"We installed it right in front of my house in the driveway," Gabriel says. One weekend he and fellow Heatwave Car Club members installed a pair of original Fennerstone pumps, with 8-inch strokes and Delta dumps, and of course the mandatory 3/16 scrape plate. The project came to an end much as it did back in the day. In true '70s fashion the inside of the car was upgraded to a full biscuit button tucked interior wrapped in light beige materials. of Kandy Konnection casting a coat of clear throughout the car. Pinstriping was added to the original factory paint with Bobby J. He extended the factory grille and fabricated a custom split front bumper. Gabriel took it upon himself to complete many of the items on the car. From the working original 8-track player to the OG 8-inch chain steering wheel, all the way to the original 14x7 True Classic wire wheels, which would of course be mounted onto 5.20 whitewall Premium Sportways, like any '70s lowrider, a list of custom modifications would surely accompany it. Only period-correct upgrades would do for his 1978 Ford Thunderbird, which he found and saved from a local junkyard.
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