TECH SPECS:
“EL REY” - 1963 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE
OWNER: Albert De Alba, Sr. CITY/STATE: Upland, California CLUB: Elite So-Cal ENGINE: 1996 Corvette 5.7-liter LT1 built by Tom at City Auto Parts in Pomona, CA, with custom pulleys and fuel rails from Street & Performance, molded engine covers with murals by Sal Elias, custom no-bolt valve covers, hidden wiring, candy-painted block, Flowmaster exhaust with billet hangers installed by Adan at R&A Muffler and hand engraving by Miguel Chavez.
SOURCES CITY AUTO PARTS (909) 623-1631 | STREET AND PERFORMANCE HOTRODLANE.CC FLOWMASTER WWW.FLOWMASTERMUFFLERS.COM @FLOWMASTER1 MARIO’S AUTOWORKS WWW.MARIOSAUTOWORKS.COM | CAL BLAST CALBLAST.COM ELEGANCE AUTO INTERIORS WWW.ELEGANCEAUTOINTERIORS.COM | FOCAL WWW.FOCAL-AMERICA.COM @FOCAL PRO AUDIO | ART OF SOUND (909) 920-5456 | ZENITH WIRE WHEELS WWW.ZENITHWIREWHEELS.NET WHEELS-N-MOTION WWW.WHEELSNMOTIONLX.COM
Suspension & Undercarriage: Custom hydraulics built by Art Tuason at HOPPOO’s in Ontario, CA, with two billet aluminum pumps, three batteries, four switches, 8-inch cylinders in front, 10-inch in the rear and 1-ton springs. A fully wrapped and molded X-frame by Humberto Rocha at Cal Blast, one-off rearend, molded tubular A-arms, rack and pinion steering, four-wheel disc brakes, custom trailing arms. BODY & PAINT: Done by Albert De Alba, Sr. and Jr., at Mario’s Autoworks in Montclair and Cal Blast in Upland, includes molded hood,
188 DUBMAG NOV/DEC 2011
shaved door handles, emblems, gas door, fender spears, wipers and cowl, dash relocated to the center and molded into a center console, molded one-piece ’62 Impala front bumper, one-piece rear bumper and a custom tube grille built by Greg De Alba. Painted by Albert Sr. in multi-colored SEM red, orange and gold candies and Old School flakes, pinstriped by Willis and Tom Clark (Corona and Chino, CA), with murals by Sal Elias of Sal’s Tattoo Studios in Riverside, CA. Chrome plating done by Best Polish and Jaguar’s in Pomona. INTERIOR: Mark Lopez at Elegance Auto
Interiors in Upland upholstered custom seats with extended side skirts in stingray leather with painted backrests, handmade and painted upper door and quarter panels, billet door handles, billet steering wheel and steering column, relocated dash with gauges hidden in molded steel center console and a hidden Focal stereo system done by Carlos and George at Art of Sound in Upland. TIRES & WHEELS: 13x7 Chrome Zenith wires with painted spokes and OG 5:20-13 skinny whitewalls from Wheels-n-Motion in Pomona.