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1932 Ford Five-window Highboy Coupe

Even though the fivespeed transmission offers best-of-both-worlds performance-deep gears for get-up-and-go and tall ones for got-up-andwent -John still wanted one of the holy Grails of early hot rodding: a quick-change rear axle. Dutchman built this one with bells that John supplied, but everything is new, including the late self-energizing Ford drums and stronger plug-in axles.
John Cherry's 1932 Ford Five-Window Highboy Coupe - A Cherry Deal

 Even though the fivespeed transmission offers best-of-both-worlds performance-deep gears for get-up-and-go and tall ones for got-up-andwent -John still wanted one of the holy Grails of early hot rodding: a quick-change rear axle. Dutchman built this one with bells that John supplied, but everything is new, including the late self-energizing Ford drums and stronger plug-in axles.  View Related Article

 

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