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‘32’s, ‘29’s, Camaros, and muscle
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cars in the fourteen years we’ve
been together. It was me saying
to Jon, ‘you can do something
different’, and we came up
with the idea of the Skull Rod. I
approached him with the idea and
he said, ‘no its not gonna turn out
like you think it’s going to’. So after
fi ve years of trying to convince him
fi ve years of trying to convince him
to do it, we bought a 1929 Ford
to do it, we bought a 1929 Ford
Fordor Briggs Sedan cowl and
Fordor Briggs Sedan cowl and
doors. In 2009. One day I went to . One day I went to
doors. In 2009
doors. In 2009. One day I went to
the garage and he had the doors age and he had the doors
the garage and he had the doors
the gar
hung and the roof started. I went in oof started. I went in
hung and the r
hung and the roof started. I went in
to fi x lunch and when I came out,
t
to fi x lunch and when I came out, o fi x lunch and when I came out,
he had already cut the cowl for the
he had already cut the cowl for the eady cut the cowl for the
he had alr
nose and started the top jaw!”tarted the top jaw!”
nose and started the top jaw!”
nose and s
So how did they come up with w did they come up with
So how did they come up with
So ho
the name
the name? Amy explains: “It was
the name? Amy explains: “It was ? Amy explains: “It was
aft
after Frankenstein was built. We
after Frankenstein was built. We er Frankenstein was built. We
t took the Skull Rod to local shows.
took the Skull Rod to local shows. ook the Skull Rod to local shows.
People loved it, but they never eople loved it, but they never
P
People loved it, but they never
knew where to put us or how to w where to put us or how to w where to put us or how to
knew where to put us or how to
kne
kne
judge us. It was like we were the
judge us. It was like we were the as like we were the
judge us. It w
rejects – everybody loved the ejects – everybody loved the
r rejects – everybody loved the
cars but nobody w
cars but nobody wanted them.”anted them.”anted them.”
cars but nobody wanted them.”
cars but nobody w
All four creations ride on
All four creations ride on our creations ride on
All f
hand-built frames with old school ames with old school ames with old school
hand-built fr
hand-built frames with old school
hand-built fr
front suspensions. Powerplants
fr fr
front suspensions. Powerplants ont suspensions. Powerplants ont suspensions. Powerplants
run fr
run fr
run from one extreme to the other. om one extreme to the other. om one extreme to the other.
run from one extreme to the other.
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