FLIGHT PLAN
are assaulted with the fat meats out back, a blown Rat motor in the engine bay, and silky smooth matte black paint, you don’t expect to see a largely untouched 60-year old interior inside. But it only looks that way. “I kept it all as original as possible, including the bench seat,” McPherson said. However, if you look closely, you can see that the factory medium turquoise confines have been updated for added style, safety, and function. First, the 12-point cage blends so nicely that you almost don’t notice it. Swing out sidebars add some comfort for the car’s primary duties on the street. A mixture of factory and reproduction parts cover the majority of the interior,
64
FACTORY FRESH In a pro street world of me-too tin interiors with fabricated seats and digital dashes, the largely factory medium turquoise interior is not only unexpected but off-the-charts cool. The well-executed black cage blends right in, and the blue bench seat and factory steering wheel give a true sense of nostalgia for the car’s classic roots, while the Hurst shifter and AutoMeter gauges lend the function needed for an 800+ horsepower street bruiser.
june 2017 | RPM Magazine