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1932 Ford Roadster

Mike Cardenas was hooked on hot rodding before graduating high school in the early 70s and envisioned what his dream hot rod would look like. He began collecting small parts for years, but the large items (frame, suspension, etc.) wouldn’t happen until the 1990s.

Mike was in construction but was always working on cars in his spare time. As fate would have it, he met Pete Chapouris when he had his PC3G business in Crestline, CA. He would go to work for PC3G doing assembly, wiring, a/c, etc., and stayed with the

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