Patrick Friel USA '56 Ragtop

  • '56 Rag top
  • Cover car Hot VW's Feb '06
  • Strato silver
  • Brick red interior
  • Tan carpet and ragtop
  • Fuchs 5.5" & Deep 6's
  • CB 2" shortened beam
  • Front discs
  • Full bodied, full interior
  • Berg shifter with line lock
  • Best ET 11.750@114.78 mph


  • 2442cc, 88x94
  • 14.8:1 C/R
  • Wiseco pistons
  • Long barrels
  • Scat flanged crank
  • FK 89
  • Scat 1.4 rockers
  • CB lube-a-lobes lifters
  • Magnum straight cut cam gears
  • AS41 case
  • Super Flow heads, 47.5x43.5 valves, K800 springs
  • 1-7/8" Berg header, single chamber flowmaster
  • Weber 51.5 IDA's w/Eichler 49 chokes
  • Hunt Magneto
  • Built by Rick Eichler


  • Spool
  • 3.88 R/P
  • 4.11/2.31/1.58/1.26
  • Sway-a-Way axles
  • Built by KCR