The Mothers® 1959 Sedan Delivery

 

 

 

 

The star of the Mothers® Polishes booth at the 2017 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas was the company’s famed 1959 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery. Originally a telephone company vehicle equipped with a 235-cubic inch 135-horsepower Hi-Thrift 6-cylinder engine and a three-speed column-shifted transmission, the sedan delivery has been a part of the Holloway family since 1984.

 

 

 

In 1999, Mothers® employee Gary Turnau built it into a “restomod” powered by 350-cubic inch small block Chevrolet engine with Edelbrock electronic fuel injection. Using the original frame fitted with Air Ride suspension the bright red rod was featured in Hot Rod magazine.

 

 

 

In the years since its initial build the Mothers® signature vehicle received many updates and powerplants, but its most recent update came in 2014 in the Rad Rides by Troy shop.  The bright red beauty received a new modified Art Morrison Enterprises chassis with Corvette C6 independent front suspension and a new 378 cubic inch intercooled and supercharged Ligenfelter aluminum LS3 engine with aluminum cylinder heads that develops 670 horsepower. 

 

   

The car features brushed nickel-plated trim throughout and one-off Billet Specialties wheels that are 18 inches in diameter by 9 inches wide in front with massive 19-inch by 12-inch wide wheels in back.

 

 

 

 

The interior is dark brown leather with suede inserts and matching tweed carpet and Rad Rides built a rear seat for the car, a feature that the original Sedan Delivery did not offer. One thing that didn’t need a makeover in 2014 was the eight-year old BASF Glasurit paint as it had of course been protected by Mothers® polishes and waxes.

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2017 SEMA "Battle of the Builders" winner

Troy Trepanier of Rad Rides by Troy was the winner of the coveted 2017 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) “Battle of the Builders” competition held during SEMA Ignited, the official SEMA Show after-party held after the 2017 SEMA Show.

Trepanier’s 1929 Ford Model-A Tudor sedan shown at the B&M booth in the SEMA 2017 Central Hall edged out Alan Johnson’s 1932 Ford Tudor and Troy Ladd’s 1936 Packard roadster for the title. The three builders will be featured along with many other SEMA Show builders in a new episode of the TV special "SEMA: Battle of the Builders," which will premiere on the Velocity Channel on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. 

The 1929 Model A Tudor is powered by a GM first generation fuel-injected aluminum small block engine with custom valve covers and air cleaner connected to a Legend Gear and Transmission LGT-700 5-speed transmission with a Hurst Competition Plus ™ shifter and a modified Halibrand rear end. The exhaust is all stainless steel, fed through stainless steel Flowmaster ™ Super HP2 mufflers.   

The car built for Mark and Dennis Marianai features front and rear torsion bar suspension with an entirely hand fabricated body including the hood air cleaner and grille shell that was covered with a custom mixed bronze paint from Glasurit a division of BASF.  The car rides on CNC machined custom artillery  style wheels built in the Rad Rides shop. 

 For more details check out these sites: 

https://www.glasurit.com/en-int

http://www.bmracing.com/

http://legendgt.com/

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