NZ Hot Rod

Delectable Deuces

WHEN visiting Back To The Fifties in Minnesota last year I was lucky enough to ride shotgun with Paul Martinez on yet another photo shoot for Rodding USA magazine. Paul’s photo shoots often lead to close encounters with amazing people, cars and locations, so I was thrilled to receive his invite to shoot Dale Grau’s collection of Deuces. Stepping back a few years I’d met Dale on another photo shoot, this time in Los Angeles when Paul shot Dale’s blue roadster for the cover of Rodding USA’s issue 19. I found Dale is an easy guy to talk to and his love of 1932 Ford’s soon appeared in conversation, so we hit it off and found lots to talk about. He drives his hot rod ‘32s

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