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Location: Cristoval, Texas

Year/Make/Model: 1930 Ford Model A 2 door Sedan
Build time: 3.5 years total. 2 years to build it (only on Sundays) to a
driveable state, decided it needed a bigger motor and blower after a
fi nish the build.
year of driving, took another 6 months to elongate the frame 8” and

Engine: 454 and a 671 BDS blower, still on pump gas, c. 800hp
Exhaust: Homemade headers
Tires: 31” Mickey Thompson rears, stock VW bug fronts
Rear end: 10 bolt from a 1983 Chevrolet half ton with a 4 link
Frame: Homemade 2x3 rectangular tubing, z’ed in the front and back
Front end: 4” drop axle with original transverse spring

Body: Canvas roof removed and Brakes: Disc fronts, drum rears
replaced with a late 1970’s Chevrolet

Suburban roof
Interior: Bucket seats from a Dodge
mini-van, toolbox built to hold tools
and hide battery
Misc: Most parts were made in
house, purchased as little from the
catalogues as possible
Wife’s Support: “Not initially when I
started bringing home piles of rusty
metal, but as time went on and we
got it running, she began to love it!
She wants to drive it to work!”

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