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for easy trailering and for a total longer, the tank was enlarged by check, the body panels were sent
weight with car to be less than 4500 a small amount to eight gallons. to Bryan Mahler at Paintworks
lbs. It was finished and delivered to Finally, in March of 2017, the now in St. Paul for paint that matched
Rooman Motorsports late in 2016. completed rolling chassis was the original House of Kolor multi-
loaded into their new trailer and color paint scheme. The very nice
In the meantime Roger Stanke
and his sons worked on completion taken to Roger Stanke’s shop in cowl lettering was then done by
of the blown and injected early St. Paul where the initial engine Scott Berosik in St. Paul. Curt at
model Chrysler hemi, which block installation and fitting of Creative Metal Works helped with
features a special Crower cam, major components would take the final fitting of body panels and
period-correct Enderle injectors, place. After that, everything would Jenny at Upholstery by StitchBitch
Brooks rods, Venolia pistons and be taken apart for painting, plating in Stillwater, Minnesota did
a Crower three-disk pedal clutch and upholstery. the seat upholstery and roll-bar
& flywheel. Don Ross, at his Once at Stanke Motorsports, padding.
fabrication shop in Garland, Texas, the engine was mounted and,
made a set of custom 2½ inch after the headers were checked
headers that matched the original for clearance, they were then sent
set as well as the in-out box now out to Raul Rivas at AAA Metal
required for cackle cars.
Finishing in St. Paul for chrome.
After most of the chassis had With the installation of the blower
been TIG welded, Keith Burgan and injectors, the engine was
began fabricating the shorty body, then mounted in the chassis for a
seat and gas tank, again, to closely final check and to install the
match the original. Since cackling throttle linkage and the
normally involves running the car fuel lines. After a final

Initial chassis and a 392 hemi engine block set up on the welding jig at Keith Burgan’s Rooman Motorsports.

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