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’36 Fords and Postal Delays

1936 Ford roadsters This issue presents a contrast of styles when it comes to building 1936 Ford roadsters from “old school” powered by a flathead to “state-of-the-art” with a fuel injected 392 Hemi under the partial hood. One was built in the early 1990s, the other was completed a few months ago, and just in time for America’s Most Beautiful Roadster competition at the Grand National Roadster Show. Old School’ suspension consists of a dropped I-beam axle and a Ford 9-inch with lowering blocks and parallel leaf springs while “State-of-the-Art” features a custom independent front with rack and pinion and a Ford 9-inch with coil-overs and air ride. Old School was restored in Southern California and then moved to Michigan where Jack Pieknik totally rebuilt and customized it in the…

’36 Fords and Postal Delays

2018 Boise Roadster Show

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2018 Boise Roadster Show

Founded in 1973 by the late Bill New, brothers Scott, John and Brad now run the very successful Boise Roadster Show. For the last 46 years the show has been held at the Expo Boise Show Grounds attracting close to 200 entries from all over the western USA and Canada. Chip Foose made a guest appearance on the Saturday and answered fans questions as well as signing posters or whatever people put in front of him. Spiderman also showed up on Saturday for photos with the younger ones. The quality of the bikes, cars, and trucks on display was extremely high. After the ISCA (International Street Car Association) judging was done, 9 ISCA Street Achievement awards were presented. Another fifty-one Special Awards including People’s Choice, the Foose/Reister Pick, Master Builder,…

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Goodguys 2018 Event Schedule

25th Summer Get-Together June 2 - 3 Alameda County Fairgrounds Pleasanton, CA 26th East Coast Nationals June 8 - 9 Dutchess County Fairgrounds Rhinebeck, NY 27th Speedway Motors Heartland Nationals June 29 – July 1 Iowa State Fairgrounds Des Moines, IA 21st Goodguys PPG Nationals July 6 - 8 Ohio Expo Center Columbus, OH 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…

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HOT ROD EDUCATION DAYS IN LOUISVILLE!

The Hot Rod Industry Alliance is looking forward to bringing their popular Hot Rod Education Days back to the NSRA Nationals in Louisville in 2018! These seminars provide you an outstanding opportunity to get first-hand knowledge and information directly from the manufacturer! The annual HRIA Education Days take place Thursday and Friday, August 2-3, in the Kentucky Expo Center and are free to attend! Seminars begin promptly at 9am each day and take place in the front of the main hall in rooms B101 and B102. There are 12 different seminars from leading hot rod manufacturers for you to select. Each seminar lasts an hour and is given by an expert in their field. Have questions about routing A/C lines or a wiring harness? How about selecting shocks, the right…

HOT ROD EDUCATION DAYS IN LOUISVILLE!

2018 Kansas City World of Wheels

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2018 Kansas City World of Wheels

While this winter’s weather has been relatively mild in the midwest, it has been unseasonably cold. If you have a hot rod project in the works, that is not a big problem, as it typically affords us more garage time. However, if your hot rod is finished or you are between projects, cabin fever can certainly set in. Along the lines of “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” we made the trip across Missouri to check out the Kansas City World of Wheels car show on Saturday, February 10, 2018. The entire show was held over the weekend of February 9-11, 2018 and sponsored by O’Reilly Auto Parts. Bartle Hall, located in the heart of Kansas City’s Art and Entertainment District, serves as a great venue.…

TECH AIR FLOW, ELEMENTS, WEATHER & COMFORT

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TECH AIR FLOW, ELEMENTS, WEATHER & COMFORT

When the automobiles were first introduced to the masses all of the topics above were little more than an afterthought. After all, automobiles did evolve from carts, wagons and carriages, pulled behind horses. Henry Ford introduced his beloved Model T in 1908 and it quickly became Americas favorite and best-selling car. Mr. Ford had a keen eye, always looking for ways to manufacture his cars faster and at lower prices. By 1914 he achieved his dream, the moving assembly line. That idea turned into another success and by the early 1920’s half the cars on the roads were Model T’s. These cars were rugged and they had to be since the roads weren’t much more than trails, often rutted and poorly maintained. In those early years passenger comfort wasn’t a…

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PROJECT HOT ROD ROADSTER PICKUP

