Originally when built mine had a small block v8, ps, AC. Some owner before me had converted it to a 454 big block, kept the ps and AC (I don't believe AC was an option on BB Chevelle SS's). I blew the 454 after a couple of years, it was getting around 7MPG. Installed a shorty PB booster and the ZZ502 with serpentine belt and accy package, had an AC company connect the old system to the new compressor. It makes you feel like a BADASS driving around. The dual high flow exhaust, cowl induction and ZZ502 factory cam make it sound like a race car. I don't drive it much anymore. I hope to get it out this summer.
I have a few somewhere in my collection of ~20,000 family/friends/places/things pictures. I'll shoot a new picture for you this summer. I want to put new tires/wheels on it and new headers, the old tuned headers from the 454 seem a bit restrictive with thr "D" ports on the ZZ502 and I keep blowing exhaust gaskets. Oh, it came with ladder bars on the rear, so I guess Chevelles had a wheel hop issue. I also found a piece of chain welded to the frame - old school racer trick to minimize engine twisting under load. And it once had a roll cage. I think it may have gone around a circle track in Georgia where it was first sold new. Given all that, the body and [not original] paint were great when I bought it. Interior was original but in good shape. The color scheme is a strawberry red with black stripes, black interior.
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