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What’s Happening at The Action Track of the East Jay Pjojian’s Immaculate SVT COBRA Ed Yessaian

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If you have never been to a Pit Party held on the Track you should definitely go to one. It’s a great opportunity to walk on the track, meet your favorite race car drivers, see the cars up close, get an autograph, or photo with your favorite car and driver. If you missed the last Pit Party don’t fret the next Pit Party will be held Saturday September 5th 2015.

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READERS RIDES GREG’S 1930 MODEL A TRUCK

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This Model A truck came equipped with a flat head four cylinder engine, but the engine that now rests in the motor compartment is acutally a built flat head four cylinder engine that was completely refurbished at a New York based speed shop that deals specifically with these types of engines last year. It runs like a top!

An “Old School” car guy, who has spent his entire adult life working on these types of vintage vehicles from Ware, Massachusetts, installed the engine and made certain that the engine application was period correct and was exactly the way it was the day it rolled off the assembly line in Detroit, Michigan. That assembly line was all manpower back in the

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Camaro Z28

DAVE McCLAIN In 2014 Chevrolet introduced the Camaro Z28.

The purpose of the car was to show how well they could build a street-able road race car sold to the public. The quarter mile times are in my opinion are lack luster. The heavy Camaro with the 505HP LS7 borrowed from C6 Corvette Z06 could only run 12.3 at 117mph. That’s not tragic for a car never designed for the quarter mile. To compare a 2014 Camaro SS 1LE runs the quarter mile in 12.8 @ 111mph and a Camaro ZL1 rolls thru at 12.4 @ 115mph. The real performance of the Z28 comes in the corners. Initial testing at Nurburgring in inclement weather yielded a best time of 7.37.47. That was pretty awesome compared to the 580 HP Camaro ZL1 at 7.41.27., in relatively good weather conditions.

The Camaro Z28 has several performance upgrades design exclusively for track duty. In order to pull over 1.08 g in cornering grip, they introduced a whole new suspension designed and based around a nice beefy Pirelli Trofeo 305/30ZR19 tire. The Camaro Z28 has the largest front tire ever put on a production car. These tires are really only designed for track use, so don’t get caught in a rain storm. Once they get to proper operating temperature the grip is amazing. A new set of tires rings in at over $2000. They revised the springs, anti-roll bars, and introduced new Multimatic Dampers to help control the car under all racing conditions. The whole suspension is fine-tuned with PTM. Chevrolet’s Performance Traction Management systems allows for

different levels of computer intervention based on driver skill level and weather conditions. It will keep the Z28 safe under all driving conditions or race conditions. It can even be shut off for the most experienced drivers.

They really designed the body of the car for increased down force at high speeds. Special front and rear spoilers provided an additional 410lbs of downforce over a stock Camaro SS. The aero package on the car really give it an aggressive race car look. Probably the best upgrade over a regular Camaro SS is the new Carbon Ceramic-Matrix rotors and Brembo 6-piston front and 4 piston rear calipers. This impressive break package can provide over 1.5 g of breaking deceleration.

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THE SPRING/FALL TURKEY RUN

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The 26th Annual Spring Turkey Rod Run was held March 27th, 28th, and 29th, 2015 at Daytona Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida. While the Spring Turkey Run is not as large as the Fall

sale or a huge array of used items that just might be the part you need to finish a project. Two show vehicles that were juxtaposed were a Mazda having two in line SBC’s and a late 30’s Mayflower moving van. In one vendor’s booth there were three vintage Ford race cars. A highly restyled

Island had a participant; a fine tri-five Chevy was available for the right buyer. A quick note; the food vendors were busy and their products were A-1.

Davey Jones, a Rhode Island Street Rodding member, volunteers for the Spring and Fall events. He related to the writer that these runs bring in people from around the world. Note that Davey has a dealership in nearby Deland where there were five Avanti cars for sale among El Caminos, Hot Rods and other classics. Dave has had customers from France, Sweden, Germany and other countries during the weeks the Turkey Rod Run is held.

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event, there is certainly enough to see that one could attend all three days and not see all of it.

