Charities receive checks from Starbird-Devlin Car Show proceeds - Kansas.com
The limited number of 1937 Fiat Topolinos that made it to the shores of the United States still provided inspiration to drag racers, who often turned the little cars into gassers or altereds for quarter-mile racing. The two-door post car rolls on big Budnik wheels and features a GM Performance small block crate engine topped with an Arizona Speed & Marine electronic fuel injection unit that resembles Chevy's old mechanical Rochester fuel injection system. The car could pass for an all-metal original, but is actually a fiberglass-bodied replica powered by a 377 cubic inch small block Chevy engine topped with a GMC 4:71 supercharger. The Arc of Sedgwick County, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Starkey, Inc. each received a check Wednesday for $38,400. The checks were all proceeds from January’s Starbird-Devlin Car Show. “When I was growing up as a kid, I went to the Starbird car show,” said Tim Devlin, board president of Cars for Charities and owner of Devlin Rod and Customs. Later, as Devlin grew up and became involved with hot rods and custom cars, he’d have a booth at the show. And in still later years, before Devlin became part of the car show’s name, there was a decline in the show and in various departments, he said. Source: www.kansas.com
