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1937 Ford Coupe - Looks Can Be Deceiving -
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| F A C T S & F I G U R E S | Todd Varble
West Los Angles, California
1937 Ford three-window coupe | | CHASSIS | | Frame / Manufacturer | Oze Rod Shop
(St. Benoit, Quebec, Canada) | | Wheelbase | 112” | | Modifications | custom, 4x2 rectangular frame
w/ tubular crossmembers from
Oze | | Rearend / Ratio | Ford 9” / 2.70 gears | | Rear suspension | triangulated four-bar | | Rear brakes | disc ’80s T-bird | | Rear shocks | Pete & Jake’s (Peculiar, MO) | | Rear air suspension | Air Ride Technologies
(Jasper, IN) | | Front suspension | MII w/ tubular control arms
from Oze | | Front brakes | MII disc brakes | | Master cylinder | Corvette dual reservoir
Master Power Brakes
(Mooresville, NC) | | Front shocks | Pete & Jake’s | | Front air suspension | Air Ride Technologies | | Steering box | r&p | | Front wheel make, size | Wheel Smith (Santa Ana,
CA)
steel, 15x7 | | Rear wheel make, size | Wheel Smith steel, 15x8 | | Front tire make, size | Dayton, 215/65R15 | | Rear tire make, size | Dayton, 255/65R15 | | Gas tank | 17-gal, ’37 Ford polyethyl
ene tank w/ internal electri
cal fuel pump, Tanks Inc.
(Clearwater, MI) | | ENGINE | | Make | Chevy LS1 | | Displacement | 5.7L (348ci) | | Cooling fan | SPAL (Ankeny, IA) | | Radiator | Performance Rod & Custom
(Boonville, IN) | | Valve covers | faux Ardun over stock LS1 | | Manifold / Induction | stock w/ owner-made
intake plenum | | Headers | Street & Performance (Mena,
AR) | | Air filter | K&N (Riverside, CA) | | TRANSMISSION | | Make | GM 4L60E | | Shifter | Lokar Performance (Knoxville,
TN) | | Driveshaft | Inland Empire Driveline
(Ontario, CA) | | BODY | | Body style / Material | ’37 Ford 3W coupe / fiberglass | | Body manufacturer | Oze | | Body mods | 4” top chop, sectioned
& channeled | | Hood | Oze fiberglass | | Grille | Oze | | Bodywork | by owner | | Paint type / Color | DuPont Rustoleum / red
oxide & satin spruce green | | Paint | by owner | | Graphics | by owner | | Headlights / Taillights | ’37 Ford / ’37 Ford, C.W.
Moss (Orange, CA) | | Outside mirror | swan neck, C.W. Moss | | Bumpers | front, ’37 Ford C.W. Moss;
rear ’37 Ford (dropped w/
bracket 6” from channel &
Z’d) | | Other body items | metal laminated to hood &
driver door to simulate rust
repair & give appearance of
metal components | | INTERIOR | | Dashboard | Oze | | Insert / Gauges | added extended bezels /
Auto Meter (Sycamore, IL)
gauges | | Stereo / Speakers | Custom Auto Sound (Fuller
ton, CA) / Pioneer installed
by owner | | Air conditioning | Vintage Air (San Antonio,
TX) | | Steering wheel | LeCarra (Oneida, TN) | | Steering column | Flaming River (Berea, OH) | | Interior mirror | oval, C.W. Moss | | Seats | by owner | | Upholsterer | Pete Egan of Westminster
Upholstery (Anaheim, CA) | | Material / Color | vinyl / off-white, vanilla | | Carpet | dark gray Mercedes wool |
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