Back a few years ago, when third-generation garage owner Willie Martin first expressed interest in building himself a roadster, he wasn’t exactly discouraged by friends. What Willie had in mind wouldn’t be just another roadster, but rather a close clone of the 1928 Model A that his father and grandfather raced together in the early 1940s.
As rumor of Willie’s intentions spread through his hometown of Riverside, Calif., friends began dropping off parts. In rolled
