March/April 2019

Rodding USA

By Hot Rodders for Hot Rodders

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2019 Begins With a Bang
December is the slowest month for hot rodders with very few if any car shows in your town and with the exception of a few states, no driving time due to inclement weather. In Tucson, the last show of the year takes place (see page 108) on the first S
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Commercial Cruiser
This stunning 1940 Ford sedan delivery began its life as a plumber’s work truck and eventually found its way to a wrecking yard. The well-worn commercial vehicle was salvaged in the ’80s and was brought back to life as a smoothie street rod and was d
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HRIA News
Making its return to the NSRA Nationals, the Hot Rod Education Days are a great way to learn useful information and practices of hot rodding systems and components. These seminars are open to anyone showing or attending the Nationals, and once again
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1932 Ford 5-window Coupe
OWNER: Major Lin/United Pacific Industries – Long Beach, California CHASSIS: Bobby Walden/Walden Speed Shop, Pomona, CA. Chrome plating by Sherm’s Plating, Sacramento, CA. FRONT SUSPENSION: Super Bell 4-inch dropped I-beam axle, spindles, and disc
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United Pacific Industries #0032
United Pacific Industries, headquartered in Long Beach, California is well known to rodders around the world for their immense inventory of reproduction parts for the rodding hobby. In the late ’70s, Major Lin, a Taiwanese engineer moved to Californi
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28TH ANNUAL Super Nationals Custom Car Show
One of the most highly anticipated events in New Mexico every year is the SuperNationals Custom Car Show, which took place January 25-27, 2019 at Expo New Mexico. This year marked the 28th year of this top-quality automotive extravaganza, produced by
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Tour: Classic Instruments
Classic Instruments started providing instruments for hot rod enthusiasts in Oregon in 1977. In 2001, under new ownership, it moved to its current location in Boyne City, Michigan. Not long after, the company required more space and a new building wa
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Homebuilt Deuces
Joe Mapes and Bill Ewing are longtime residents of Tucson, Arizona and have been hot rodding since their teens. Both have built and owned many rods and happened to be building Deuce roadsters at the same time. Living only one mile apart, they spent m
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All The Boys In The Band
In the early 1980s, Al Rossback, and his son Matt started going to swap meets (flea markets for you guys on the east coast). The idea was to buy low, sell high and have some fun in the process. Well, it seems which they bought more and sold less as t
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70th Annual Grand National Roadster Show
January 25 – 27, 2019 and the 70th edition of the Grand National Roadster Show were held at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. An incredible array of cars and trucks were displayed for the thousands of spectators to see up close and personal along w
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Mapes Family Deuce
Joe Mapes and his son Ryan had finished a ’32 Ford sedan several years back and hadn’t given much thought to building another car when a flathead engine was offered for sale locally. Joe decided to buy it “just in case” another project happened upon
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Another Ewing Deuce
Bill Ewing’s Deuces have graced the pages of Rodding USA from Issue #1, which featured two roadsters and a coupe to his 5/window coupe, which graced the cover of Issue #6. In fact, the roadster featured here was shown in its early stages in an Issue
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Model A Miracle
My adventure all began unknowingly, last July at the Goodguys Pacific Northwest Nationals in Puyallup WA. I flew into Seattle with my pal, John Sticha and his lovely wife Martine to meet up with a group of great friends from Port Townsend, Washington
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PETE & JAKE’S HOT ROD PARTS
For 45 years Pete & Jake’s has set the standard for hot rod suspension and chassis components. From a complete turnkey chassis to the smallest urethane bushings, Pete & Jake’s has become the go-to for advice, service and high-quality parts. All proud
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Rodding News
Born in and raised in Cedar City, Utah, Ryan Curtis’ passion for automobiles started at a young age with Hot Wheels cars. Ryan’s artistic talents also emerged in his early childhood years, as he would draw many of the ideas that would run through his
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Distribution Of Power
The 1988 General Motors four-cylinder motor was computer controlled, it had a distributor but no points or condenser. In this application, there will be no computer so we will need to find a distributor which can “stand alone” and run our engine. We
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Sabbar Shrine Holiday Classic Car Show
By the first weekend of December, most hot rods and custom cars are tucked away in their heated garages awaiting the warmer days of spring to cruise the streets across America once again. This is not the case in Tucson, Arizona where Shrine member, T
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Heading to Nashville
This gorgeous 1941 Chevy Master Deluxe is proudly owned by Tammy Arroyo and is a stunning example of a traditional-style mild custom, boasting many subtle, pleasing and unusual touches. The main feature of the car is that it is a “phantom,” a model w
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Products
FLAT Out Engineering offers several kits to install a 1984-96 Corvette rear suspension in most early Ford and Chevy pickups and panels. Many are entirely bolt-on with no welding or cutting of the frame required. They are designed to be easy to instal

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