Facts & Figures
Ralph and Marlene Weaver
Huntington Beach, California
1936 Ford coupe
| CHASSIS |
| Frame / Manufacturer | ladder-style, boxed & extended 4" / unknown |
| Chassis plumbing | stainless |
| Rearend / Ratio | Hotchkiss-style Ford 9" center / 3.78:1, limited slip |
| Rear suspension | Barry White's Street Rod Repair Co. (Corona, CA) independent, Aldan Eagle (Carson, CA) coilover dampers, antiroll bar |
| Front suspension | Kugel Komponents (La Habra, CA) independent, Aldan Eagle coilover dampers |
| Brakes | Wilwood 12"-diam. discs, four-piston calipers |
| Master cylinder | Corvette polished aluminum |
| Steering box | Dodge Omni manual r&p |
| Steering column | ididit inc. (Tecumseh, MI) GM-style tilt / telescopic |
| Wheel make, size | Foose Nitrous II, 17x8 & 20x9.5 |
| Tire make, size | Continental Sport Contact 2, 205/45ZR-17 & 275/35ZR-20 |
| Gas tank | custom stainless |
| ENGINE |
| Make | GM LS-1 |
| Displacement | 346ci |
| Assembly | Street & Performance (Mena, AR) |
| Induction | GM, prepped by Street & Performance |
| Headers | stainless 1 5/8"-diam., by Tommy Schacht, Tommy's Auto Fab (Riverside, CA) |
| Exhaust / Mufflers | stainless 2 1/2"-diam., by Tommy Schacht |
| Other engine facts | air filter housing by Sam Foose |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Year and make | 2000 GM 4L60E |
| Shifter | Corvette console-mounted stalk |
| BODY |
| Body style / Material | three-window coupe / steel |
| Body manufacturer | Ford |
| Body mods | by Sam Foose; roof chopped 2", windshield leaned back, body extended 4" at doors, roof & extended 3" rearward, gutters filled, hand-fabricated tulip panel, handmade garnish moldings, hood pie cut toward nose |
| Grille | Sam Foose |
| Bodywork | Sam & Chip Foose |
| Paint type / Color | PPG / custom bronze pearl mix by Sam Foose |
| Painter | Sam Foose |
| Headlights / Taillights | '37 Ford |
| Outside mirror | Sam Foose |
| Nerf bar | Sam Foose |
| Other body items | plating by California Polishing (Huntington Beach, CA), additional fabrication & final assembly by Tommy Schacht |
| INTERIOR |
| Dashboard | '57 Chevrolet |
| Gauges | Classic Instruments (Boyne City, MI) |
| Audio | Alpine components supplied by Speaker Works Inc. (Orange, CA), installation by Tommy Schacht |
| Climate control | Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX), Vintage Air ProLine aircraft-style vents |
| Wiring | Dave Wagner, Get Wired (Canyon Lake, CA) |
| Steering wheel | Budnik Wheels Inc. (Huntington Beach, CA) Famosa split-grip aluminum |
| Seats | Corvette |
| Upholsterer | Gabe Lopez, Gabe's Auto Upholstery (Bloomington, CA) |
| Material / Color | leather / two-tone tan |
| Carpet | tan Wilton wool |