I’ve accepted that I have an acute talent for losing hideous money on cars, but this scenario is extensive and ends in just plain blackmail. Let’s go back to 1998 when I decide to build a Rat rod ’28-’29 Model A roadster pickup after scoring a complete, bone-stock rolling chassis and drivetrain that a neighbor…
****1926 FORD ROADSTER “ZIPPER”**** This is a Titled 1926 Ford! No constructed title or brands! This car only has 200 miles on it. I bought this car to finish the interior and do local. 1923 ford t bucket built on california custom channeled roadster body, cinnimon red/copper under coat, 327 sbc, bal.&blueprinted, dyno400hp, holly…
Fortune’s Katie Fehrenbacher took detailed notes of Musk’s lengthy retelling of the Tesla origin story, including his revelations of previously-unpublicized problems that arose during the automaker’s first foray into building an electric car. In the early days, it sounds like Musk didn’t even give his fledgling company, now 13 years old, a fighting chance at…
Body Style: 2 door (1 real, 1 faux) 2 passenger runabout Factory Price: $440 Production: 44, 116 this model only Weight Curb: 1, 380 lbs Engine: 4-cylinder L-head In-line Horse Power: 20 @ 1, 600 rpm Cubic Inches: 176.7 Wheel Base: 100 in. Transmission: 2 speeds forward, a ruxtal makes this T 4 speeds, planetary…
Fiberglass versus steel bodies. A few decades ago, this wouldn’t have been an issue among street rodders. Original steel bodies were easier to find, and reproduction bodies were still a novelty. Times have changed. To drive an original sheetmetal car is no longer the norm, but a rare distinction. Repro ‘glass bodies have improved in…
Looking for a little more interior room and a lower profile in your T roadster? Then try our Deluxe ’27 T! The all-new Deluxe ’27 frame features the same triangulated four-bar rear suspension as the Deluxe T, but with a longer wheelbase and extended rear frame section to accommodate Speedway’s high-quality fiberglass ’27 T roadster…
Enthusiasm for the hot rod hobby comes in many forms. You can attend and/or organize events, go on rod runs, blog your deepest anonymous thoughts on the Internet, or even spend your time (and money) building a car. But you know you’re dealing with someone who has been around the block once or twice when,…
Production Dearborn Deuce Convertibles debut at York, PA June 2004 Full production has now begun on the much-awaited ’32 roadster body with its innovative disappearing top. An impressive lineup of production bodies at the NSRA Nats East in York, Penn. on June 4, 5, and 6th, 2004 clearly demonstrated production capabilities. After producing the first…
For the discerning hot rod collector, TrueWest Imports presents a truly rare opportunity to purchase the legendary “Dick Miller 1932 Ford Model B Roadster”. This gorgeous red fully-fendered 1932 Ford Roadster has quite a storied history dating back to the mid-seventies. The car was built by street rodder and world famous Bonneville land speed record…
LANA O’Neill isn’t your stock-standard 16-year-old gal. Nup, she’s usually found in the shed with her dad Bill, covered in grinding dust and weld splatters. She’s been wielding the tools on her own sweet ’27 T roadster, a build that she started when she was just 12! How’d you get to be building a rad…
NOTABLE AWARDS: 2013 Ridler Award BIO: Mike Dizona was a simple Midwest dirt track racer who lived for his weekends, campaigning his ’32 Ford Roadster with an 8BA Flathead. To get his Roadster to the track, Mike would tow it with his trusty ’40 Ford Coupe, his daily driver. He always enjoyed driving the ’40…
Stock #89-DFW Engine: 305 CID V8 Transmission: 5 Speed Manual Mileage: 78 (since rebuilt) Body Style: Roadster Exterior Color: Purple Interior Color: Beige OPTIONS Aluminum Wheels Custom Wheels Leather Interior Racing Slicks Radial Tires For sale in our Dallas/Fort Worth showroom is a show ready 1931 Ford Model A Roadster. Assembled by Bear Metal Kustoms…
The Dearborn Deuce Convertible – A revolutionary all steel 32′ roadster body. **Pictured above is a car completed using our Dearborn Deuce body** The Dearborn Deuce Convertible is an all-steel roadster body redesigned around an amazing, fully disappearing top assembly. A standard ’32 roadster body falls short of the necessary requirements to package a top…
Can your Roadster body or your Roadster PU body be mounted on a stock frame? STEVE: Yes they can. Our assembly fixtures are based on an original stock frame so the body mounting holes are pre located at stock locations. Can your Roadster bodies be built with stock items like a firewall, floor pan, and/or…
Gearheads everywhere can relate to mating season. That’s when you’re building a kit car, custom classic truck, musclecar, street rod, or racecar from the ground up, and you put the new engine and transmission together, place it in the chassis, and install the body on the chassis for the first time ever. Sure, you’re bound…
As with most great ideas, the brainstorm to build this cool but realistic car occurred during a bench racing session. Unlike most bench racing ideas, though, four months later this dream was a super-detailed and driveable highboy. Everyone involved (SplitFire, which sponsored the buildup; Thom Taylor, who drew the car’s initial look; Lobeck’s Hot Rods,…
UNIQUE & VERY ENTERTAINING! 350 V8, TH350 TRANS, 4 WHEEL DISCS, BEAUTIFUL PAINT! Traditional rods are red hot, and nothing’s more traditional than a 1923 Model T roadster stuffed full of a vintage small block Chevy. With a cool combination of track-T and T-bucket styling plus great workmanship, this is the kind of sportster your…