Rodding USA

32 KARAT GOLD

Rich Stapf was attending the L.A. Roadster Show in 2007, and as so many rodders used to do on Friday afternoons, he drove his roadster to the SoCal Speed Shop open house in nearby Pomona. Hundreds of hot rods would gather there for a fantastic car show before the LARS on Saturday. It just so happened that SoCal had just finished a stunning gold 1932 Ford 5-window coupe for customer JJ Barnhardt. It turns out that Rich’s favorite ’32 is the 5-window coupe when it’s chopped, so needless to say, this car stopped him in his

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