This year there were 1236 Show Cars, around 700 corral cars and just over a 1000 vendors. Last year’s 41st Fall event had 5062 Show Cars, around 1500 corral cars and just over a 3000 vendors.

According to the Fall program the show started when Stu Sarjeant and his four year old son were refused admission to a local car parade because his 1923 T-bucket had been modified. His son started to cry, so they decided to have a show of their own. The first Turkey Run was held in 1974 and since then the Daytona Beach Street Rods have contributed over $400,000 to over two dozen local groups and charities. The events have several raffles of vehicles. A 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible, hosting a 440 six pack, was the top prize the Shriners were offering, with the proceeds to be donated to the Alzheimer Foundation. The Daytona Beach Street Rods offered a 1973 Nova that will be given away at the November run, last autumn a 1970 Mustang was the prize. A Harley Davidson was also being raffled off with proceeds to support Veterans.

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1950 Ford owned by Steve and Darlene Platke of Savannah, Georgia was a standout in the field.

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LAURYN “HOTWHEELS” PONTIAC-VERNANCIO The term “shotgun” was loosely dubbed in the year of 1919 and applied to a special armed employee of the express service using a stagecoach for transportation of bullion or cash who would sit beside the driver while carrying a short shotgun to provide an armed response to bandits. Later down the line, the term has been applied to a game which is usually occurring between friends who would be the first to call “shotgun” to pick the passenger seat next to the driver. At the Rusty Wallace Racing Experience, the term of “shotgun” gives a much greater meaning to a once in a lifetime adventure.

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READERS RIDES 1966 PONTIAC LEMANS SPRINT

The classic car enthusiast continued to use his 1966 Pontiac as a daily driver until eventually having more serious issues with his ride.

He decided to put the classic car into storage until 2010.

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After plenty of hours worth of skilled craftsmanship and body work, fresh paint and mechanical upgrades to this once kept stored classic ride, it is now better than brand new, factory floor condition thanks to Todd and his crew at Xtreme Restorations.

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This Pontiac features a Triple White paint job. The original motor was rebuilt and installed. The 230 engine boasts 207 horsepower and has an overhead cam. Not too bad for a 6 cylinder engine.

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COPS, CARS & CRUISIN’ KIDS

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June is “Get Out of School!” Month in Rhode Island and across New England.

It is also the start of the busy travel time of the year with kids and families headed to the beaches, family cook-outs, weddings, vacation spots, restaurants, drive-in movies and cruise nights, just to name a short list of traveling destinations when we put our kids and grandkids in the back seats of our family vehicles and head off to parts unknown in the summer season.

What we can tend to forget in our busy, hustle and bustle lives, is our family safety and what we can do to help keep our kids safer during our travels. Whether it is just a short trip to the local grocery store, or a long drive headed to the beaches and seafood restaurants from South County Rhode Island to Cape Cod. Child Passenger Safety should be on the minds of every single person placing a child inside a vehicle.

gent when it comes to their children when driving in the family vehicle. But this article is for those of you are not in this category.

Unfortunately, this is not always the case. I recently witnessed a woman with two little kids in her vehicle pull up next to my truck at a local gas station. She was not wearing a seat belt and neither were the two children who were passengers in her car. I looked over at the woman sitting behind the wheel of her car and told her that her kids should be wearing a seat belt. When I glanced in the back seat of the vehicle I notice that she had a toddler jumping up and down and there was no car seat. This child should have been properly restrained in a car seat, but was not even buckled up. I also told her that she could lead by example and wear her own seat belt so maybe her kids would do the same thing. She ignored me.

Buckle up your kids!!! If they are infants and toddlers, then they belong in a car seat, or a booster seat. You can find out this information by checking web sites of plenty of Child Passenger Safety Advocates and Traffic Safety Groups and Organizations. Safe Kids Worldwide located in

Stickers, Magnets, Puzzles and a variety of other kids items in an ongoing attempt to alter lives in a positive way. Hasbro Children’s Hospital has been a recipient of my creative outreach efforts for the past six years. Since 2009, I have been creating and donating these coloring formats and safety reminders to kids and families to try and keep them safer on our roadways.

