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1925 Spurgin-Giovanine Chevrolet Roadster

Posted on by Ken Gross
  • Among the most historic 1940s California dry-lakes roadsters
  • Built by Albata Club members Chuck Spurgin and Bob Giovanine
  • 1948 SCTA Class A Roadster Champion: perfect 1,800-point score
  • Featured on the cover of the March 1949 issue of Hot Rod
  • Displayed in the Historic Hot Rod Class at Pebble Beach in 2010
  • Dry Lakes Racing Hall of Fame inductee
  • Grand National Roadster Show Class Winner

1936 Ford Jack Calori 3-Window Coupe

Posted on by Ken Gross
  • Hot Rod magazine cover car November 1949
  • Built by rodding pioneers Jack Calori and Herb Reneau
  • Bored and stroked ’46 Mercury 59AB flathead
  • Clay Smith cam; Eddie Meyer high-compression heads
  • Three-inch chopped top, La Salle grille, ’40 Chevy headlights
  • Best in Class at Pebble Beach Early Custom Class in 2005
  • Dean Bachelor Award for the “Most Significant Hot Rod”

1932 Ford “404 Jr.” Roadster

Posted on by Ken Gross
  • Virtually unbeatable on Los Angeles-area drag strips in the 1950s
  • Former NHRA Street Roadster Class world-record holder
  • Fully restored by Dave Crouse, formerly Custom Auto, Loveland, CO
  • Powered by a full race 314-ci Ford flathead V8 with 4 carburetors, Harrell heads and an
  • Isky “404” radius-tappet camshaft
  • Featured in The Rodder’s Journal, Issue 32
  • Dean Bachelor Award winner at the 2007 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
  • Selected in 2007 as one of the most significant 1932 Ford hot rods of Read More

1922 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup

Posted on by Ken Gross
  • Credited with starting the T-bucket craze
  • Hot Rod magazine cover in October 1955
  • Featured on TV in “Mr. Kagle and the Baby Sitter” in 1956
  • Paint, crab-claw flames and pinstripes by Dean Jeffries
  • Car Craft cover: April, 1957
  • Starred on the TV show “77 Sunset Strip,” in 1958, and was called “Kookie’s Kar” after show character Gerald “Kookie” Kookson III
  • Sold to Jim “Street” Skonzakes for $3,000 in 1959
  • Later painted Rose Pearl with Candy Red flames by Larry Read More

1957 Chevrolet 210 Pro-Street

Posted on by Brett Hatfield
  • Built Chevrolet small-block V8 engine
  • BDS blower
  • Dual Holley 4-barrel carburetors
  • Mallory ignition with Powermaster coil
  • Be Cool aluminum radiator with dual fans
  • Headers and dual exhaust
  • Automatic transmission
  • Tubbed with narrowed rear axle
  • Auto Meter 9,000-rpm tachometer and auxiliary gauges
  • B&M shifter
  • Grant GT steering wheel
  • Weld Racing wheels
  • Mickey Thompson tires

1932 Ford Roadster

Posted on by Ken Gross
1932 Ford Roadster
  • The famous ’32 Ford roadster that raced the quarter horse in 1944
  • Russetta Timing Association tag: 120.9 mph at Harper Dry Lake, 1944
  • Starred in several hot rod B movies in the 1950s
  • Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance “Best Historic Hot Rod”
  • Named as one of the Most Significant 1932 Fords of all time in 2007

1952 Allard K2 Custom

Posted on by Ken Gross
  • Modified by legendary California customizer George Barris
  • Painted and pinstriped by the incomparable Von Dutch
  • Updated for performance and reliability
  • Previously owned by Hollywood actor Jeff Cooper
  • Colorado Grand participant
  • Displayed at the 2007 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance

1932 Ford 3-Window Drag Coupe

Posted on by Ken Gross
  • Inaugural 1954 ATAA World Series of Drag Racing Class AB Champion
  • Same owner for more than 60 years; driven less than one mile since 1954
  • Built by Francis Fortman and driven by Kenny Kerr
  • Competed in only one drag-racing event, then stashed away
  • Documented with the title from 1952, vintage racing photos, discovery photos and the ATAA program
  • Featured in Hot Rod DeLuxe, Ol’ Skool Rods and Old Cars Weekly magazines
  • Powered by a 4-carburetor, Edelbrock-equipped, alcohol-burning flathead V8

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