1965 is my favorite year for what I call “small Chevelles” and because I grew up with a 1965 El Camino, this little beast right here tugs at the old heart strings. And because I grew up in a family with a stick shift drag car, and drive a stick car everyday, the fact that this little plain white wrapper Chevelle has a dogbox trans in it makes it even cooler. With the dogbox and the high winding small block you can shift this thing without lifting thanks to the vertigate shifter. It really does harken back to the days of my youth, so I love this plain vanilla hot rod.

In this feature video you’ll get to see why this thing really is something special even though it is super simple. I dig it.

Video Description:

The McCarthy family is known for building fast cars and driving the hell out of them! Always leaning towards old school, raw & sleeper builds this one has been a while in the making. Mason started building this car when he was 15 years old and built a true badass sleeper. 355 ci making around 500HP, straight cut gears on the vertical gate “no lift shift” dog box trans and all manual with no amenities whatsoever. This is a pure drivers car and not only can Mason build but he can DRIVE so sit back and enjoy the ride.