I built finished this car 9 years ago and have enjoyed it, but recently finished another car and cant justify the space for two hot rods. Original steel body that I chopped 4.75” in the B pillar, and 4.5” front and back (takes the hump out of the roof). Bonneville style chop (leaned back A pillars, done correctly,). Body has had all wood reinforcement replaced with steel tubing. All new 16 gauge floors. Has original 32’ dash, aluminum insert with Stewart Warner electronic gauges. Full tubular cowl subframe assembly for cowl steering, which also mounts a set of wilwood nascar take out swing pedals (individual wilwood M/C’s for front/rear brakes and hydraulic clutch). Original Schroeder steering box and 16" Schroeder steering wheel. 65’ mustang front seats, with jeep rear seat (has seat belts for 4 people) 16 gallon aluminum fuel cell behind rear seat, mounts doubles as seat anchor and seat belt mounts. Paint is a BMW grey, basecoat/clearcoat with flattening agent., the chassis, suspension and dash are all gloss black base/clear. I have a full original hood for the car as well, painted to match. Original 1932 ford grill insert, aftermarket (steel) grill shell. Custom headlight bar/shock mount setup that mounts original 36’ ford cat-eye headlights with halogen conversion. New oak roof wood kit, with new, all original style roof insert and new tack strip. Pinched 32’ frame, flat front crossmember, 36’ style center crossmember. 4” dropped, drilled Chassis Engineering “heavy” 32’ style front axle, split set of 40’ wishbones. Disc brakes on all 4 corners. Winters “champ” style quick change rear end, new winters 9” style axle tubes and 31 spline axles. 4.56 ring gear, with Detroit style locker assembly, mounted with custom made ladder bars and coilovers. Aluminum 5 spoke wheels (15x4 front, 15x10 rear) blasted and treated with graphite to resemble original aged magnesium. 315/60r15 mickey Thompson drag radials out back (30.5” tall). 351 windsor block, original crank, I beam eagle rods, keith black 10.5:1 flattop pistons, trick flow 170 heads, Comp big mutha Thumper series cam (295/313 degree, .512”/498”) cam, RPM air gap intake, quick fuel 600 cfm carb, stainless headers to full custom stainless (fully tig welded) exhaust (can be run wide open, or through the mufflers under the car). Snow white water pump conversion setup, gm 1 wire alternator on custom mount. One off motor mounts, 7 quart oil pan. Super nice set of Holman Moody valve covers. Aluminum 32' style radiator with 1600 cfm spal puller fan. Professionally built (Avenger Race Engines in Muskegon, Mi). Engine made 416 hp on the dyno. T5Z spec trans (new when built, so 4500 miles on it (.62:1 overdrive, turns around 2600 rpms at 75 mph with 4.11 gears) with king cobra clutch with hydraulic pedal setup (extremely easy pedal). 1500 miles on rebuild motor and new clutch. 4500 miles total on car since built in 2013. Car is a hot rod, bare bones interior, paint is driver quality. Has no garnish moldings inside, and the quarter and rear windows are tinted lexan. It runs fantastic, never runs hot (I have sat in woodward dream cruise traffic for hours, car never gets over 195 degrees). Great fun car that can haul a family (smaller kids in the back seat, not a ton of room back there). Car has an incredible street presence, killer stance, runs very, very strong and sounds very, very rowdy, and has a lot of cool parts on it. All fab work is top notch. Original 1932 ford Title. Drives great, I routinely drive this 80+ on the highway, rides super smooth
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