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1933 Ford Coupe - Ron Johns' Cool Coupe Is ... On The Money

F A C T S & F I G U R E S
Ron Johns
Rapid City, South Dakota
CHASSIS
Frame / Manufacturer '33-'34 Ford/TCI Engineering (Ontario, CA)
Wheelbase 112"
Chassis plumbing Stainless
Rearend / Ratio 9" Ford / 3.70:1
Rear suspension Four-bar, coilover shocks
Rear brakes 11" Drum
Front suspension 4"-Dropped I-beam, mono leaf spring, hairpin radius rods, tube shocks
Front brakes Disc
Master cylinder Corvette
Steering box Vega
Front wheel make, size Wheel Vintiques (Fresno, CA), 15 x 5
Rear wheel make, size Wheel Vintiques, 16 x 7
Front tire make, size Michelin, 165/75R15
Rear tire make, size Dunlop, 245/75R16
Gas tank Stock, 12-gal
ENGINE
Make Chevrolet ZZ4
Displacement 350ci
Machining / Assembly GMPP / GMPP
Water pump GM
Cooling fan Zirgo (Portland, OR), 16" electric
Radiator Walker (Memphis, TN), copper/brass
Alternator Powermaster Motorsports (Knoxville, TN)
Valve covers Moon Equipment (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Manifold / Induction Edelbrock (Torrance, CA) / Edelbrock 650cfm
Ignition / Wires HEI / 8mm
Headers Coated Sanderson (S. San Francisco, CA)
Exhaust / Mufflers 2 1/4" aluminized / glasspacks
TRANSMISSION
Make GM 700-R4
Converter Logan Transmission (Rapid City, SD)
Shifter Lokar (Knoxville, TN)
Trans mods Logan Transmission
Driveshaft Custom
BODY
Body style / Material 3-Window Coupe / steel
Body manufacturer Ford
Body mods None
Hood Stock, steel
Grille Stock '33 Ford
Bodywork Kappy's Auto Restoration (Owattona, MN)
Paint type / Color Martin Senour single-stage / Black
Painter Charlie Kaplan, Kappy's Auto Restoration
Striping Dave Ecklund (Minneapolis, MN)
Headlights / Taillights '34 Ford Commercial / '48 Chevy
Outside mirror Peep
Bumpers Nerf bars
INTERIOR
Dashboard Stock
Insert / Gauges Engine-turned / Stewart Warner (E. Petersburg, PA)
Stereo / Speakers None
Air conditioning Vintage Air (San Antonio, TX)
Wiring Painless Performance (Fort Worth, TX), installed by Greg Vonruden
Steering wheel Lecarra (Oneida, TN)
Steering column ididit (Tecumseh, MI), tilt
Seats Glide Engineering (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
Upholsterer Stitches Upholstery & Trim (Mapleton, SD)
Material / Color Leather / Tan
Carpet Brown
Seatbelts Juliano's Hot Rod Parts (Ellington, CT)


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