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What's In The Garage

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What's in The Garage?  with mark francis !        Last month we posted the story of Mark and his Monza named "Louie the Lizard", a big tire street & strip car powered by a hot small-block Chevy. In this edition of What's In The Garage, we are going to showcase some of Mark's past and current build projects. As we learned he has a passion for the Chevrolet Monza, either in sedan or hatchback form Mark has owned a few of each and he has a few in his stable now . Each one is in a different stage in the build process . Buckle up and hold on as we take a look into Mark's Garage!    One of Mark's first builds was this 1978 Monza. Mark said that he bought while he was in high school (1986) from his best friend.      Mark tells us in his own words about his new purchase. It was a V6 roller that he blew the up before I bought it. I bought a 307 from a guy that worked in a machine shop, he built it for the NHRA Super Stock class bu...

Announcement !

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                            More great articles coming soon !   If you want to submit your ride, send me some pictures and info about yourself and your car.  Pre-1985 cars at this time.  Photos must be outside on a sunny day. I would need a few engine shots, an interior photo and a few outside body shots, like a front 3/4 view and rear 3/4 view and a side view. I will give you you or the photographer credit for the photos. Please no people in the photos unless it is you the owner.   If your article reaches 150 views you will receive a Shop Tour door prize !     If you want to advertise your company with me, monthly rates start at $ 25.00 $100.00 per -month... with a four month minimum. Wow what a deal !   Email me at : shoptourracing@yahoo.com Thank you !     

Pro/Street 66' Chevy II Wagon

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  This 1966 Chevrolet Nova Pro-Street Wagon is amazing! The Nova  started life as a 4-door that was professionally transformed into a 2-door. The wagon was tubbed to fit giant meats in the rear, then a roll cage was added to keep the body from twisting. The award winning paint is a two-tone metallic blue and silver with green and orange painted on pinstripes. Powering this Chevy II is a 372 C.I. small block V8 with an 8/71 supercharger from The Blower Shop,and sucking fuel from a pair of Holley Carburetors.      The exhaust flows through Doug's long tube headers and 3-inch pipes that exit before the rear tires.  The power is sent to a TCI Turbo 350 3-speed automatic transmission ending at a Dana 60 rear end filled with 3:73 gears. The owner states the car only has been driven 1500 miles since being completed .   The interior features two bucket seats with 3- point saftey harness and an 8-point roll cage with carbon fiber interior accents, other bits in...

1976 Pontiac Firebird Pro/Street

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                              At any given weekend in America in the 1980's you could find a car like this at a car show, drive- in or just cruising the streets showing off .  The trend of Pro-Street started taking shape in the mid 1970's after the Street Freak movement, these cars were considered more street friendly because the rear tires were tucked in and they had some sort of exhaust system.   Don't think for one minute that these cars were slow by any means . They were just as powerful as before  and you could say that they were getting even more horsepower .  In the 80's builders were looking for the next new big thing to put into their cars , blowers & nitrous oxide , if one kit wasn't enough then three must be better , who needs two carbs when you could put on four of them . Later on there were multiple turbo's . And the ...

1967 Barracuda Pro-Street

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  This 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Pro-Street custom is just amazing.  The build took over 4 years to complete with body and paint by Marx Hot-rod's.    The engine room features a Chrysler Mega Block stretched to 540 C.I. topped with  Indy Aluminum heads fed by an F2- Procharger. This combo makes over 1000  horsepower with the current drive pulley .                                               Spark is controlled by an MSD 6 BTM box and Pro-Billet distributor.   The cooling system features an Indy reverse flow water pump system that feeds into a huge four-core radiator equipped with dual Spal fans.    Ceramic headers and 3inch tubes expel the fumes. Backing up  that horsepower is a 727torque-flite trans.with a 35...

Pro /Street 1966 Dodge Charger

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    This Pro-Street 1966 Dodge Charger is an original Hemi car, only 468 of them were produced that year. The fi rst generation Dodge Charger featured front and rear bucket seats,the rears fold down completely fl at.The instrument panel features fl uorescent back lighting giving it the look of an airplane cockpit. The super straight body is painted a deep Candy Apple Red.         The Hemi was rebuilt by Professional Funny Car Racer Dennis Piranio.The Engine was treated to a forged Crankshaft, a Crower solid Camshaft,and 7:1 Arias Pistons help the engine make 5psi of boost in street tune, made possible by a Dyers 6-71 Supercharger .    On top of the Supercharger, twin Carter carbs that are feed by the three Holley fuel pumps . A Mallory Magneto keeps the spark plugs lit . Keeping the Hemi cool is a custom 5 core radiator featuring dual electric fans and an aluminum water pump .The horsepower is sent to a Heavy-Duty B&M 727 Automatic T...