I started this creative child safety effort two decades ago at area cruise nights and car shows by passing out Buckleupallofus Coloring Books to the kids and their parents. It has grown since then to become a primary cartoon character mascot for child passenger safety advocates, police officers, first responders, school teachers and parents across the USA. If you happen to see any adult driving a vehicle this summer season and their children are not properly restrained please advise them to do so before something serious happens to them in a vehicle crash. Thinking that it can never happen to you, or your family does not remove that possibility. Drive Smart, Drive Serious!

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vehicles. Another woman took the cake while I was traveling to a cruise night located in Connecticut on a Saturday night. She was driving an open door Jeep with a soft vinyl top and she had two little boys riding with her. I stopped to tell her to put her kids in seat belts and she proceeded to give me the finger and sped off in the opposite direction. I just shook my head side-to-side and wondered how long before one, or both of those little kids, would become a statistic on some police accident report and forms in the future.

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based on elapsed times (13.00, 12.00, 11.00, 10.00, 9.00) and there was also an open bracket class for those that either didn’t fit the indexes or wished to run a second class after the indexes. Everyone was on top of their game, in an attempt to bring home one of the “Steve Reis Memorial Beer Mugs”

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Beyond The Book Series 29

Etch sits firmly behind the wheel of his power them fills with the sound of a 3” diameter dual Outlawed classic muscle car.

There now without three police vehicles on the Etch GTO down the plant backs Pontiacthe GTOOUTLAW called, “OUTLAW” and looks exhaustare system mufflers and smoke from “None of your business, so get back in your side of the highway and six police officers vehicle and leave the replies, right side towards around himof tothe see highway three stopped policethe cruisers. the screeching rear tires.

“Hey! Stop shooting.

We area,” can’t see a thingthe with standing around Tony’s stopped classic car. police officer. parked police cruiser and watches as Tony all of this smoke around us,” yelled out, another pulls his classic car up behind the same Everyone is frozen in place as if time itself stopped Etch The police see and theirwalks hands in police officer. stepsofficers out ofcannot his GTO back “It’s a free country and that is my friend parked police cruiser. and they are not moving a finger until somebody front of their faces now and a siren from one of towards the police officers and Tony, not standing there surrounded by all of those else makes thatin first move. the police cars blairsofout along with the “What the hell?” yells, Etch. standing outside his stopped car.sounds police officers.” said, Etch.

Etch glances his mirror and sees the officer walking towards Tony not stopped coming from the fleeing Pontiac GTO. At this “What to101. be the problem officers?”

“Get back in GTO yourisvehicle and leave thefrom on sidethat of the Etchthe makes firsthighway move. directly behind point, itseems is chaos The OUTLAW now thundering away asks, Etch. premises right now!’ yells, the police officer the police vehicle. Another police car pulls the stopped police cars at a high rate of speed. in Etch’s face. up behind Tony’s stopped vehicle and then The “OUTLAW” GTO starts spinning its rear tires.

Shotsof ring from one of theturns policeand carslooks as one One theout police officers another police cruiser pulls up and stops The exhaust is so loud that the police officers sit of the police officers shoots his service revolver The blinded police officers have no choice at Etch with stern look on his face.

Etch turns around and walks back to his behind that pulled over police vehicle. in place watching in amazement as the air around blindly in the last known position of Etch and his but to wait for the smoke to clear before even

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considering giving pursuit. The last thing they GTO, inside, buckles up and theto need isgets to collide with each other in anturns attempt ignition key. give chase.

The police officers are watching as Etch After the smoke finally clears, the stopped police turns on his left directional, looks into his cars are now visibleand to each of the officers. side view mirror waves outpolice the driver’s The only issue they face now is that the GTO side window. is long gone and no longer within view in any Etch mats theany gasroadway. pedal and the GTO direction, down launches from its stopped position.

