Ok, so here we are about a year after purchasing the 1964 Fairlane for our next big RPM project, STREET THUNDER. Let’s take a quick look back.

We found the car after searching high and low and even travelling halfway across the country to look at various candidates, some of which were grossly misrepresented in online ads. Interestingly, after scouring the web, the car we finally purchased had connections to RPM Mag’s own staffers, Jerry and Shari Gary.

After transportation back to one of our own RPM shops, we took stock of what we had and the direction we were going with the project, then laid out a plan. That plan started with deciding on the basic design and look of ST1000 (short for Street Thunder and 1000 horsepower) along with major components we’d be using to achieve that certain look and also to reach our 1000 rear wheel horsepower combination street driver/ strip terror goals. Then, we fed all of that info to Rod Burke of Burke Designs and shared the entire design process with you just a few months back.

Well, the feedback on the final renderings are in and we all agree that Burke hit this one out of the park!

He captured everything we envisioned for ST 1000 and then some.

From that point to where we are now has been a bit of a challenge, but mostly for good reason. First, ST was shipped to Misener Motorsports as they kindly offered to disassemble its mechanicals for us. While Misener had the car he also sent some interior panels and the rear seats off o Tom’s Upholstery. We’ll be meeting with the staff at om’s later down the road to discuss our vision and we’re very confident they can get us there as we have seen a number of examples of their award winning work first hand.