Lewis Birkhead Louisville, KY, USA '63 Sedan

  • '63 Sedan
  • The Killer Tomato
  • '69 IRS pan w/kingpin beam
  • '90 corvette Torch Red
  • Empi polished five spoke rims w/135's & 205/60
  • 15x6 Firestone slicks at track
  • VDO guages
  • Scat drag-fast shifter
  • Alpine cd player, custom mounted
  • Stock front shocks, coil overs rear
  • Sway-a-Way adjustable spring plates
  • Wolf-built kafer style adjustable traction bar
  • CB Performance rotary fuel pump
  • Holley fuel regulator
  • 7.84 @ 87.61 1/8 mile first year out ('06) on pumpgas


  • 2276 cc
  • CB 82 mm 4340 race crank
  • Scat 5.5" I-beam race rods
  • 94mm Mahle pistons & cylinders
  • 9.89:1 C/R
  • Engle FK-46 cam
  • CB 1.4 rockers (.571 lift)
  • CB straight cut gears
  • CB Competition Eliminator heads, 44x38 valves, Chevy Manton springs, lightly ported by Shively Speed and Machine
  • CB wide mouth pushrod tubes
  • Manton 3/8" pushrods
  • Weber 48 IDA's, worked by Costello (42 vents)
  • Scat lifters
  • 3-1/2" quart sump
  • Mallory Hyfire 685 & Unilite distributor
  • Estimated 200 hp
  • Built by Wolf


  • IRS
  • Super diff
  • 4.12 R/P
  • 3.80/2.06/1.48/1.13
  • All the HD components
  • Built by L. Graham