Project RPU is heading into the home stretch with the finish line in sight. Charles Spencer/Charly’s Garage has been hard at work completing the bodywork and spraying color on the sheet metal and chassis. All of the chrome from Jon Wright’s Custom Chrome Plating made it back to Arizona to be reassembled on the Axalta Coating Systems Pomegranate Red chassis. Today is the last day of April and I was able to photograph the completed chassis complete with the Johnson’s Hot Rod Shops Kinmont disc brakes on the front. All of the pieces of the puzzle are in hand and the mostly completed hot rod will head back to Tucson on May 8th so Steve Codianni/ Lone Wolf Speed & Custom can wire the car, fill the car with fluids,…

PROJECT HOT ROD ROADSTER PICKUP

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DETAILING RIG

When you own a hot rod one task that is guaranteed is that you will spend countless hours cleaning and polishing your ride. Everyone owns a bucket, some own a rolling stool, and now the innovative engineers at Mychanic have put it all together in their new Detailing Rig. This is a “must have” accessory for your shop, which combines the best of multiple items into one handy product to aid in cleaning your car. The Detailing Rig eliminates having to bend or kneel to clean your wheels/tires and the lower areas of your hot rod. If you must kneel, you can pop-off the cushioned seat and use it as a kneeling pad. Other features include a powder coated steel frame, plastic bucket with grit trap and a recessed storage…

DETAILING RIG

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1936 FORD ROADSTER

OWNER: Dana & Marge Elrod – Sunrise Beach, Missouri. CHASSIS: Custom built by Boesch Auto Body. Custom welding by J2 Speed – Omaha, Nebraska. FRONT SUSPENSION: Kugel independent with narrowed control arms, Wilwood disc brakes, Ride Tech Shockwave. REAR SUSPENSION: Ford 9-inch with custom triangulated 4-bar, Wilwood disc brakes, Ride Tech Shockwave. WHEELS/TIRES: Schott “Clutch” wheels, 17x7 front and 18x9.5 rears were powder coated to resemble old magnesium wheels. Pirelli tires, 225/40x17 front, 285/50x18 rear. ENGINE: Chrysler 392ci Hemi, Hilborn fuel injection. Machine work by Atomic Machine & Design - Malcolm, NE. Timing work by DK Performance - Humphrey, NE. TRANSMISSION: Bowler 200R4 automatic overdrive transmission. BODY: Bodywork & paint by Boesch using Axalta Coating Systems products. Metal polishing by B&B Fabrication – Omaha, Nebraska. Plating by Industrial Plating –…

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SHIFTING PARADIGMS GET YOUR ACT IN GEAR

The transmission incorporated in this project is a 700-R4 automatic overdrive from our donor S-10 truck. Once the transmission is put in gear it will do the rest by itself. But we need to be able to select Forward, Reverse, or Park while retaining the Model A floor shift look. Lokar sells an excellent product but that would be too easy. The shifter needs to have well defined detents and a neutral safety switch is mandatory. We will use an old style Mopar switch from Summit, part number SMP-LS201 and build the rest from scratch. Our first configuration worked but was problematic. Instead of living with a substandard shifter we rethought the design and decided now was the time to fix the problem. The first design moved the “locking dog”…

SHIFTING PARADIGMS GET YOUR ACT IN GEAR

’36 Ford… Old School Build

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’36 Ford… Old School Build

When you acquire your first Ford Model A at 10 years old it’s probably a given you are going to spend your life as a car guy. Jack Pieknik grew up in Michigan and his dad had a filling station which also sold used cars. Jack paid $20.00 for the 2-door sedan and proceeded to brush paint it. This of course was the beginning of a life-long love for hot rods and customs. Jack and his wife Pam spent many vacations attending car shows and events across the country and were in the market for a 1936 Ford roadster. One day in Hemmings Jack saw a fairly stock ’36 which was “for sale” in Beverly Hills, California. A few months later in June 1995 while attending the L.A. Roadster Show…

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Rodding News

Deuce Days Northwest Deuce Days Northwest, the largest 1932 Ford show in the world is just around the corner and show chairman Al Clark wanted to let the readers of Rodding USA know that registration has opened as of May 1, 2018 for the July 18-21, 2019 event. Al mentions, “although we were not planning on another Deuce Day, we have been persuaded to hold it again.” Friday July 19: Tours have been arrange to famous Butchart Gardens, whale watching or dyno testing at Camosun College Auto Shop. The tours are optional with additional fees. In the evening, there will be a welcoming party with a no-host bar at the Hotel Grand Pacific. Saturday July 20: The very popular Poker Run will depart from Clover Point at 10am and in…

