Dave Greytak is the car guy's car guy, always has been, always will be. He more than likely got this way by growing up around cars (his dad and big brother were true-blue gearheads) and gettin' greasy at a young age. Like many car junkies, Dave loves all kinds of street rods, hot rods, musclecars, and speedboats-heck, it's his cup o' tea as long as it's loud and fast. Along with this outlook is an immense interest in traditional hot rods, especially those with a history.
Not long ago, Dave received a tip on an old drag car supposedly unearthed up in Townsend, Montana, at a place called the G/T Ranch. Never one to pass up an adventure, Dave saddled up his pickup and trailer and headed northwest to check it out. Low and behold, the barn-find at the end of the rainbow turned out to be a well-worn '32 Ford sedan that previous research indicated had campaigned in the Wilmington, Delaware, area from the late '50s to '70s as a BB/Altered. Dave snatched it up, tossed it on the trailer, and dragged it back to its East Coast home.
As Dave can truly attest, one of the most enjoyable aspects of rare finds such as the sedan is the time spent crawling over and under the subject, checking out the way it was built and the neat components used. And, of course, coaxing a barn-find like this back to life is an experience few get to enjoy-and enjoy he does. This baby is one wild beast. (Believe me, I've seen and heard it run.)
Upon closer inspection, the sedan read like a three-decade hot rod shopping list: a 396-cube big-block (estimated at 1,000 hp), a GMC blower, Kinsler mechanical injection, a Clay Smith cam, a Schaffer clutch and flywheel, a scattershield, a Hurst-equipped T10 four-speed, a 3.90:1 Posi Olds rearend with 11-inch Zephyr brakes, a Super Bell dropped axle, and Kenmont 11-inch Lincoln backing plates with finned Buick drums. It's also equipped with '46 Ford split bones, 16-inch wire wheels, a modified '55 Chevy steering box, a 17-inch Bell steering wheel, early Stewart Warner gauges, a rollbar and Stroud safety belts, and a 10-gallon Moon tank set up for fuel and alcohol.
Yep, Dave's one lucky guy, ending up with perhaps one of the wildest barn-finds ever. There's only one catch: The whole thing's a sham-I mean, it is a real steel '32 sedan, but Dave built this car fresh over a six-month period in '06, expending more energy making it look old than if he'd made it into a show car. Talk about faux patina! This is takin' it to the extreme-but we love it!