Calvin Moore's '56 Lincoln...
Calvin Moore's '56 Lincoln Continental sure had them waggin' their tongues! Brian Hatton oversaw the building of the Mark II at Moore Brothers Classics in Hendersonville, TN, where they stuffed a Robert Pond aluminum 427 FE engine in and topped it with a Dynatek Racing Weber EFI system. Moore also won a Builder's Choice award with his car.
Len Beal, from Harrogate,...
Len Beal, from Harrogate, TN, drove into the event with the top down in his stylish '46 Ford but, because of the excessive afternoon heat, we saw him with the top up later on. Either way this super-clean convertible looked great.
Jerry Noone's '32 Ford looks...
Jerry Noone's '32 Ford looks like your normal well-built roadster, but under the hood is a surprise: an Ecotec inline four. The car weighs less than 2,100 pounds, but is extremely quick. The 2.4-liter engine, with the turbo kit Jerry added, produces 300 horsepower at the rear wheels. He offers crate engines packages, too, on his www.noonecustoms.com website.
We didn't get a chance to...
We didn't get a chance to talk with Jeff Birke from Red Bud, IL, about his '33 SpeedStar coupe to find out if he's getting it ready for paint or if he's going for a more subdued, bad-ass hot rod look. We hadn't seen someone take a smoothy car like this and give it the rat rod treatment, so we were curious as to how he'll finish it.
For hours on both Friday and...
For hours on both Friday and Saturday you could find rodders over at the Street Challenge Autocross course trying to better their times as they raced against the clock on a closed-loop track. Populated mostly by Pro Touring Camaros and Chevelles, you could also find C10 trucks and a few '32 and '27 Ford roadsters pitching it into the corners. Looks like a lot of fun.
Jeff Davis' '31 Ford Tudor...
Jeff Davis' '31 Ford Tudor had a great feel to it. From the metallic green paint to the Limefire headers and the Norm Grabowski carved skull on the shifter, this is one we'd like in our own garage!
Swap meets are always dangerous...
Swap meets are always dangerous if you have even a little money in your pocket. For those with a little more cash, say $6,500, you could have picked up this 'glass '41 Willys project or, for $6,000, this '58 Biscayne four-door with 59,000 actual miles.
Not too many rodders can say...
Not too many rodders can say they have a '48 Riley Saloon in their garage, but Ray and Linda Sanders, from Paducah, KY, can. Theirs is powered by a 350/4L60E engine and trans combo. Riley had a long history-they began motorized four-wheeled vehicle operations in Britain in 1898 and stopped work in the mid-'60s.
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