May/June 2022

Rodding USA

By Hot Rodders for Hot Rodders

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Rodding USA
Publisher/Executive Editor: Paul Martinez paulm@roddingusa.com President: Paul Grace paulg@roddingusa.com Feature Editors: Dale Moreau, Ken Sanders Contributors: Dennis W. Parks, Sherm Porter, Charlie Hughes, Alan Zusman, Lil’ John Harvey, Stephan
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We’re In for The Long Haul
There are one hundred reasons rodders got hooked by the hot rod/street rod bug. For some, it was the folks you hung out with, or maybe your parents were rodders. The car magazines had a considerable influence on many, or maybe it was how they were po
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The One That DIDN’T Get Away
Many rodders will talk about the “ONE THAT GOT AWAY” when referring to a car they really didn’t want to sell but did. But, unfortunately, my “ONE” is a list an arm’s length long, so I would rather talk about the “ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY.” About 38 y
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Wisconsin To L.a. In January let's Do This, While We Still Can!
Al & Julie Miller live life with a sense of adventure like most hot rodders do. They like to travel, see new places, and meet new people. In 2014 they planned to drive cross country from Wisconsin to California with several other hot rod friends to a
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The Amelia Concours D’elegance Salute To The 90th Anniversary Of The Deuce
(Note from the Editor: Longtime subscriber Frank Brown recently participated in The Amelia and shared a few photos of the 90th Anniversary of the 1932 Ford exhibit.) The Amelia was held for the 28th year over the weekend of March 3-6 at The Golf Clu
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1932 Ford Phaeton
OWNER: Al & Julie Miller – Verona, WI. CHASSIS: Unknown manufacturer, everything painted gloss black with polished stainless fasteners. FRONT SUSPENSION: Chassis Engineering dropped axle, disc brakes, four-bar, Pete & Jake's shocks. REAR SUSPENSIO
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UNFORD 48 Years Of Street Rodding Fun!
Thom McDonald jumped into the street rod scene in the early seventies, and like so many others, his first car was a coupe. Perfect when you are single or recently married but not so perfect when the family begins to grow. So the hunt was on for a lar
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1933 Plymouth Sedan
OWNER: Thom McDonald – Tucson, Arizona. CHASSIS: Stock. FRONT SUSPENSION: Super Bell dropped axle, Chevy Nova disc brakes, tube shocks. REAR SUSPENSION: 1966 Chevy Nova rear with 3.03 gears. TIRES: B.F. Goodrich T/A’s. Front: 195/65-R15. Rear: P2
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Timeless Deuce
Students of Hot Rod history are familiar with the story of the founding of the National Street Rod Association and the first Street Rod Nationals in 1970. The guys at Rod & Custom Magazine, Tom Medley, LeRoi ‘Tex’ Smith, Jim ‘Jake’ Jacobs, and Bud Br
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Deuces In The Desert
We’ve seen 90th Anniversary Deuce gatherings all across the USA, and on April 23, 2022, another one took place in Tucson, AZ. Three Tucson Street Rod Association members assembled the Deuces in the Desert gathering as part of the 47th Annual Rodders
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1932 Ford Hiboy Roadster
OWNER: Steve Lemmons – Kelso, Washington. FRONT SUSPENSION: Magnum dropped axle, buggy spring, hairpins, M.T. Products reproduction Lincoln brakes, Flaming River steering box, SoCal shocks. REAR SUSPENSION: Halibrand Quick-Change center, ’40 Ford a
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‘39 Vette
The first question for Dennis was why did you build this, as you already have an outstanding ’39 Chevrolet street rod sedan. “I had a vision of the existing ’39 dollars burning a hole in my pocket and no sense of what it took to do something like thi
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1939 Chevrolet Master Sedan
OWNER: Dennis & Doris Howland – Atascadero, CA. CHASSIS: Original modified, fully independent suspension, anti-roll bars front and rear, built by Smokey Alleman Race Cars; stainless fuel and brake lines, Tilton dual master cylinder system are instal
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The 69th Detroit Autorama
Call it what you will (Hitsville, the Renaissance City, Motown, The D, or The Motor City), but when you say “Detroit” to a hot rodder, they’ll immediately think of the Detroit Autorama. In the last eight decades, the Autorama has become a nationally
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One Of The Significant Seventy-Five
When the calendar changed from the sixties to the seventies, most hot rodders were busy looking for good fenders and cowl lights to put on their resto-rods. They had figured out that a small-block Chevy fit between the frame rails pretty well and tha
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The Deuce Show #7 Haulin’ To Havasu!
The streets of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, were filled with hot rods and street rods of every make and model during the weekend of March 3-5, 2022. The final tally of cars was right at 500, with 300 of them being 1932 Fords. The cars in attendance cam
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1932 Ford Roadster
OWNER: Don Ward – St. Charles, MO CHASSIS: Stock ’32 Ford frame with shortened frame horns. Master cylinder and proportioning valve from a ‘64 Chevy pickup. Steering box and column from a ’56 Ford pickup. FRONT SUSPENSION: Dropped, drilled, and chr
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Ridler Contenders
The road to becoming a Ridler winner starts by being named a BASF Great 8 award winner. Any entrant attending the show can qualify if their ride has never been shown before (including any form of media and at any stage of the build) plus what the jud
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Run To The Sun
In March, more than 3,200 hot rods, trucks, and muscle cars rolled into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for the 33rd annual Run to the Sun car show. Cool cars, warm weather, and sunny skies made an excellent combination for spectators, many of who were
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1941 Willys Coupe
OWNER: Cory Bonugli - Lawrence, MA CHASSIS: Custom fabricated. FRONT SUSPENSION: Mustang II with coil-over shocks, polished stainless upper/lower control arms, disc brakes. REAR SUSPENSION: Art Morrison 4-link with coil-over shocks. TIRES: Front
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Adding The Finishing Touch
Anyone who has imagined a custom hotrod with an engine bursting from the front with huge Mickey Thompsons on a short wheelbase which made the car look like it was arching as the horsepower was about to be unleashed at any time would have a ’41 Willy’
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Rodding Products
THERE are a lot of special events and celebrations in honor of the ‘32 Ford happening this year! Ninety years of a good thing is certainly cause for celebration. In honor of this milestone, I designed a commemorative bottle opener in the shape of eve
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2022 Spokane Speed And Custom Show
There were many good reasons to attend the 6th Annual Spokane Speed and Custom show. There were forty 1932 Fords on display for starters to celebrate the 90th Anniversary. Throw in not one but four celebrities, Buddy Hale, Gene Winfield, Ian Roussell

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