The front tires lift off the ground to the “That’s just great!” snaps, the supervising ranking echoing sound of the dual exhaust and officer.screaming rear tires. A massive then cloud of white smoke engulfs the police officers all run to their “What doas wethey do now?” replies, one ofparked the other police vehicles waving their hands in police officers. front of their faces and coughing the whole way.

“That guy can sure drive that car!” said, the ranking police officer.

The OUTLAW GTO is screaming down the highway while the three police cars leave their the side the road car, with “Yeah,positions he left us inon the wake of of that muscle ” sirens blaring and overhead lights flashing. said, the third police officer on site.

Tony stands by his parked classic car, smiles and shakes his head side to side.

Meanwhile, a couple miles away and as far away He waves as everyone leaves the scene as Etch canenters possibly put distance between himself and then his own vehicle. and the law in a quick fashion and excellent Tony vehicle and catch up drivingstarts skills, his the OUTLAW GTOtries headstotowards the with the OUTLAW GTO and pursuing police open highway. vehicles close behind.

“This is getting so absurd,” said, Etch.

“What in the hell is Etch trying to do?” Tony asks himself, under his breath.

“All I want to do is drive my damn classic muscle

Etch looks in the rearview mirror and sees all three police vehicles behind him chasing his muscle car down the highway.

“You guys are kidding me,” said, Etch.

The police officers watch as the OUTLAW GTO accelerates ahead of them at a higher rate of speed.

“We can’t catch this guy in that car,” said one of the police officers, over the radio, to the other police officers giving chase around him.

Two, of the three pursuing police vehicles, slow down and pull off to the side of the highway.

The OUTLAW GTO is almost out of site from the lone police vehicle in high pursuit, but that officer is pushing his car very hard in an attempt to catch the fleeing hot rodder behind the wheel of that classic muscle car.

“He is going too fast in that high performance muscle car,” said another pursuing police officer, in response to the first officer’s statement.

Suddenly, a front tire blows out and the police vehicle slams hard to the blacktop on the right side. The car nose digs into the pavement and the police car starts to summersault through the air sideways, head over heal, and bursts into flames mid air with an exploding fireball and dark smoke.

“We need to break this chase off,” said the highest ranking officer, on the scene.

Etch sees this all happen in his rearview mirror and mats the gas pedal.

“No! catch him,” replied, one of the car onI can the streets!” other police officers.

frustrated Etch just mats the gas pedal and off this wanted Pontiac goes down the freeway.

Etchyou cannot see any police cruisers in hisin rear view “No can’t,” said another officer, one mirror, view mirrors, in front of him. of the side pursuing policeor vehicles.

“Yes, I can!” snaps, the hotheaded police “I am starting to get really upset with this officer. and it does not seem to be geting any situation better,” said, Etch.

“Back down, that is an order,” said, the highest ranking police officer.

The GTO is now entering the open road while the

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Cruisin Bruce Palmer showcased his best music, the food was delicious, and the weather was perfect, warm and without rain.

The show is held at the Johnston Memorial Park which is a perfect setting for this show. There is plenty of room with the “best” parking places filling rapidly. There was a large contingency of great sounding Mustangs. Also noteworthy was a 1969 yellow 540 BBC Camaro with a hellacious reverberation that drew every-one’s focus. Mopar enthusiasts were well represented in addition to many stock vehicles, hot rods, rat rods, customs, drag cars, and specialty vehicles. Great paint seemed to be everywhere. A mid 60’s Olds had a candy apple red that was stunning. Blowers certainly held themselves high above hood ornaments throughout the show. To view a sample of participants, go to ristreetrodding.org, then the home tab, then to RISRA Photo-Videos 2015.

The coach’s choice and 75 pick trophies were announced at the closing ceremonies. The trophies are chosen by twenty members of the RISRA which results in quite a variety. The differing views and tastes of members allow everyone a chance for a trophy. There were trophies given to an Alfa-Romeo through to a Z 28, truly the gamut from A to Z. A very nice fifty-fifty was also held by the ladies of the club and one Attleboro driver went home with a fatter wallet!

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Adding up all entrants, RISRA member’s cars and late arriving classics; there were close to 350 vehicles, whose owners were able to enjoy the event and contribute to a worthy cause. Since all cars are welcome, join us May 30th 2016 and catch all the fun!

