John Varela Covina, CA, USA '56 Ragtop

'56 Oval Ragtop Stratos Silver/Blue Metallic #L227 Blue "Stay Fast" canvas ragtop Polished 5-spokes w/135's & M&H Dot's Interior is blue/grey tweed stiched in original stitch pattern Sway-a-Way 26mm torsion bars Select-A-Drop front end NOS Monroe 90/10 shocks front/KYB's rear Purchased from original owner Monster tach Best ET 12.160 @ 111.53 mph

2276cc AS41 CB Super Case Gusseted, clearanced, and full flowed FK87 cam 82mm welded, balanced, wedgemated, magnafluxed crank Micro polished at DMS 94mm Mahle/Cima pistons(balanced) and cylinders Scat "Lube-a-Lobe" reground lifters CB Perf 044 heads ported, polished, and chambered by Steve Tims/Performance Workshop Smith Bros push rods JayCee pushrod tubes Weber 48 IDA's w/42mm venturis, worked by Castello C/R 10.5:1, to run pump gas for street driving and C12 at the track CB Performance "H" Beam balanced 5.52 rods Scat 1.4:1 rockers Tall manifolds match ported by Steve Tims Kennedy Stage II pressure plate Daiken Super Disc Built by Greg Garza, Pomona, CA

Late case tranny with big pinion bearing and clutch cross shaft Chromoly pinion nut Steel shift forks Berg Super Beetle main shaft (stock 1st and 2nd ratios) 1.58 3rd/1.21 4th Klinkenberg 4.12 R/P Crown Superdiff Crown short axles Trans was origionally built by the late Steve Lara from S&L Engineering and rebuilt by Ray Medrano