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MISS PIGGY

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MISS PIGGY

Deuce collector Greg Morris of Hugoton, Kansas purchased this 1955 Chevy Bel Air in 1964 for $500.00. It was running the original 265 cubic inch V8 until Greg and his friends blew up the engine. He promptly located a hefty 409 complete with B&M transmission and proceeded with the installation without his dad’s knowledge. That all came to a screeching halt when Mr. Morris found out what was going on and he told Greg to remove it. Greg ordered a fuel injected 327ci/375 horsepower engine but it was never installed in the car. was ultimately sold to a local many resident years who never did anything with the car. In the mid-70s Greg bought the car back from the man for $600.00 but he couldn’t locate the title. As it…

Chattanooga 2018

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Chattanooga 2018

Coker Tire performed an experiment back in 2011. The idea was to create a laid-back cruise-in event, in an effort to raise local awareness about the company and welcome local car enthusiasts to tour the cool facility. The event started small, but quickly took off and became a destination for car guys East of the Mississippi. For the 2018 event, thunderstorms threatened the rain-or-shine event on Saturday, April 14. While the probability of rain hindered the overall turnout, the event was still packed with awesome cars, ranging from Model Ts to a pair of 2018 Dodge Demons, which are essentially factory drag cars. The common thread among the wide range of enthusiasts is the motor oil running through their veins. Coker Tire committed to allowing late model cars into the…

Dream Car 1940 FORD DELUXE CONVERTIBLE

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Dream Car 1940 FORD DELUXE CONVERTIBLE

For over forty-five years the car I always wanted was a 1940 Ford Deluxe convertible. Lance Railsback, an average street rodder, not hot rodder growing up, calling his freshly restored brandy red forty Ford his “Dream Car” for over thirty years now. Some hot rodders or street rodders are in love with their car. His true love is Nancy, his wife of forty-five years. Better known as “Sunshine.” Lance grew up with cars. Cruising Whitter Boulevard in Southern California. The middle of three brothers, older brother Craig and their younger brother Scott. All three have an interest in cars. Growing up the 1960s and having a car was cool, and they had cars of their own. In 1969 the brothers started a company called Blower Drive Service Co., known as…

For Sale 1932 Ford…$450.00

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For Sale 1932 Ford…$450.00

Having grown up in Southern California, Craig Wallace built and drove a 1929 Ford hiboy during his high school years in Camarillo. After high school he decided it was time for a new project and to fund it he would have to sell the roadster, which he did. Now with a pocket full of cash he was on the hunt for a new ride and on July 12, 1965 he spotted an ad in the Sunday L.A. Times classified section under “Collector Cars For Sale.” The car was located only 40 miles away in Van Nuys and Craig was their within the hour. Sitting in front of him was an almost perfect and complete 1932 Ford 3-window coupe minus the fenders. The owner then went up in the attic to…

It’s Chevrolet A Fairway

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It’s Chevrolet A Fairway

When you’ve grown up in and around the family Chevrolet dealership the odds are stacked in favor of you becoming a Chevy guy. Of course when you are in Las Vegas it’s best to play the odds and that brings us to Greg Heinrich, owner of this incredible 1941 Chevrolet coupe and a true Chevy guy. Greg’s dad Bill brought the family to Las Vegas from Bakersfield, California in 1969 to purchase a dealership named Community Chevrolet, which was be sold by the owner due to an illness. Greg was a senior in high school and went on to attend the University of Nevada Las Vegas while learning every aspect of the business. The dealerships name was changed Fairway, the way that Mr. Heinrich treated all of his customers. Greg…

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TECHNOCRAFT MICRO 8 DRAWER TOOLBOX THE top six drawers have 200# ball bearing slides; the bottom two drawers have double 200# slides. All feature .080” aluminum construction with no welded seams to flex and crack. All the drawers come with ball bearing slides and a proprietary side latch system 20”W x 25.25”D x 40.5”H $1,298.00 TechnoCraft 866-634-1544 www.TrailerCabinets.com HOLE-SHOT SHIFTER BEING able to bang gears in a hot rod brings delight to any hot rodder and displays raw power to any onlooker. Johnson’s Hot Rod Shop designed shifter is machined from solid 304 investment-cast stainless steel. The shifter handle features a soft, double-bend Hot Rod Hole-Shot design for strength and beauty plus it’s finished to perfection with a show polish. The modern vintage design places the shift knob right at…