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JOHN LEHOUILLIER’S ROUSHCHARGED 2013 MUSTANG GT

ED YESSAIAN One of the greatest things about the New England Mustang community is that no matter who you meet, they usually become a good friend. Occasionally some people come and go, but there’s always a select few that you know will be lifelong friends. That’s pretty much how it went about three years ago when I first met John Lehouillier and his girlfriend Stephanie at the NH Mustang Club Cruise night in Hooksett, NH. At the time, John and I were the only 2013 Mustang GT’s in the house. Mine was bone-stock, but his had custom blue metallic graphics and a few bolt-on modifications. Needless to say his car got a bit more attention than mine, but that didn’t really matter once I found out that he not only drives the daylights out of it but also races it, quite frequently, both on the drag strip and the road course.

In the beginning stages, John was temporarily satisfied with the car’s stock performance of 12.7 in the quarter mile. But as the go-fast bug bit, he quickly decided that it was time for forced induction. By Spring of 2014, a Roush TVS 2300 Supercharger found its way under the hood, along with all of the supporting modifications that pushed the output up to an astounding 526 rear wheel horsepower and 398 ft/lbs of torque.

This was good for an improved elapsed time of 12.4 but was being held back by the factory rev limiter. John then switched the rear end out to a 3.31 ratio plus upgraded the clutch and driveshaft, which resulted in a huge jump up to 11.8 @ 119 in the quarter mile.

In 2015 the car had a couple minor tweaks before it was dropped off in Loudon, NH at Performance Dyno. Mustang Mastermind Pete Johnson perfecting the setup and ended up with 560rwhp and 495 ft/lbs of torque. This propelled John to a new best of 11.40 @ 125mph on a set of Hoosier Quick Time Pro tires, that were of course suggested by yours truly, Ed Yessaian.

If John’s accomplishments on the track weren’t impressive enough, his military career that began in 1989, is simply incredible. I asked John to sum

4. Injured during Operation Dessert Shield with a cracked knee cap. Was discharged for medical reasons. Worked on knee for four years 5. Reenlisted in April of 1995 and returned to assault Amphibian School for refresher course.

Started off as driver of an amphibious tank. Got promoted through the ranks to Sgt. Vehicle Commander.

6. Deployed to Persian Gulf in April of 1996 on a West Pac. Other deployments during this enlistment were to California Dessert Border of Mexico for Jtf Task Force working with the Border Patrol observing drug and human trafficking.

7. Left the Marine Corps in December 1998. Became a linesman working on power distribution systems and also electrification of the Amtrak corridor from New Haven to Boston for the Acela High Speed Train.

8. Enlisted into the Marine Corps Reserves and became a MP. Volunteered to stand gates at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, MA when the towers fell in 2001. During that time I attended the Primary Marksmanship Instructor School in Quantico Va.

up some of his major accomplishments and he did the best he could to recall what he could…

1. Enlisted in Marine Corps Sept 11, 1989.

2. Shipped out to Boot Camp the following August 3. Graduated as a Squad Leader and promoted to PFC.

graduation I returned to my unit and we deployed to Fallujah and participated in the first assault on the city. During this deployment I was injured and

9. January of 2002 transferred to Air Force as a Special Sgt in Security Forces and attended the Police Academy at Lackland AFB. During this enlistment I was sent to MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida for support of Enduring Freedom. I was assigned to Socom to guard Commanding General Franks.

10. In April of 2003 I transfered back to the Marine Corps as Sgt. I volunteered for the first Unit heading over to Iraq and was given Orders to 1ST Bn Fifth Marines. We were deployed to Japan for training for our Mission to Iraq. I attended a 4 week School to learn how to speak Arabic. Upon

ultimately discharged due to complications in December of 2005.

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12. In April of 2008 while patroling the Thames River I was dispatched to respond to a person who had fallen out of his kayak and was being swept down river with the outgoing tide. My partner and I responded from Groton to Gales Ferry and I was able to pull the man from the river within minutes of arrival. He was suffering from severe hypothermia. I received a commendation for saving his life. Later that year I was promoted to Lieutenant and moved to NH to work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as a Patrol Supervisor.

