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1934 Ford Five-Window Coupe - Multiple Personalities

CHASSIS
Frame / Manufacturer Roadster Shop (Elgin, IL)
Wheelbase 112"
Chassis plumbing stainless steel
Rearend / Ratio 9-inch Ford / 4.11:1
Rear suspension triangulated four-bar
Rear brakes drum
Front suspension Heidt's Superide (Wauconda, IL)
Front brakes Wilwood (Camarillo, CA)
Master cylinder General Motors
Steering box r&p
Front wheel make, size Wheel Smith, 15x5
Rear wheel make, size Wheel Smith, 15x8
Wheels Wheel Smith, '46 Ford caps & trim rings
Front tire make, size Silverstone, 165/R14
Rear tire make, size Silverstone, 235/75R15
Gas tank 18-gal stainless

ENGINE
Make '93 Corvette TPI crate motor
Displacement 350 cid
Machining / Assembly GM
Radiator Walker (Memphis, TN)
Alternator Street & Performance (Mena, AR)
Heads stock GM valvetrain
Valve covers GM Performance Parts
Manifold / Induction GM / TPI
Ignition / Wires Delco
Headers Kerker stainless
Exhaust / Mufflers Borla (Oxnard, CA)

TRANSMISSION
Make GM 700-R4
Shifter Lokar (Knoxville, TN)

BODY
Body style / Material five-window coupe / steel
Body manufacturer FoMoCo
Body mods cowl vent filled, roof filled, major
smoothness by Lee Bumgardner,
hood sides & back body panel lou-
vered by Eric Vaughn
Hood three-piece steel
Grille painted Dan Fink Metalworks
(Huntington Beach, CA) insert
Bodywork metalwork by Lee Bumgardner of
Zoomers
Paint type / Color PPG / custom mix using Porsche
Maritime Blue
Painter Joe Qualls, Color on Wheels
(Denver, CO)
Graphics 'stripes by Dennis Ricklefs
Headlights / Taillights '34 Ford Commercial / '42-48
Bumpers handmade tubular nerf bars by SO-
CAL Speed Shop's Jimmy Shine
Other body items SO-CAL Speed Shop (Pomona, CA)
Swan Neck mirrors

INTERIOR
Dashboard stock, bottom s tretched to adapt
insert
Insert / Gauges SO-CAL Auburn-style / Mooneyes
Stereo / Speakers Kenwood
Air conditioning Vintage Air
Wiring Masterpiece Rod Shop
Steering wheel Lecarra
Steering column Lime Works
Interior mirror SO-CAL Speed Shop
Seats Glide Engineering (Rancho
Cucamonga, CA) frame, custom-
shaped foam
Upholsterer Gabe Lopez, Gabe's Custom
Interiors (Bloomington, CA)
Material / Color Connolly leather / black and white
Carpet wool square-weave


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