The 2007 Road Tour '32 - Part 3

The trunk floor was also altered to accommodate the kicked-up rear crossmember and allow plenty of room for exhaust and the Strange rearend to move.

A new floor section was fabricated and welded in place once the dimensions were determined. Even with the raised floor, there's still plenty of room to haul Jerry Dixey's Road Tour wardrobe.

A custom hood was required because the frame (wheelbase) was stretched. Brookville supplied the longer-than-stock hood top; note that the sides are deeper and there is no accent line.

The coupe was equipped with an aluminum radiator, shroud, and fan from U.S. Radiator to make sure the Flathead keeps its cool.

With the solid hood top trimmed to fit properly, Mickey Galloway rolled in stock-looking beads on each side.

The Brookville body was flawless and ready for paint after several rounds of block sanding and priming. With a final scuff, the Deuce was headed back to the paint booth.

This is where all the priming and block sanding pays off. Rick shot the body and hood with black PPG DBU 9700 that's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

Rick put on the first coats of PPG primer/surfacer. The buildup properties of NCT 280 allow for the block sanding that really makes sheetmetal panels arrow-straight.

With the body color-sanded and yet to be cleared, it was reunited with the frame.

After installing the hood and grille shell, Rick watched the legendary Art Himsl lay out the flames.

With the same time-honored procedure that has resulted in who knows how many classic flame jobs, Art taped off yet another one.

Once the flames were taped off on the right side of the car, the pattern was transferred to the left side for layout.

The next step in the flaming process was to cover the entire layout with 18-inch-wide transfer tape. Rick then cut the tape away from the areas to be painted.

Back in the paint booth, Rick shot the yellow base for the flames.

Red was then applied. When that was finished, the entire car was covered in clear.

Would you let this guy close to your car with paint and a brush? We did, and the results were outstanding. We called on our old buddy, Herb "The Line Doctor" Martinez, to pinstripe the flames at the Grand National Roadster Show. You'll have to wait to see the final results, but it will be worth it.