There are numerous examples of what constitutes a traditional hot rod. Many guys liken the term to cars like Doane Spencer's Deuce roadster. Other guys claim Spencer would turn over in his grave if he heard his car being referred to as traditional. What Doane did back in the late '40s and early '50s is not much different than what guys like Foose, Boyd, and Alloway are doing today-taking the hot rod as an aesthetic piece and making it perform to the height of what's contemporarily available. Back in Doane's day, it was overhead valve engines and mechanical fuel injection that were hot new items. Today, it's fully independent, Indy-style suspension and variable displacement engines finding their way into the hot rod scene. The point is, combining the classic styling of an early hot rod with contemporary technology is an idea that's been around since the dawn of hot rodding.
Geoffrey Skene had been tooling around his Jackson, Wyoming, home in a full-fendered '32 Ford roadster when it struck him. He's literally surrounded by thousands upon thousands of the most beautiful scenery in the world and yet the fear of breaking down in the old Ford and winding up bear food kept him from venturing out into the beautiful Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. This overwhelming desire to venture out into his back 40 soon grew too much for Geoff to handle. Not wanting to touch his finished Deuce, a separate Deuce roadster body was found and sent over to Dennis and Matt Lesky at Ionia Hot Rod Shop. The body turned out to be about 80 percent Brookville Roadster replacement panels and the remaining Ford steel was so bad that the crew decided to just start with a new Brookville body altogether. The new Brookville body arrived as separate panels and was turned over to Mark Welsh, who was tapped to massage the panel's shape to perfection before handing them over to Dwight Tschantz at Tschantz Restoration for final assembly...