• Built by Regal Roadsters, Madison, WI
• 6-liter, 600-hp Aston Martin/Cosworth V12
• 4-speed overdrive GM Hydramatic transmission
• Original steel body, custom-built chassis
• Independent front suspension, 4-wheel power disc brakes
• Boydster III body by Deuce Customs
• LS6 Corvette V8
• Winner 2010 Milwaukee Best Rod in Show
• Winner 2010 Pittsburgh Most Outstanding Rod in Show
• 502 miles since completion
• ’31 Ford roadster body channeled over a ’32 Ford frame
• An authentic “barn find,” intact since the early ’60s
• Fresh 286-ci Vern Tardel-built three-carb flathead V8
• Featured in Pat Ganahl’s book Lost Hot Rods II
• Original steel body sectioned 2½ inches, top chopped two inches
• 427-ci Dart Ford V8 with Kinsler Fuel Injection
• Heidts’ IFS with Corvette C5 disc brakes
• C5 Corvette IRS and disc brakes with Winters quick-change
• Goodguys finalist for “America’s Most Beautiful Street Rod”
This one-off hand-laid-fiberglass-bodied special was located in 2003 in partially restored condition. Built in California on a 1933 Ford chassis (and titled as a 1933 Ford, despite the “1955” catalog designation), it’s powered by a 1942 59L Ford flathead V8, with a ’39 Ford 3-speed manual floor-shift transmission.
The engine block has been bored to 3 3/8 inches, ported, and relieved — and equipped with a Winfield camshaft, a Harman & Collins dual-coil distributor, a four-inch Mercury crankshaft, dual Stromberg Read More
• One of the very first California customs
• Built in 1940 by Charles Marr and Gerry Huth
• Owned for four decades by Carl Morton
• Equipped with the best speed equipment and trim of the period
This Mercury is a work of art and one of the earliest, most important “lead sleds.” It is a must-have for any custom collection.
• 1952 Hot Rod magazine cover car
• Clocked at 143.54 mph at El Mirage dry lake
• Class winner at the Grand National Roadster Show
• First in Class and Dean Batchelor Award at the 1999 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
Dick Flint and a friend stop at a crosswalk, watching a voluptuous coed pass in front of them. Dick’s friend leaps out of the car as she haughtily turns away from the boys’ arresting red roadster.
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• Period style chopped ’33 Ford highboy
• SCoT-supercharged Ford flathead
• Vintage speed equipment and instruments
• Dash panel signed by Billy F. Gibbons
• A period all-steel Ford hot rod
• Well-known car from the Pacific Northwest hot-rod scene
• Striking color combination of Cadillac Ivory over dark green
• Beautifully presented throughout
• A usable hot rod for cruise nights or local shows
Starting with a Squeeg’s Kustoms concept and a Jimmy Smith rendering, this woodie was built from the ground up with a ’33 Ford roadster cowl from Steve’s Auto Restorations, custom SAC frame rails (patterned from the Vern Luce 3-window coupe by the late Boyd Coddington), round-tube cross members, a hand-made steel body with a steel-cage inner structure and wheel tubs, a rolled rear pan, a four-piece hood, and vee’d windshield posts.
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