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1936 FORD ROADSTER

OWNERS: Jack & Pam Pieknik – Mesa, Arizona. CHASSIS: Stock frame. FRONT SUSPENSION: 4-inch dropped Super Bell axle, split radius rods, 1937 Ford steering box, bolt-on front shock kit with chrome shocks, 1940 Ford brakes. REAR SUSPENSION: Ford 9-inch rear end, parallel leaf springs. WHEELS & TIRES: Steel wheels with Cadillac hubcaps, whitewall tires. ENGINE: Motor City 8BA Ford Flathead, Eddie Meyer early style heads, EM dual carb intake manifold, Stromberg 97 carburetors, Fenton headers, full race cam, Mallory electronic distributor. TRANSMISSION: World Class Ford 5-speed manual. BODY: Louvered side panels, lowered headlights, ’39 Ford taillights, Cal Custom bull nose, 1937 Desoto bumpers, R&M acrylic paint by the owner, Carson style top. INTERIOR: White roll & pleated vinyl, 1939 Ford Banjo steering wheel, Stewart-Warner gauges. ACQUIRED: 1995.…

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2018 Event Schedule

Mid-America Street Rod Nationals May 25th, 26th & 27th, 2018 Ozark Empire Fairgrounds Springfield, Missouri Street Rod Nationals East June 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2018 York Expo Center York, Pennsylvania Rocky Mountain Street Rod Nationals June 22nd, 23th & 24th, 2018 Colorado State Fairgrounds Pueblo, Colorado Street Rod Nationals ® August 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th, 2018 Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky Street Rod Nationals North September 7th, 8th & 9th, 2018 Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairground Kalamazoo, Michigan Northeast Street Rod Nationals September 14th, 15th & 16th, 2018 Champlain Valley Expositio…

2018 Event Schedule

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1955 CHEVY BEL AIR

OWNERS: Jamie and Brad Niehues. CHASSIS: Original 1955 frame, smoothed of unused brackets, sandblasted and powder coated gloss black. FRONT SUSPENSION: CPP tubular upper & lower control arms with 2-inch dropped spindles, 1-inch heavy duty sway bar, power steering box and big bore disc brakes. REAR SUSPENSION: John’s Industries 9-inch rear end with 3.50 limited-slip gears, 2-inch lower leaf springs. TIRES/WHEELS: 17x8 American Racing Rally wheels with 225/50-R17 tires front and 245/50-R17 rear. ENGINE: Corvette 430hp LS3 crate engine, Hooker headers, 2-½-inch exhaust, Flowmaster mufflers. TRANSMISSION: GM computer controlled 4L65E. BODY: Louvered hood, modified 1954 Chevy grille, LED Taillights, painted factory colors of coral and shadow gray metallic. INTERIOR: Original style coral and gray seats and panels with gray carpet. Vintage Air a/c & heat, Classic Instruments Vintage gauge cluster,…

PART 1 THE BONEYARD THE NEON MUSEUM

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PART 1 THE BONEYARD THE NEON MUSEUM

ABOUT THE NEON MUSEUM Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying and exhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic, arts and cultural enrichment. In addition to an approximately two-acre Neon Museum campus, which includes two outdoor exhibition spaces known as the Neon Boneyard and North Gallery, the museum also encompasses a visitors’ center housed inside the former La Concha Motel lobby as well as nine restored signs installed as public art throughout downtown Las Vegas. In 2014, the Neon Museum debuted the North Gallery, which houses 60 additional rescued signs. BONEYARD The term “boneyard” refers to an area where items no longer in use are stored, generally to be prepared for disposal or repurposed. Much of the Neon Museum’s collection…

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1940 FORD DELUXE CONVERTIBLE

