Under the bonnet we've got

a rebored Chevy big block fitted-out

with Mallory ignition, Holley twin-carbs,

Genie extractors, high-stall converters,

a port-matched Edelbrock manifold on heads

running lumpy cams, roller rockers, MT covers

and cooled through a five-row baffled

cross-flow radiator with an electric

water-pump, braided hose and twin

thermo fans (but it still runs pretty hot)

red-lining at 4800 revs sending

250 brake horse-power belting through

a Turbo 400 transmission with a B&M shifter,

down the drive train to a 1:3.36 ratio

rear diff on the arse-end spinning fat

Firestones on 14-by-8 deep-dish rims,

smokin' it up, laying down a quarter mile

in 15.9 topping out at 108 miles

an hour.

       Cream premium-grain hide

interiors matched to wood detailing

compliment a high-style body finished

to concourse quality in fire-engine

red with more chrome than the sun

can shine on.