Blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd will unveil his new baby, a custom 1972 Dodge Charge at Festival of LX's at the El Toro Machine Air Station in Irvine, California on March 15.
Kenny, who has christened the new kid 'Super Charger', will also be the proud parent of a TV show to go along with the birth. He has been documenting the entire build of the new car for an episode of ROD TV which will air on the Speed Channel on April 26.The guitar great was present at the birth along every part of the way. He supervised the component selection, the exterior and interior design and got his hands dirty on the build.
According to his statement, this is what the car was built on. "This custom Charger features a Mopar fuel injected new generation 392 Hemi with 525 hp and 510 tq. mated to a Viper 6-speed manual transmission. Reilly MotorSports has provided an AlterKtion custom front K-member that features rack and pinion steering, sway bars, adjustable shocks, hidden torsion bars, control arms, custom tie rod ends, and will be fitted with Wilwood Super Lite 6-piston calipers with 13" rotors. Also designed by Reilly MotorSports will be a 4 link rear suspension with adjustable coil over shocks and a Dana 44 rear end with 4.10 gears from Mopar Performance. All this power will be put to the pavement with Custom one-off Foose "Challenger" wheels wrapped in BF Goodrich tires (20" in the rear and 19" in the front)".
"The customized modern interior features 2008 Chrysler Sebring seats with hand stitched black leather and grey perforated suede inserts - with seat heaters of course. Kenny will be
listening to his music on a Pioneer Double Din stereo with Kicker Audio components, custom installed with a center console created by Kicker Audio and insulated by Dynamat. Helping him stay cool on those summer days will be an air conditioner provided by Classic Auto Air. There's also a custom shifter to bang through all 6 gears made by Billet Technology".
"Additional features on this car are custom billet aluminum fuel rails by Billet Technology, custom ceramic coated headers and slotted 3" exhaust tips by TTI, a custom built 3" exhaust by MagnaFlow, Flaming River steering column and "Tuff" steering wheel, a prototype all black Be Cool radiator, as well as a Zex nitrous system from Summit Racing".
Kenny's most recent album is the must-hear blues document '10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads'.
