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Lost. Recovered. Reinvented.

By Justin Fivella, Photography by Wes Allison

Hot Rod Magazine, December, 2012
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• A torsion-bar receiver can be fairly simple, but that’s not how they roll at New Metal. The guys fabricated new receivers that are as finished as they are functional. Made up of more than a dozen hand-fabbed pieces, the new units are splined for added suspension adjustability.
  
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• The ’59 Impala steering wheel looked nothing like this when they found it, but many resto hours later it’s as good as new. Can you imagine how many miles that wheel has seen? Tuck ’n’ roll in white leather is the bee’s knees, and it looks even better stretched over aluminum bomber seats. Even the pedals are custom fabbed, made from drilled stainless steel. The gauges are original, domed Stewart-Warners. The ensemble pays homage to the original car, except this one actually has floors.
  
  

The engine is a ’56 Buick nailhead with a smoothed block and heads topped with five coats of paint and 10 of clear. The add-ons are stunningly polished: Fenton valve covers, valley tray, and spark-plug covers, and half a dozen Stromberg 97s on a Weiand intake with trick chain-drive linkage. That’s a Hildebrandt remote oil filter at the left, on the firewall that itself is polished and peaked. Note the amazing symmetry on the zoomies.

Fifty years after Sylvester debutted at the ’62 Grand National Roadster Show, it made another showing and took home Best Paint, Best Engine, and Best Undercarriage. The reversed Buick wheels out back came with the car when it was rediscovered; they had to be totally cut apart for detailing. The backsides are painted cream for a finished look.

Fifty years after Sylvester debutted at the ’62 Grand National Roadster Show, it made another showing and took home Best Paint, Best Engine, and Best Undercarriage. The reversed Buick wheels out back came with the car when it was rediscovered; they had to be totally cut apart for detailing. The backsides are painted cream for a finished look.

• Here’s an unchained melody if we ever saw one: 401 ci of Buick nailhead melody to be exact. The one-off throttle and shift linkage is as functional as it is cool.
  
  Here’s an unchained melody if we ever saw one: 401 ci of Buick nailhead melody to be exact
  
  
• It’s got Buick slow and go. The brakes are ’50s Buick units fortified with custom dual-vent scoops, fins and filled holes. You don’t need much when you’re as light as this roadster.
  
  It’s got Buick slow and go. The brakes are ’50s Buick units fortified with custom dual-ven
  
  
• Nope, that grille ain’t billet. Instead, it’s hand-hammered strips of forged stainless steel that’s welded into a custom perimeter that was heated in a kiln, bent to perfection, and then polished by Sherm’s Plating , which handled all the polish and chrome work. New Metal made it strip by strip. Ponder that for a second and say it doesn’t make you impatient just thinking about it.
  
  

Zoomie headers are a little played out these days, but when Sylvester was first created they were cutting edge. These versions differ from the originals with modified bends to better match the lines of the body.


Zoomie Read more: 1932 Ford Roadster - Sylvester III- Lost. Recovered. Reinvented - Hot Rod Magazine

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So I have to click on "NO PHOTO" to see a photo?

Makes sense to me.

 

LoL `Lou, I know the Hot Rod site was giving me a difficult time trying to share their pictures this morning

It's like some of those adult only sites that want you to pay to see their pictures ~> I've been banned from most of them & they still won't let me see what's behind their "No Photo's to weird alien kids ~ > LOL

I do really lik Hot Rod Magazine & the rides they put into their magazine.....The Chevy's above are great ones...I even like the fast ugly one is beautifully fast 4-Sure

 

Monte Carlo's
Which one(s) below do you like ? Post `it & let us know why ? Thanks



<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD>1. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>1987 Chevy MonteCarlo...fewer do a little of both. Performance Automotive Warehouse’s (PAW) Project G-Force MonteCarlo fits into the rod-for-all-seasons category. PAW project supervisor Mike Johnso
1987 Chevy Monte Carlo - Hot Rod Magazine

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>2. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>2002 MonteCarlo SS Whether on the racetrack or on the road, the Chevrolet MonteCarlo has always stood for performance. Long known as the winningest nameplate ...
2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS - Featured Vehicles - Hot Rod Magazine

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>3. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>1978 Chevy MonteCarlo - Mach's MonteA quarter century has passed since Chevrolet unveiled the intermediate MonteCarlo for 1978, a departure from the once mighty personal luxury leviathan first ...


</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>4. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>1972 Chevy MonteCarlo - Coke Machine An homage to Junior Johnson's '72 Monte stock car
1972 Chevy Monte Carlo - Street-Driven Homage To Junior Johnson's NASCAR Stock Car - Hot Rod Magazine

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>5. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>1987 Chevy MonteCarlo - Project G-Force Our 1987 Chevy MonteCarlo is a small block chevy project car turned into a streetable hot rod - Hot Rod Magazine
1987 Chevy Monte Carlo - Project G-Force Muscle Car - Hot Rod Magazine

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>6. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>1999 Chevy MonteCarlo - I Will Run 5s Ex-street racer Mike Moran has come a long way since the first HOT ROD Fastest Street Car shootout in 1992. Today his Pro Street Monte ...
1999 Chevy Monte Carlo - Mike Moran's Pro Street Drag Car - Hot Rod Magazine

