GR Auto Gallery is excited to bring to market for the first time this stunning 1954 Corvette Pro-touring build. This car is the perfect blend of the Corvettes first original body style and the best modern performance that is available today. The body is an authentic 1954 factory body that was masterfully grafted to a custom fabricated square tube frame by Street Shop Customs from Alabama. This Pro-Touring dream was the recipient of a 3 year fabrication and restoration process to an insane stan...dard by the masterful hands of Impact Restorations of Grand Rapids MI. The car is finished in Candy Apple Red Metallic exterior paint over Fawn leather interior. The car is powered by an LS3 Corvette engine said to make stock 430HP the power is transferred via an American Powertrain Tremec 5 Speed manual transmission and delivered by a 4:11 rear end. The brakes consist of cross drilled and slotted rotors with powder coated Wilwood 6-piston front calipers and powder coated Wilwood 4-piston rears. The car features adjustable coil over suspension by QA1 in all four corners all aluminum rear end aluminum axles balanced aluminum driveshaft front and rear sway bars and Street Shop aluminum trailing arms. Other highlights include: custom seat backs with leather interior and carpeting by Al Knoch Interiors Vintage Air Conditioning Flaming River steering column Lokar universal parking brake with Corvette Clevis Master Power dual stage master cylinder American Racing Wheels polished stainless steel headers polished stainless Magnaflo exhaust etc. The stage presence that this 1954 Corvette has is stunning and the performance is amazing as it possesses all the comfort power and handling characteristics of a modern performance car. Pro-touring and Resto-mod builds on classic cars has taken hold of the collector car industry and performance and custom builds can add up well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. A 1954 Corvette by itself holds huge respect and value in the classic car arena and one built to this spec and extreme level can not be built for the price offered here.
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