GRASSTRACK DEUCE

The Concept

The idea for this hot rod coupe grew out a maturing of my tastes which trended away from shiny paint and chrome and towards grunge appearance but swung towards chassis, suspension and drivetrain that showcased some of the finest engineering our industry can deliver.

Background

I had previously bought a deuce roadster in the early seventies which had been raced on the grass tracks around Auckland back in the early sixties. I turned that car into a resto rod which is now owned by Steve Sharpe. But the photos of the day I pulled it out of the garage tomb where it’d been since 1964 drew me towards a new project. Perhaps I could replicate that car with modern chassis, suspension and drivetrain? The more I thought about it, the more I liked it, but I’d make one concession, and that was to build it as a three-window coupe, not a roadster. From my experience with my roadster, I found they were a ton of fun but at 60mph