OWNER: Lance Railsback CHASSIS: TCI Stage III Powdercoated. FRONT SUSPENSION: Custom built tubular A-Arms Powdercoated with adjustable coil-over front shocks, vented disc brakes Wilwood calipers. Rear Suspension: Currie 9” Ford rear end, custom chrome rear four-link, polished rear coil-over shocks. FRONT TIRES/WHEELS: 195-65/15 on BF Goodrich Tires, 15x8 Halibrand with knock-offs. REAR TIRES/WHEELS: B225-60/15 on BF Goodrich Tires, 15x9 Halibrand with knock-offs. ENGINE: Chevrolet LS-1, 10.5-1 Compression Ratio, Isky Cam. BDS LS-1 EFI Fuel System. Blue printed, and dyno tested. EFT Tech / computer harness. Harvey St. Mary and daughter Stephanie @ HMS Performance, Whitter, California. TRANSMISSION: Chevrolet 700R4, with a 2800 stall converter. Harvey St. Mary and daughter Stephanie @ HMS Performance, Whitter, California. INTERIOR: Custom old school look leather. “Sew-What Upholstery” crafted by Frank of Waterford, Michigan. BODY:…

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1932 FORD COUPE

OWNER: Craig Wallace – Rough & Ready, California. CHASSIS: So-Cal Speed Shop. FRONT SUSPENSION: 4-inch dropped I-beam axle, hair pins, GM disc brakes, Vega steering. REAR SUSPENSION: Ford 9-inch with 3.00 gears, ladder bars and drum brakes. WHEELS & TIRES: Black steelie wheels, 5x15 front/8x15 rear. Lexington tires, 165/80x15 front, 235/75x15 rear. ENGINE: Stock 283 cubic inch Chevy with Edelbrock intake manifold and carburetor. TRANSMISSION: GM Turbo 350 automatic. BODY: Original Henry Ford, paint and body work by owner in single stage urethane black. INTERIOR: Original steering wheel and dash which was wood grained in 1972, Auto Meter gauges. Dark green interior by Mike Miller of Grass Valley, CA. ACQUIRED: 1965…

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1941 CHEVY COUPE

OWNER: Greg Heinrich – Las Vegas, Nevada. CHASSIS: Stock 1941 Chevy rails stepped in rear for tire clearance. FRONT SUSPENSION: Custom cross member and lower control arms, C5 Corvette upper control arms & spindles. Custom rack & pinion, C5 brakes and Strange coil-over shocks. REAR SUSPENSION: 9-inch Ford, 3.50 gears, triangulated 4-bar, C5 brakes, Strange coil-over shocks. WHEELS/TIRES: Schott Velocity wheels, 18x8 front, 20x19 rear. Yokohama tires, 235/45x18 front, 295/40x20 rear. ENGINE: Corvette LS7 producing 505-horsepower, custom stainless headers and exhaust. TRANSMISSION: Tremec TKO 600. BODY: Cleaned up, fitted and gapped. Bumpers fitted and tightened to body with custom filled panels. GM Indigo blue paint by Shane Young. INTERIOR: Custom dash and console by Rods & Restos. Leather interior by Paul Atkins. Lexus front seats with a custom rear bench…

36 FORD… AMBR CONTENDER

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36 FORD… AMBR CONTENDER

(Editor’s Note: Dale Boesch, owner of Boesch Auto Body handed me 11 pages of hand-written notes describing the process it took to build this stunning 1936 Ford which was entered in the 2018 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster competition. His notes were an excellent look into the process of building an extreme custom rod. I thought it would be best for him to tell us how he built the car in his own words.) This project got started when owner Dana Elrod found a channeled and rusted-out 1936 Ford roadster which Luc & Marcel Delay had discarded in favor of building a new one for a customer. Dana purchased it and it was shipped to our shop, Boesch Auto Body in Humphrey, Nebraska. The project began with all of the parts…

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2018 Spokane Speed and Custom Show

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2018 Spokane Speed and Custom Show

After a seven-year period without any large indoor car shows in Spokane, ISCA judge and local resident Brian Anderson took the plunge and organized the first Annual Spokane Speed and Custom car show which was held April 7– 9, 2017. Held at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center, the same location as this years show, Brian and his team worked hard to attract top quality cars to ensure their efforts were not just a temporary success. Obviously it paid off as the 2018 second annual show filled 5 large areas at the Expo Center filled with top quality cars which included JF Launiers 2014 Riddler Winner “Rivision”, Dave Kindigs “Maybellene”, Troy Ladds “Mulholland Speedster” and the “Black Widow” T-Bucket. It was an outstanding event The majority of the other cars…