Highlights for this time were I had the most drug arrests in the Region for Military Bases.

At the conclusion of John’s interview, I was not only impressed, but pretty proud to call him one of my best friends. After multiple tours and multiple injuries it amazes me how laid back and friendly he is. He is one of those friends that will do anything for you. Then again he will NEVER let you win at the track, but besides that, John Lehouillier is one hell of a friend and one hell of an American!!

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Written by ETCH His name is Freddy Caira lll and his cherished ride is the 1957 Chevy 210 Belair he built after watching the very popular car guy movie, Hollywood Nights.

Freddy resides in Northbridge, Massachusetts. He and his brother Wayne founded and started TWIN SIN RACING TEAM. TSRT is well known across the region of New England at Epping’s New England Drag Way located in New Hampshire and at area car shows and cruise nights. Both brothers drag race regularly at this drag way in their Chevy’s.

Freddy in his ‘57 Chevy featured in this article and Wayne in his ‘67 Camaro featured in a previous article called, Lucifer’s Wild Ride.

The 1957 Chevy features a Big Block 454 ci engine, a tunnel ram manifold hosting two Holley 650 double pump carbs and all MSD ignition system. The ‘57 Chevy required custom built fender well headers fabricated by Freddy and his bother Wayne.

To keep this bad boy Chevy cool on those hot days at the drag way and car shows a Griffin triple core aluminum radiator was installed with a 16” electric fan forcing air through the coolant system to help keep that big block running cooler than 200 degrees. We know what happens to these power plant motors when they run too hot and everything should be done to make sure that those problems don’t sideline your car at the race track, or on the road.

An In-Gear Tranny was installed with a 3200 stall converter that sits between the big block 454 engine and custom built 12 bolt rear end removed from a Chevy Pick Up Truck. The rear end features a full spool set up with 4:10 gears and all Moser components and axles.

The front end suspension is stock factory with a disc brake conversion to help stop the beast on a dime and give back change. The rear suspension features ladder bars with coil over shocks heavy duty shocks.

Other than the custom bucket seats with Simpson Racing Seatbelts the Chevy’s interior is stock factory with a B&M Shifter and plenty of Autometer Gauges installed by Freddy. He thanks his dad, Alfred Caira Jr. for all of the body work and paint work done to the 1957 Chevy completed at TSR Compound located in Northbridge, Massa-

chusetts. Freddy chose to paint his hot rod Chevy a Dodge Viper Yellow to compliment all of the car’s chrome and polished aluminum. SS Cragar Wheels give this hot rod that “Old School” look and appeal.

When Freddy isn’t driving trucks across the Worcester and Metro West area of Massachusetts at his full time trucking job he is turning wrenches in the garage and turning heads at the drag way,

Freddy is 34 years old and it has been his lifetime dream to build the replica 1957 Chevy, Project X from the movie, Hollywood Nights. Twenty years after watching that movie his dream became a reality with the finished hot rod parked in his driveway ready to hit the roadways headed to an area car show, or cruise night. This is definitely not a trailer queen hot rod. This car is driven!

This 4000 pound Heavy Chevy boasts pulls at the drag way of consistent 12.5 seconds numbers at over 100 miles per hour. Not too bad for a daily driver during the summer season. Freddy was influenced by his brother Wayne to drag race his 1957 Chevy like he does with his own 1967 Chevy Camaro. TWIN SIN RACING TEAM was born the first time Freddy tore up the drag way in his Hollywood Nights replica 1957 Chevy Belair.

or on the road headed to another car show, or cruise night.

Freddy, his brother Wayne and his dad Alfred Jr. are a family of drag racers and hot rod enthusiasts from Massachusetts and all had a hand in the Hollywood Nights replica 1957 Chevy 210 Belair project build. Some could call it a family affair, but I think genetics and motor oil instead of blood running through their veins has a lot to do with this family’s love of fast cars and drag racing.

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