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1958 Chevrolet Impala - A Numbers Guy

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Monty McClellan
Wichita, Kansas
1958 Chevrolet Impala
CHASSIS
Frame / Manufacturer stock / Chevrolet
Wheelbase stock 119”
Modifications rear Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN)
Chassis plumbing Crown Customs (Wichita, KS)
Rearend / Ratio Chevy 10-bolt narrowed 2” / 3.73
Rear suspension custom Air Ride Technologies
Rear brakes disc
Front suspension stock Chevrolet 2” dropped spindles
Front brakes disc
Master cylinder Corvette (smoothed & painted)
Steering box GM, 605 power conversion
Front wheel make, size American Racing (Rancho Dominguez, CA) Torq-Thrust II, 17x7
Rear wheel make, size American Racing Torq-Thrust II, 18x10
Front tire make, size BFGoodrich g-Force T/A, 215/45ZR18
Rear tire make, size BFGoodrich g-Force T/A, 275/45ZR18
Gas tank fuel cell, Rock Valley (Stillman Valley, IL)
Other chassis items frame notched & exhaust runs through frame
ENGINE
Make Chevrolet, Street & Performance (Mena, AR)
Displacement 350 ci
Machining / Assembly Street & Performance
Water pump Edelbrock (Torrance, CA) aluminum short pump
Cooling fan SPAL (Ankeny IA)
Radiator Griffin (Piedmont, SC)
Valve covers S&P aluminum
Manifold / Induction GM / tuned-port injection
Headers S&P Type III, thermal coated
Exhaust / Mufflers Crown Customs / custom dual Jet Hot coated 2”
Other engine facts smoothed firewall by Crown Customs
TRANSMISSION
Make GM 700-R4 Auto Performance Plus (Wichita, KS)
Column ididit inc. (Tecumseh, MI)
BODY
Body style / Material hardtop / steel
Body manufacturer Chevrolet
Body mods Corey Conyers, Crown Customs
Glass Terry Conyers-installed window glass
Grille custom-made tube grille by Crown Customs
Bodywork Corey Conyers
Paint type / color PPG / Cobalt Blue candy over purple base; diamond-pearl top
Painter Corey Conyers
Bumpers chrome plating by Sherm’s Plating (Sacramento, CA)
INTERIOR
Dashboard heat controls removed, dash smoothed & engine-turned insert
Stereo / speakers Secret Audio system, six-disc CD changer (trunk)
Air conditioning Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX)
Insulation Dynamat (Hamilton, OH)
Wiring by Pat Sullivan (Wichita, KS)
Steering column ididit inc.
Seats GM, stock '58 Impala
Upholstery by Scott & John of Scott Downey Upholstery (Wichita, KS)
Material / color leather / cream
Carpet tan


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