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 Five gauges from Doc’s Kustom...  Five gauges from Doc’s Kustom (with a big 8,000-rpm tach in the middle) fill up the panel on the dash of the ’57. You don’t notice the ididit tilt column in this old-timey interior, but you do see the genuine NASCAR steering wheel (with the cushioned center pad) Brent VanDervort found for the ride. ButlerBuilt aluminum racing seats fill the need, and each uses a Simpson five-point harness for added safety. There’s Dynamat insulation under the black closed-loop carpet, which, along with the black Naugahyde, was installed by Bobby McCarter.  You can’t have a NASCAR vehicle...  You can’t have a NASCAR vehicle without stickers! But these are the right ones to have: Bonneville 1963, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Hurst, Perfect Circle, and STP help make the car look more period correct.  You can’t have a NASCAR vehicle...  You can’t have a NASCAR vehicle without stickers! But these are the right ones to have: Bonneville 1963, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, NASCAR Hall of Fame, Hurst, Perfect Circle, and STP help make the car look more period correct.  What about 17-inch NASCAR...  What about 17-inch NASCAR wheels? No such thing, as 15-inchers are required. Brent had Stockton Wheel make up a set of 17x9 wheels with a 5.25-inch backspace, then wrapped them in Nitto NT05 rubber (275/40R17 and 235/40R17). Wilwood six-piston calipers and 13-inch discs are on each corner, and the exhaust dumps forward of the rear wheels.  The car sits right due to...  The car sits right due to it being set up on a new Fatman Fabrications chassis that features a John’s Industries 9-inch and Fatman four-link out back and a Fatman IFS with dropped spindles up front.
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