FEATURED CAR: A Love Like No Other
Quick Tech: 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle "Sally"
Chassis Type & Mods: 12 point cage 8.50 cert. Stock front suspension and ladder bar rear
Suspension & Brakes: AFCO BNC shocks in the front and AFCO Big Guns in the rear. Wilwood disc brakes on all four corners.
Body & Paint: Custom Quasar Blue by Cliffs Auto Body. Removeable fiberglass 6" cowl hood and deck lid.
Engine: 565 CI Dart Block with Dart 345 Heads, Sniper Jr. Intake, Callies Crank, Manley Rods, Venolia Pistons, Jesel valvtrain, 13.5:1 Compression
Induction and Fuel Delivery: Sniper Jr. Intake with a Holley 1290 cfm Dominator. Barry Grant regulator and a Magna Fuel pump.
Electronics & Ignition: MSD Pro Billet distributer and an MSD 7-AL
Exhaust: Super Comp 2 1/8 Headers into 3.5" collectors
Transmission & Driveline: Sepanek Turbo 400 with a super case. Dynamic 4500 stall converter. Custom driveshaft.
Differential: Moser 9" with Mark Williams center section. Moser 40 spline axles. 3:90 gears
Tires & Wheels: FRONT - Racestar 15x3.5 with Hoosier 28x4.5. REAR - Racestar double bead lock 15x10 with Hoosier 30x10.50
Special Thanks: I would like to thank my wife Sharon for all of her support and my children Jordan, Saige, and Jaina for all of their encouragement.
Scott Embley of Saylorsburg, PA has been the proud owner of this piece of iconic American muscle for the past 25 years. It all began while riding his BMX bike through town one day and had a love at first site moment. He fell so in love that he traded his 1987 lifted, Nissan pickup along with the $3500 he still owed on it and bought the Chevelle that same night. It is a very powerful thing when a young man not only finds his dream car, but makes a sacrifice and buys it as well.
Scott was raised by his mother "Jeanne" who knew her son all too well and took him under her loving wing and introduced him to drag racing the very next weekend. Jeanne was a long time bracket racer and figured if she taught her son how to race safely on the track, he would stay off the streets. That weekend the Chevelle now called "Sally" made her first pass with Mom cheering them both on. Scott's first trip down the track resulted in a very modest 14.80 at 93 mph and forever hooked him into drag racing.
Scott and his Mom worked hard making Sally a reliable street / strip car from that day on. After losing his drivers license a few times, Scott's mom decided it was time to buy him his first trailer (which he still has) and dedicate Sally to the strip. Scott started laughing while telling me this and admitted that he had 53 points on his license at one time. Jeanne taught Scott the basics of towing and bracket racing and the two of them had a lot of fun times together racing and working on Sally together.
Tragically, Jeanne lost her life at the young age of 53 to cancer but managed to get Scott and Sally into the 11.90's before she passed in 1996. Jeanne is forever immortalized on the back of Sally with a decal that says, "In Loving Memory Of Mom." To this day Scott and Sally share every pass down the track together with Jeanne and will forever remember the love and lessons they experienced together.
Fast forward to 2017 and Sally is both ferocious and stunning at the same time. She demands attention and respect wherever she goes. This Chevelle took a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and cash to get to where she is today. Scott had five different versions of it that ranged from its first days as a 14.80 car into 12.80's, then 10.90's, then 9.70's, then 9.20's and finally into its best pass of 8.90.
