registered with the National Corvette Museum. Two metal plates, one inside the driver’s door and another under the hood, and a windshield decal further memorialize the build. In this brave new Internet world in which we live, researching a Mallett’s history is ever so detailed. The Mallett Website contains a complete listing of every car, plus pictures of the respective conversions.

Mallett admits to a rather exotic CNC head porting job...

     So, what does a Mallett 396 consist of? Larry Phillips found out real fast when his wife’s Corvette came back from Mallett’s Berea, Ohio, facility. Janice’s ‘98 black-on-black Mallet 396 automatic coupe, set off by classic flames, was more than a tad faster than Larry’s ‘99. The feel was so