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Cox made good on that promise in 7 ox made good on that promise in 7
months. The car was broken down and
months. The car was broken down and
stripped, only to reveal the extensive
damage and corrosion. Drawing
from his aerospace expertise, Zane
concluded that the entire car must be
reinforced. He engineered bulkheads
to tie the inner structural skin to the
original steel that Henry Ford built.
The entire car has been rebuilt from
the inside out, with enough metal to
build two Model As…maybe three. The
amazing—the welds are all there,
roof was chopped 4 inches and the body channeled amazing—the welds are all there,
roof was chopped 4 inches and the body channeled
over a custom frame. The HTSR frame is pretty the scrapes, the pitting all evident. The interior could be
radical with a 6 inch front Z and wild front wishbone described as Steampunk or future industrial…but I’ll just
suspension. The new Chevy 350 snorts through call it cool. Even the turtle hull was totally trick.
Stromberg 97s on a tri-power intake and grunts
through HTSR zoomies. The short-shaft TH400 spins Zane made good on his promise, and resurrected
a Ford 9 inch, which in turn rotates a one-off set of 10 the little-old-car. Soon after, he cruised Hannibal by
lug bead locker steel smoothies with 31 inch HURST the little-old-lady’s house…. only to learn that she had
cheater slicks. passed on a month earlier. Her generosity gave new
life to the car, and forward into the show scene and
The end result is a very sturdy and rigid car that magazine publication industry. Zane’s attention to
looks better the closer you get. The frontend is detail and vision was fl awlessly carried out on this car,
fi nished off with a 32 Ford truck grille and 35 Plymouth and I bet that little-old-lady would be proud. I’m proud
headlights, which just fl ow. The raw metal fi nish is to have him in Texas now too.
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