Truppi Kling Chevelle

[Stitch]

This was sent from somebody who knew Frank Russo to a UK guy who has a picture of the car on his website ......

"Couldn't believe it when surfing the net looking for 55 Ford stuff, I found a picture of Frank Russo's 69 Chevelle. The car was originally purchased in Danbury, Ct. and ran regularly at Dover Dragway. With its original slightly modified 396, it turned somewhere in the 12's. The car was dark blue at the time. Around 1970 or 71 Frank got serious, replaced the 396 with a 454 RAT Motor built in New Jersey, got the trick paint in Danbury, and started racing. He got to the final 16 at the Indianapolis Summernationals running consistent 11'1's in Superstock E. If memory serves me correctly, he broke after winning the hole shot which would have put him into the final 8. The driver that he broke against eventually won the class. For those of us who knew him, there was no doubt that Frank would have done the same.
As I remember, the car's paint job was faded to orange lower on the sides than today's picture illustrates and I beleive that at least for a while he ran Cragers. Finally, Frank sold the car and purchased a SOX and MARTIN Pro-stocker .I believe that the Chevelle then went to England.

Thanks for the memories"

Maybe that confirms it was originally a 396 car ? .