George Barris was "The King of Kustomizers" but he also build up some cool engines, this one from a then-brand-new 1963 Split-Window Corvette built as a show car. Boring and stroking a 327-cid Corvette engine to 352 cubes, it was completely race-prepped with the fitting of 13:1 compression pistons and a solid-lifter Isky 505C camshaft, and a magneto replacing the standard points distributor.

The crown jewel of this Barris creation is the intake system, with six Stromberg 97 two-barrel carburetors mounted on an aluminum intake. With the choke assemblies removed for maximum airflow, this classic hot-rodded small block chevrolet engine not only looks the part but has the performance to back it up: dyno tested at 430 foot pounds of torque and 400 horsepower, which in 1963 was rather potent for a street machine!