Ford Model A Five-Window - No Place But Home

The Chevy 350 block and the inside of the frogmouth air cleaners were sprayed with the same paint used on the wire rims.

The vintage Superior steering wheel, on a '70 Chevy pickup column, was the right choice for a '60s-inspired hot rod. The dash came from a '30 Ford pickup. Notice that the trans tunnel is notched for right foot room.

Auto Meter StreetRod Old Tyme White gauges match the vintage styling. An EZ Wiring system supplies juice everywhere it's needed.

Public opinion is mixed on the wire mesh safety glass used on the sides and rear, but it's imaginative details like this that add interest and separate this car from the crowd.

Finding seats that looked right and left enough headroom was a challenge. Jim looked at boat seats and Mustang seats before building his own bomber-style buckets.

Many hours of work went into the exhaust heat shields. Without metal shaping tools like an English wheel, Jim relied on his knee to bend the metal and his eyes to make sure it was right.