1968 Chevy Impala Fastback

Its a throwback to the cold war and the UK hardcore punk scene of the early 80's of which we were part. Protect and Survive a pamphlet distributed to the public in the late 70's early 80's about how to survive a nuclear attack, etc.

various

We drag raced a 65 Impala SS in full street trim in 1999, The goal was always to build a 7 second full size Impala from then on.

3 years, 5000 hours approximately

Watching since children, participating since 1999.

Never Again Drag Racing.

Imported from Antioch California to the UK in 2007 as a rolling shell, minus trim, minus glass, minus engine and box. Just a solid rust free body. Professionally built chrome moly chassis to SFI 25.2 (Tagged to run 6.0). The rest of the build was done in house over a three year period.

Freeway Spares (Barry), Chris Rushton, Rob W, Alan O'Connor

1967 Olds Delta 88 425cu, 1968 Impala SS427, 1965 Impala SS, 1970 Camaro, 1979 Camaro Z28

Chevrolet 0

8

496cu

Full Race Prepared with Air Flow Research heads and BLP Alky natural aspiration. 800hp.

Ford 9" fully braced

4:56

Jeff Bull Race Engines

John Webster Race Engineering

Strange

Strange

John Webster Race Engineering

In 2015 we will be running a 632cu naturally aspirated engine. This is being custom built at present by Jeff Bull Race engines. Current best ET is 8.6 with the 496cu motor. We are looking to be down into the 7's in 2015.

Convo Pro

Convo Pro

15 x 4

15 x 15

33 x 17

BMW Electric Blue Metallic (close match to Grotto blue a real 1968 colour)

Metallic

Fully airbrushed front end (grill and lights etc), airbrushed smoked logos on doors

Chris Rushton

Glass

Glass

Glass, steel on the rear.

Glass

Parachute, Lexan windows

Shortened wheelbase from 119" to 115" to comply with Pro Modified rules.

Ally panelled, custom Impala gauge cluster

Autometer Carbon

Precision Performance Air Shifter

Race Bucket

In 2015 we will be running a 632cu naturally aspirated engine. This is being custom built at present by Jeff Bull Race engines. Current best ET is 8.6 with the 496cu motor. We are looking to be down into the 7's in 2015.