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Barn Find

THE internet coughed up this image of a barn-find diamond in the rough. Many hot rodders consider Henry Ford's 1933 3-window coupe to be one of the diamonds on the crown. Finds like this can make a heart skip a beat.

SOCAL in San Dimas

FOUNDED by Alex Xydias in 1946, the So-Cal Speed Shop is still going strong today under the helm of Peter Chapouris 4. In memory of Pete Chapouris 3, the new shop based

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