The rod rolls on solid 15-inch steelies (5s and 7s) from Wheel Vintiques wrapped in Coker 5.00 ribbed and 8.20 dirt-tread rubber and finished off with '40 Ford 'caps. And, after borrowing a tubing bender from a friend, Gould fabbed his own rollbar. Crotch high at the cowl and belly button high at the windshield, Chuck says the rollbar might be a moot point if the car were to meet a semitruck trailer, but having it there makes him feel better about driving the car.
With the addition of the windshield frame he got from Dick Williams at Poli-Form, the '35 commercial headlights, the '50s-era F-100 taillights, the Bob Drake swan neck mirror, and the owner-fabbed 14-gallon aluminum gas tank, the exterior was soon finished. After the owner applied the single-stage Nason 2K-brand Mustang Poppy Red paint, Mark Oesch followed up the paintjob with graphics added to the hood and doors.
Early testdrives were done in 2006, but an early cam bearing failure sidelined the car, as did a junk transmission (a problem that Chuck found in three spare transmissions too!). The fifth one turned out to be the right one and soon Gould was on the road in late 2007. More into building and driving them, Chuck did show his car at the Detroit Autorama in 2008, and he believes it was the first indoor show he'd done since 1976. For more photos and details about this car, visit www.streetrodderweb.com.
 A little bit of vintage and...  A little bit of vintage and a little bit of contemporary styling are mixed with the cockpit of Gould's roadster. Camaro seat bases work in tandem with the homemade aluminum seat backs and the RJS five-point safety harnesses. The '32 Ford roadster dash houses the Classic Instruments gauges, and an 18-inch Bell-type steering wheel was cut down to 12.5 inches before it was wrapped with friction tape for that dirt track appearance. |  A Chevy II 153 motor with...  A Chevy II 153 motor with a pair of 45 DCOE sidedrafts? Why not? Chuck Gould had his four-banger bored 0.060 over before fitting it with Arias 10:1 forged aluminum pistons and a Sig Erson cam. A reworked head and a twin Weber setup from Clifford Research stirs the mix and a homemade header system and swap meet side pipes help draw the exhaust out. |  In the owner-built bed is...  In the owner-built bed is a homemade aluminum fuel tank (welded by Rich Peterson) and next to it is a compartment where Chuck keeps his collapsible car jack. |