</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>7. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>1987 Chevy MonteCarlo - Project G-Force ...G-car involves more than just improving the positive g-force of the ’87 Mont
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</TD></TR><TR vAlign=top><TD>8. </TD><TD></TD><TD class=s_pad0_10_20_10>Exclusive: Chevy’s 460HP V8 MonteCarloMad Dr. Moss is at it again. Like the storied Dr. Frankenstein, Jon Moss has created another monster. But unlike in the novel, this ...
1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo V-8 - Featured Vehicles - Hot Rod Magazine

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1978 Chevy Monte Carlo - Mach's Monte

Nathan Mach's Blown Monte Carlo

Photography by Steve Magnante

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A quarter century has passed since Chevrolet unveiled the intermediate Monte Carlo for 1978, a departure from the once mighty personal luxury leviathan first introduced in 1970. GM coined the term "downsizing" to describe the miniaturized designs it was forced to peddle in response to ever-tightening federal fuel economy and emissions standards, and while the term has come to be reviled as corporate doublespeak for impending pink slips and unemployment checks, the downsized Monte Carlo (and its corporate A- and G-body siblings) have become very popular with many of the same hot rodders who threw eggs when they were new.
One example is Nathan Mach, a computer calibration technician from Arlington, Washington. At 42, Nate is old enough to remember the dark days of catalytic converters, electronic feedback carburetors, and government-mandated 85-mph speedometers. But he's also wise enough to realize that the '78-'88 Monte Carlos weigh 700 pounds less than earlier models, and with the right rubber and stance, the abbreviated fender lines take on a bulldog-tough flavor, like a machine getting ready to pounce.
Nate bought his Monte in 1990 while he was in the Navy and has driven it during tours of duty in Hawaii and San Diego, all the while bringing it to its present state of being. Other tours of duty include the 1999 and 2003 HOT ROD Magazine Power Tours. The '99 Tour didn't go so well. The previous 4-71-blown big-block and steep axle ratio were less than reliable, so Nate and his brother Justin whipped up a ProCharger-urged 460ci big-block backed by a TCI Turbo 400 and 3.70:1-geared, Detroit Locker-equipped 9-inch rearend. Most importantly, there's a Gear Vendors Over/Underdrive unit clinging to the TH400's output shaft that now makes reliable Power Touring a possibility.
Proving the point, this Monte was driven from its home in Washington state to the Power Tour '03 kickoff in Nashville, then all the way to the Dallas/Fort Worth destination and finally back up to Washington. The only hassle was a broken exhaust hanger that was mended within an hour. Though boost levels were reduced for Power Tour, Nate says the Monte feels stronger than the previous 4-71 427 Rat that was a steady 11.20s runner. Though he hasn't taken it to the strip yet, Nate is confident his Monte Car-Go should run 9.90s with the full 14-psi boost. Cars like Mach's Monte help open our eyes to the fact that plenty of '70s iron is ripe for rodding.
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'78 Chevy Monte Carlo
Nathan Mach
Arlington, WA
Engine
Type: 460ci Chevy big-block
Block: Four-bolt passenger car, bored 0.030-over to 4.280 inches
Oiling: GMPP high-volume oil pump, Chevelle oil pan
Crankshaft: Stock forged steel, 4.00-inch stroke
Connecting Rods: Stock forged steel with ARP bolts
Pistons: Diamond Racing forged aluminum, 8.5:1 compression, Speed Pro rings
Cylinder Heads: Edelbrock Performer oval-port aluminum with mild porting
Valves: Manley 2.19/1.88-inch stainless steel, 111/432-inch valve stems
Valve Springs: Manley dual coil, titanium retainers
Camshaft: Snyder solid flat tappet, 0.561/0.564 lift, 248/262 duration at 0.050
Timing Set: Cloyes Tru-Roller
Valvetrain: Comp Cams Pro Magnum roller rockers, Crane pushrods
Induction: Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake, ATI ProCharger centrifugal supercharger at 14-psi boost, Holley 1,000-cfm HP carburetor, K&N filter, ProCharger intercooler
Ignition: Jacobs Electronics Pro Street control module, MSD distributor
Exhaust: Hooker Super Comp headers, Dr. Gas 3.5-inch X-pipe, Flowmaster mufflers
Cooling: High-capacity crossflow radiator, Edelbrock water pump
Fuel Type: 94-octane unleaded
Built By: Nathan Mach, machine work by Myron Gemmer
Drivetrain
Transmission: TCI TH400 with manual valvebodyTorque Converter: TCI Saturday Night Special, 2,200-stallOverdrive: Gear Vendors 0.78:1 Over/UnderdriveRear Axle: Moser Ford 9-inch, Detroit Locker, 3.70:1 ratio
Chassis
Front Suspension: Stock with Competition Engineering 90/10 shocks and PST custom-rate coil springsRear Suspension: Stock springs, Southside Machine upper and lower control arms, Competition Engineering 50/50 gas shocksSteering: Manual from a '78 MalibuBrakes: Stock GM discs, front; Wilwood solid discs, rear
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: Weld Pro Star 15x7 front, 15x8 rearTires: BFGoodrich 225/70-15 front, 275/60-15 rear
Body & Paint
Body: Moldings removed, seams sealed, custom hood modifications to clear supercharger plumbingPaint: PPG Deltron Silver with Violet Pearl by Baker Auto Body

 

Loving that red '87 from HOT ROD! Saw a picture of it before but didn't know where it was from. Thanks for the link to the article!

 

I would like to drive one of these sometime. I have heard they are a rough ride tho