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Featured in American Rodder, Jan. 2001
(Details
Article by Pat Ganahl)
Engine:
Type: 1942 Ford 59A flathead V8
Displacement: 275 cu. in.
Camshaft: Isky Model 77
Ignition: Harmon-Collins with electronic conversion
Induction: B&M supercharger with two Stromberg 97
carburetors
Heads: Ford aluminum, polished
Exhaust: Fenton headers, glass-pack mufflers
Drive Train:
Transmission: Borg-Warner T-5 5-speed with overdrive
Rearend: 1936 Ford with early Halibrand V8 quick-change
center section and 1956 Ford F-100 truck axles
Chassis:
Frame: American Stamping rails
Front suspension: Chassis Engineering dropped and drilled
I-beam, chromed; transverse spring; split tapered ’32
radius rods; tube shocks
Rear suspension: Model A transverse spring; 1932
lever-action shocks
Steering: Ford F-1 pickup
Wheels, front/rear: 1939 Ford-style steel
Tires, front/rear: bias-ply blackwall; 5.00x16, 7.50x16
Brakes: ’46 Ford front, Ford F-100 rear; Hollywood finned
aluminum backing plate covers
Body:
Model: Roadster, Brookville steel; louvered deck, filled
grille shell, full hood, chopped windshield; black
urethane paint.
Interior: White leather upholstery by Nostalgic
Interiors, Phoenix, AZ; custom gauge panel by Peter
Coppings with curved-glass Classic Instruments; ’40 DeLuxe
steering wheel; Custom black removable soft top; Fully
upholstered trunk. |
