Modern Rodding

Less Is More

ur project ’36 Ford phaeton is making steady progress. After painting it at home ( Apr. ’22 issue; ) we cut, buffed, and started assembling the body. However, we had not addressed the dashboard, mostly because we were determined to be done with the bodywork and because the dash will be a different color than the body.

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