Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

  This Dodge Coronet spent most of its life as a slant-6 Deluxe sedan. That is until vintage Funny Car enthusiast Richard LeFebvre located it in early 2004 and kicked off an intense build. It included an altered wheelbase and shaving a pair of the car's doors, making it a coupe. The new 2-door profile now has fiberglass fenders and  bumpers that were ordered from  Fiberglass Plus Inc. And now features a 1960s paint scheme, which is why 1965 Dodge gold worked so well under the vintage hand-painted graphics.  For the last 12 years, Richard has been driving this Coronet as a  faithful tribute to race cars of a by-gone era.  At the front of the car, the black-trimmed grille hangs a Moon Equipment fuel tank between clear parking lamps, a painted fiberglass bumper and halogen headlights. And at the back of the car, a Dodge branded trunk bends around stylish taillights, a small kill switch and a  painted fiberglass bumper.    A look into t...