We've all seen the cheesy Thunderbirds and Monte Carlos painted up to look like NASCAR Sprint Cup cars, but this is something completely different. This is the Super Street Series (SSS) produced by Jeffrey's Custom Conversions (www.jeffreyscustomconversions.com), and it's no OEM stocker parading around like a racer. In fact, this is a nearly purebred race car tuned down enough to make it survivable-and legal-on the street. Jeffrey's builds every car to order from scratch with 60 percent of the same components as the Cup guys use, and each gets its own VIN. That means there are no hassles trying to get a VIN transferred from an old donor car. Each tube chassis is constructed by a Nextel Cup chassis builder somewhere in South Carolina (Jeffrey's won't reveal who) before it is shipped to Jeffrey's for completion. The front and rear clips are almost exactly the same as a Cup car; only the centersection is changed to move some bars around to increase creature comforts.
Concessions to streetability are few but include real working lights, air conditioning, carpet, air-ride suspension so you can cruise at race height or raise it to more sensible levels for real-world roads. Jeffrey's can clone the car of your favorite driver or set you up with car designer and illustrator Murray Pfaff to create your own original scheme.