | California Custom Roadsters |
| Steering column | Flaming River |
| Seats | Recaro |
| Upholsterer | Two-tone red and black soft leather by Time Machines Unlimited, Boyne, MI |
| Carpet | Red low-cut tweed, Time Machines Unlimited |
| Seatbelts | Juliano's |