Featured Rides
September WINNER - LUIS GONZALEZ
This months Featured Ride is Luis's 1972 Datsun 240z
This submission is short and sweet for now. Luis bought this 240z, taught himself how to tig weld, and built the beautiful LS turbo kit in this 240z using parts from Monkey Fab!
We appreciate Luis's support of Monkey Fab and hope you all enjoy looking at this car as much as we do! Enjoy your swag pack and gift card Luis!
August 20th WINNER - KYLE WHITEHEAD
This weeks Featured Ride is Kyle Whitehead and his 1977 Buick Skylark!
This not-so-common 77 Skylark came to be when Kyle needed more doors for his newly growing family after sporting a 2 door LS swapped nova for a while. He was deployed with the US Navy at the time and would plan his build ideas on a notebook so he'd know what to do when returning stateside. Once his service was complete, he treated himself to a new TIG welder and got to work building this Skylark the way he had been planning to, which included parts from seemingly every big name out there! This car has front and rear suspension upgrades from Calvert and QA1, chassis support from Stifflers and Rhodes Race Cars, built rear end with Strange and Auburn products, complete fuel system with Fore and Tanks Inc., 4L80E with TransGo parts, Gen3 5.3 with "The Best Cam" and VS Racing turbo products, all controlled with Holley Terminator X Max. He loaded the car up with sensors from Lowdoller Motorsports so he could capture the data needed to make this car go as fast and as efficiently as possible.
Kyle is taking this Skylark along with his wife Silvia through the Redwood Rally drag and drive event in September so we're excited to see how it goes!
Kyle wants to throw a shout out to his wife Silvia for supporting and putting up with this hobby, Jose Cervantes of JC's Powder Coating for the powder coating work, Caecey Killian of Stroker Media for the motivation and ideas, ManualBrakes.com for the brake conversion parts, and Monkey Fab!
We appreciate Kyle's support of Monkey Fab and are thrilled to feature this awesome Skylark. Enjoy your swag pack and gift card Kyle!
Kyle Calkins and his 1978 Ford Fairmont Wagon is our new Featured Ride!
Let's congratulate Richard Sabol and his 1996 S10 as our second Featured Ride!
Richard would first like to thank his wife, Barb, for being understanding for the time spent on the truck. Danica, for being by his side and supporting along the way, and a big thanks to his dad for creating the passion for him.
July 1st WINNER - JACK CRAWFORD
Monkey Fab's very first featured ride is Jack Crawford's 1972 Ford LTD!
Jack's LTD "Yacht 1" was purchased by his great grandparents in 1971. It stayed in the family and Jack inherited it during his senior year of high school. Jack built Yacht 1 for Drag-N-Drives and No Prep events, and deceptively punches out 8-second quarter mile passes using 408 cubic inches of LS power fed by a 94mm GT55 turbo and backed by a stout 4L80e transmission. Jack used Monkey Fab Garage for every hose and fitting, and all the turbo hot side and cold side parts!
Even more impressive yet- during the submission period for this first Featured Ride, Jack completed the Rocky Mountain Race Week event in 2nd place in the Unlimited Class and even WON the No-Time Sweet 16 shootout at the end of the event.
Jack would like to give a shout out to 918 Motorsports, Lucito's Racing Engines, Brian Tooley Racing, Snake Eater Performance, Jake's Performance, Forced Performance Turbos, and ZIP Performance.
We are appreciative of Jack's support and are proud to Feature Yacht 1 on the Monkey Fab website! Please enjoy some swag and a $150 gift card Jack!