Facts & Figures
Scottt Porges
Wayland, Massachusetts
1933 Ford three-window coupe
| CHASSIS |
| Frame / Manufacturer | custom-built |
| Wheelbase | modified |
| Modifications | boxed 2x2" square steel w/ extensive modifications & molding, including a unique V-shape that widens from front to rear |
| Chassis plumbing | steel |
| Rearend / Ratio | mid-1960s Jaguar / 3.55 1 |
| Rear suspension | custom four-link w/ four coilover shocks |
| Rear brakes | Jaguar inboard discs |
| Front suspension | 4" dropped Super Bell (Peculiar, MO) tube axle combined w/ chrome tube shocks, custom four-link & transverse leaf spring |
| Front brakes | Volkswagen disc |
| Master cylinder | Ford |
| Steering box | '49 Ford pickup |
| Front wheel make, size | Fenton, 15x6 |
| Rear wheel make, size | Fenton, 15x8 |
| Front tire make, size | BFG, P185/R15 whitewall |
| Rear tire make, size | BFG, P265/R15 whitewall |
| Gas tank | custom aluminum mounted in trunk |
| ENGINE |
| Make | 1962 Chevrolet Corvette |
| Displacement | 283ci |
| Camshaft | Isky |
| Water pump | chrome |
| Cooling fan | chrome |
| Radiator | Walker Radiator (Memphis, TN) |
| Alternator | chrome |
| Heads | Corvette |
| Valves / Springs | 2.02 intake & 1.65 exhaust / Isky |
| Rockers | Isky roller tip |
| Valve covers | vintage Cal Custom |
| Manifold / Induction | Fenton three-pot / (3) Rochester deuces |
| Ignition / Wires | Accel (Cleveland, OH) distributor / Taylor wires |
| Headers | chrome Sanderson (S. San Francisco, CA) lakes-style |
| Exhaust / Mufflers | 2 1/2" / Flowmaster (Santa Rosa, CA) |
| Other engine facts | 300 hp & quarter-mile times of 13.9 @ 104 mph |
| TRANSMISSION |
| Make | Chevrolet TH350 |
| Shifter | Gennie Shifter (Denver, CO) |
| Trans mods | B&M (Chatsworth, CA) manual valve body w/ shift kit installed |
| Driveshaft | custom |
| BODY |
| Body style / Material | coupe / steel |
| Body manufacturer | Ford |
| Body mods | extensive body mods including a 5" chop, 4" section & 6" channel all by Charlie Kaborious (Waltham, MA), creative molding of cowl, roof, trunk & rocker area |
| Grille | '32 Ford |
| Bodywork | Dennis Natalie, Natalie's Auto Body (Hyde Park, MA) |
| Paint type / Color | PPG / custom-blended Tang light green pearl |
| Painter | Dennis Natalie |
| Pinstriping | J. Warren Alessi (Hyde Park, MA) |
| Engraving | Schlos (Uxbridge, MA) |
| Headlights / Taillights | King Bee / custom |
| Outside mirror | round, peep-style |
| Other body items | steel Model T rear fenders extensively modified & molded to the body |
| INTERIOR |
| Dashboard | 1955 Chevrolet sectioned to fit by George Kaborious (Waltham, MA) |
| Insert / Gauges | 1955 Chevrolet / 1955 Chevrolet & Auto Meter (Sycamore, IL) |
| Stereo / Speakers | Chevrolet AM radio / in dash |
| Wiring | by owner |
| Steering wheel | track T |
| Steering column | GM tilt |
| Interior mirror | SO-CAL Speed Shop (Pomona, CA) |
| Seats | custom bench |
| Upholsterer | Joe Gulla, All-Nu Upholstery (Revere, MA) |
| Material / Color | Naugahyde / white r&p |
| Carpet | black loop |