When two brothers have a rift, it’s typically no surprise, but this one brought about Paul Caron’s extremely sharp 1955 Chevy post.
“It’s actually a funny story — my brother and I weren’t talking, but one day, he sent me a photo of this car for sale. We had not talked for a few months, and now he sends me pictures of race cars again,” Paul begins.
The next thing you know, Paul bought the car, and he and his brother, Harold Jr., were back on speaking terms. “It was just one of those things,” Caron tells. “I was focused on my business and not really looking, but if he hadn’t sent the sale ad, I wouldn’t have seen the car; but I immediately pulled the trigger on purchasing it.”
The ’55 Chevrolet is all steel, including all of the body panels and bumpers; it is even all original window glass. The 8.50-certified cage is added to the original front framerails. The chassis was constructed by the late Mark Markow of MRC Race Cars. “This man was an absolute genius and gentleman,” Caron adds. “He was old-school, but a craftsman that perfected any build project.”
The 408 small-block Chevy is fed with twin turbos that are carefully routed between the original 1955 steel and a Mattson aluminum triple-pass radiator.
The front suspension mimics the stock a-arm geometry with tubular upper and lower control arms. Trick components up front also include a custom fabricated rack-and-pinion steering unit as well as AFCO Racing double-adjustable coilover shocks front and rear.
The square-tube, back-half frame and roll cage are painted charcoal gray on the interior, and hot rod matte black in the engine bay. The four-link rear suspension has an anti-roll bar system and an X-style rear suspension track locator, which are all hand-fabricated.
Powering Caron’s ’55 is a 408 cubic-inch SBC, built upon a Dart Machinery Little M block with Air Flow Research 235 23-degree heads and ported Edelbrock intake. An Accufab 105mm throttle body combines with a Wilson elbow. JE pistons, Crower connecting rods, and Lunati crankshaft comprise the rotating assembly.
The interior is equally as refined as the outside appearance. The tweed interior is in contrast to the race oriented components such as the Lokar three-pedal system, where the “clutch” pedal controls the Turbo 400 transbrake.
A Holley Performance Dominator ECU and injectors feed two Precision 68/70 turbos, a pair of 46mm wastegates, and a 66mm blow-off valve. A Bosch 044 electric fuel pump…
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