When it comes to homebuilt cars, there’s an endless amount of brands, styles, and personalization that can be incorporated into any build. In fact, some projects start as production cars (old or new), while others simply start in the builder’s mind.
For Zachery Blausey of Toledo, Ohio, his vision was that of a historic AA/Altered—yes, the supercharged and often untamed machines of the 1960s and ‘70s.
“My car is based on a 1923 T-Bucket that I call Twisted T,” said Zachary.
“It’s definitely a budget build that I completed in 33 days using old parts and stuff I got from the Summit Racing catalog. I’ve been through a few engines and transmissions, but right now it has a $100 LS engine with an old Roots 14-71 blower, a Powerglide transmission, and a Dana 44 rear with 3.55 gears,” he said.
We caught up with Zachary at the 2024 Holley LS Fest East in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Amazingly, he drove the car towing a small trailer from Toledo and we learned Zachary has driven his “Twisted T” hot rod through the Tail of the Dragon, he often uses it on his 60 mile trip to work, and he’s covered over 35,000 miles in one year alone.
Not a show queen, Zachary was there to compete on track where he laid down awesome burnouts and a respectable 6.17 elapsed time at 107 mph. That elapsed time equates to roughly 9.60s in the quarter-mile.
In addition to drag racing the old Ford, he competed in the burnout contest, thrilling the crowd with tire smoke and 15 foot flames using his “flame thrower” system.
“I added the flame thrower because it’s just so cool to see,” he added.
Zachary’s Twisted T weighs just 2,000 pounds and with the short wheelbase, it’s a tad on the wild side. He started with boxed frame rails and added a four-link rear and a street-rod-type front end.
The aforementioned LS is a 6.0L model with a big 14-71 blower topped with an Enderle injector hat. Fuel is fed by a mechanical, belt-driven Aeromotive pump and he tunes the engine with a Holley Terminator X EFI.
Zachary stated the blower makes 13 psi of boost with the current drive pulleys and it breathes through a set of homebuilt Zoomie headers.
“It’s been a fun project. I have under $10K in the car, not counting my labor and I get amazing support from my girlfriend Colby Buzzell and my friend Doug Whited. It’s something different and it always draws a crowd!”
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