Rodding USA Issue# 33

What happened in the last 50 days from May 9 to June 27 has really been a blur. May 9th I took a trip to Mesa, AZ to pick up the freshly painted rpu body, which was mounted to the finished rolling chassis and included the upholstered seat. I headed back to Tucson and then out to Lone Wolf Speed & Custom which is located 30 miles southeast of town. I dropped it off with Steve and we went over the details of what needed to be finished (wiring, engine start, a/c charge and much more) so we would have a chance to make it to the LARS 35 days later. The following Tuesday I had the opportunity to join Malena who had to go to the U.S. Embassy in…

Don Sangster is the owner of Sangster Buick GMC in Wenatchee Washington and as can be imagined, for an away from the big city dealership, gets the occasional phone call enquiring if a certain a car, pickup, farm tractor, snowmobile or another interesting item could be used in a trade. In 2010 Don got a call from the local Ford Dealer saying he had a ’65 4-door Buick which ran. Don’s initial thought was: It sounds like a junker, and replied, I’m not interested. A few minutes later he realized the ’65 had a Nailhead in it. Having always wanted to get his hands on one he quickly called back and purchased it for $250. The engine got pulled, the rest of the car was junked, and Don started thinking…

OWNER: Don Sangster - Wenatchee Washington CHASSIS: American Stamping rails stretched 3-inches, custom tube crossmembers by Pyramid Street Rods. FRONT SUSPENSION: 6-inch dropped Magnum tube axle, Industrial Metal Craft split stainless wishbones, Vega steering box, SoCal Buick disc brakes. REAR SUSPENSION: Winters V8 quick-change, 3.78 gears, Strange coil-overs, drum brakes. TIRES/WHEELS: Coker 5.50x16 front tires, 7.00x18 rear. E.T. Sebring 16x6 front wheels, 18x8 rear. ENGINE: 401ci Buick, Offenhauser intake manifold, tri-power, Sanderson headers, Borla mufflers TRANSMISSION: T5 5-speed manual. BODY: Chopped 1-3/4”, bodywork/Jason Mortenson, paint/Jason Mortenson & Jeff Kute, striping/Mitch Kim. INTERIOR: 1950 Nash gauges, wood headliner, Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop steering wheel, stitching by Cedardale Upholstery, Mount Vernon, WA.…

90th Anniversary of the Model A at GNRS 2019 Help Us Find These Cars! 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the Grand National Roadster Show, as a special feature the GNRS will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the 1928-1931 Ford Model-A. This will be a special display in building number nine with historic and iconic roadsters, coupes, sedans, & pickups. You will see hot rods, street rods & racecars built by Barris, Boyd, Brizio, Lil John, Chrisman, Pete & Jake, Magoo and many others. In addition, multiple AMBR winners along with NHRA and Bonneville record holders. Many iconic cars are slated to be on display but there are a few that cannot be located. GNRS is looking for John Buttera’s silver roadster, Danny Brent’s red chopped sedan and Joe McPherson’s…

31st Pacific Northwest Nationals July 27 - 29 Washington State Fairgrounds Puyallup, WA 17th Great Northwest Nationals August 17 – 19 Spokane County Fairgrounds Spokane, WA 32nd West Coast Nationals August 24 – 26 Alameda County Fairgrounds Pleasanton, CA 21st Colorado Nationals September 7 - 9 The Ranch Events Complex Loveland, CO 26th Summit Racing Lone Star Nationals September 28 – 30 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, TX 1st Kentucky Nationals October 12 - 14 Kentucky Horse Park Lexington, KY…

Vern Tardel, America’s premier traditional hot rod builder introduces his Hot Rod Your Model A, the first of his new “Big Book Series.” The 340-page book is a comprehensive how-to guide to the conversion of a stock Model A into a traditional, flathead V8 powered hot rod. The book is engineered with a lay-flat spine allowing it to sit flat on the workbench to make the step-by-step instructions easy to follow. This highly detailed, all-color book aims to help hot rodders who want to correctly build a traditional hot rod using mostly Ford parts. Surprisingly, only a handful of aftermarket parts are required, thus reducing the cost of the build. The 27 chapters in the book are fully illustrated in full color. Clear illustrations cover suspension, V8 conversion, basic wiring…