1948 Chevrolet Coupe 600+ HP

    Lust: to have an intense desire or need : Crave. Offered for sale is a beautiful Black Beast of a car. 1948 Chevrolet coupe. Although this looks like one of the General's factory offerings from the color glossy brochure. the similarities end there. As Mother told you "appearances can be deceiving".   This car has been re-fabricated from the ground up using the finest components available. The drivetrain is the stuff legends are made of. The interior is as comfortable as a Lear Jet and nearly as quick.

    Lets start at the ground floor; The rear tires are Garwide by Gihuge and the front tires are big enough to keep the nose pointed in the right direction. These are mounted to polished aluminum racing rims with genuine screw on 3 bar knock offs. The power is applied through a narrowed locker rear end secured with parallel leaf springs and traction bars to keep them meats firmly prying against the pavement. The directional end is a Fatman IFS with power rack and pinion. This is not a squirrelly Pinto front end. This car drives straight and true. Of course it has power disk brakes with the appropriate proportioning valves to maintain stability with your foot firmly on the binders. The frame has been professionally modified. narrowed. boxed and channeled to support the massive powerplant under the hood. The attention to detail and finish are as apparent underneath as it is on topside. This ain't no backyard barn build.

    Sitting on top of this chassis is a never rusted. never seen salt Southwest desert body with every panel massaged and fitted the way the factory could only hope to achieve. The problem with incredible body work is that if it is done right. it looks like you didn't do anything. All of the factory concept has been left intact. Anything useless has been left on the parts shelf. This big black hunk has been filled. filed. smoothed. nosed. decked. shaved. blocked. buffed. Dechromed. solenoided and capped. Everybody knows that black paint is merciless about showing defects. I could write all day trying to describe the finish on this car. but that is what the pictures are there for. Notice that the reflection isn't just shiny. but this car has been longboarded form the tip of its nose to the rotund hind quarters to show one continuous arc highlighting the sensuous curves that flowed from the designers pen when he dreamed this baby up. This car doesn't just turn heads. it makes people act crazy. A trip to the fuel station must include a mandatory half hour to let people look. smell. touch and comment about how you shouldn't even consider driving this on a public thoroughfare. This is not a car for shy folks. I often find myself dressing in nicer clothes as walking up to the car reflects the shabby threads I tend to favor. It just seems that you need to need to be well coiffured as you arrive in a car like this.  The complete grille. turn signals. bumpers. pans and outside mirrors have received the same incredible mirror black finish. Notice in a few of the pictures that inside the wheelwells are finished as well. There is a flush mounted fuel filler mounted near the rear glass and right trunk lid hinge. Very convenient to use. but fill it up yourself and have a handful of paper towels when you extract the hose.

    Arriving is in itself an experience that gets shared by you and everyone within earshot. This car has a pro built 454 punched out to who the hell cares when there is this much horsepower attached to your shoe leather. You can almost hear the testicles recede from six blocks around when you apply the power to the pavement. The huge Holley double pumper sucks liquid from a 20 gallon fuel cell and blows the waste out twin 3 inch Flowmasters capped with dual oval exhaust tips. There is a reason these are the only chrome pieces on the car. The sound that emanates from them is as pure as Honey. Not loud enough to be obnoxious. but definitely enough to regulate your heartbeat. If there is an engine heaven. this will be the elevator music . Inside the cabin you can easily hold a normal conversation with only a sweet. sweet. rumble under your butt. I don't know if you can call it conversation as much as quiet prayer as you let off the 3600 pound clutch and connect the crankshaft to the close ratio 4 speed rock crusher. This car has been dyno'd at over 600 horsepower delivered to the rear wheels. The car runs cool even in Phoenix weather and runs fine on pump gas. This is simply not a car for kids. Any Chick with enough guts to drive this would most likely scare me a little bit. The power is silly. There is no justification for putting this kind of motor in a car driven on public roads. But isn't that the point of it all?  If you have to explain it. it shouldn't be yours. I call this a twenty minute car. It takes that amount of time to get enough adrenaline pumping to feel like your 'nads are going to explode. This is not for wimps. I have never gotten confident enough to try a full blast hole shot. The thought of what could happen under full throttle is too much for me. Maybe if I drank more. Mechanically this needs nothing. There are no drips. clunks. noises. or anything to detract from the deep giggly joy of piloting this craft. I don't know the rear gear ratio. I'm guessing it is in the low 4's. It is perfect for around town but on the freeway at 75 the motor is turning near 4 grand. Certainly not over revved. but punching it in the prime power band bring up that fear thing again. I'm sure you could get used to it. I mean there are those guys that fixate on G force.

   The interior is finished in a very comfortable gray velour with matching Ultra leather trimmed fully adjustable bucket seats and a complimentary tweed headliner. It has a custom rear seat in between the tubbed rear wheels. I call it the throne. There is matching wool carpeting and there are no rips tears. stains. smells anywhere. The pictures show a sort of blue tint on the velour inserts but that is only from the flash. Where the sun hits the door panel is the true color. The dash is original modified with a full compliment of VDO gauges that are all functioning and accurate. It has custom air conditioning and heat as well as a tilt column with a billet steering wheel. The trunk has been upholstered to match. At this moment the trunk panels are out because the sending unit needed replacing. but it will be in perfect order when delivered. There is a very good sound system. but who needs it when you have that motor. The power windows work well. This car maintains the original vent windows and all of the frames and hardware have been powder coated in satin black. The interior window garnishes did get a trip through the chrome tank and add a nice bit of sparkle to the interior. The windshield has been V butted and of course all new custom glass in medium smoke tint. All weather stripping is new and the car is very quiet even at freeway speeds. There are no consoles or cup holders  nor even a glove box. It is not that kind of car. It is quite a discussion to pigeonhole this car. It is not a drag car. (no roll cage or six point belts) it is not a street rod. (not exactly a get on the highway and flip on the cruise control to Vegas) Not an auto cross car( plenty of oomph. but those rear tires ain't gonna' handle like a slot car) I guess it is what it is. a machine to attract cops and figure out how many ways you can talk yourself out of a ticket.

   This is an incredible opportunity to grab yourself a truly finished car. I realize there is a lot of junk vehicles being sold on E-bay. If have bought most of them. This car will have no disappointments. It needs nothing. This truly is a get in it. turn the key and go . fast. There are a few minuscule nicks and mars. It took me 20 minutes to find one. nbsp;after all this is a driven car. The reserve is less than a used Honda. The usual rules apply; low feedback numbers. make sure you have the dough. VERY IMPORTANT; ask your wife. lover. kids. pets. priest. No Nigerian princes. I can ship this anywhere. This has a clear Arizona title. Funds must clear my bank before the car leaves my possession. No trades. The car is for sale at less than the bodywork. Good luck. bid well and bid often.

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