Mike
Lowden Windsor, Ontario, Canada '34 Ford Coupe |
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Mike
tell us a bit about his '34 Coupe: The rear end is a Ford 9" with 3.55 gears and a traction lock hung on coilovers with one of Horton's 4-bar kits and a panhard bar. The 355 is a 10:1 motor with a mild Comp cam, early Vette FI heads, a rare Fenton 3 deuce intake with 3 Rochesters from a 348 tripower engine topped off with an even more rare set of "HI POWER" air filters that were made in the ‘50s in New York. Valve covers are early Vette 7 fin aluminum. That's bolted up to a 700 OD trans with all the Grand National and Corvette goodies. The
body is from Antiques and Collectible Autos in Buffalo New York. Wheels
are 1953 International pickup rims that are 15 x 5 in front and widened
to 15 x 8 in back. They're trick because they look just like early Ford
rims, and accept the early Ford hubcaps, but have a 5 on 4 1/2"
bolt pattern. The tires are Michelins up front and 285 15 in. back.
I used a tall swan neck Lokar shifter and a narrowed pickup seat. Jim
Bailie is narrowing a '49 Ford dash to fit and it will use all it's
stock gauges as well as a small Westach tachometer that fits the stock
clock opening perfectly. A nice Blaupunkt stereo fills the stock radio
opening in the dash." |
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Thanks Mike. Maybe you should take it on a hot rod tour.... | |