1933 - 34 Ford Hot Rod

90 T - 5 trani
58 Rear
56 Tbird Motor (Hoped Up)
32 Frame
Will Be at Pistons & Paint 2014 this Saturday Nov. 8th
minimal interior - a tribute to Bonneville cars and racers
Chopped, Channeled, Sectioned, Chromed

It was an old 60's build that had been redone several years. It is chopped 4 inches and channeled 6 inches. swing out windshield works and all windows roll up and down (yes they are yellow tinted). It has a built a sbc 350 with World Products SR Torquer heads, comp hydraulic cam, gear drive, vintage Offy valve covers, vintage offy intake with 6 two barrels.. (it is only running off 2 centers right now.. could run off all 6 if set up progressive linkage but I never needed to) Vintage Vertex tach drive magneto, etc.. Has rebuilt turbo 350 auto trans, rebuilt posi 9" with great freeway gears, new fuel tank, new radiator, all drum brakes have new wheel cylinders and shoes. interior has autometer gauge, '57 Plymouth Savoy steering wheel, vintage shift knob, dual bucket seats, vintage military seat belts on both sides, amp mounted behind seat to plug in phone, ipod etc through two kick panel mounted speakers. Entire inside is covered in dynamat with floor and back panel carpeted, body has some small issues here and there but nothing crazy.. This truck has made many 1100 mile round trips.. rear wheels are chrome smoothies with Firestone WW Cheater Slicks, front wheels are steel chrome smoothies with Firestone piecrust WWs. Tires all in good shape. rear suspension is coil spring with shock and 4 bar, front is tube axle with transverse leaf. It has original BLC headlights and '61 Olds tail lights. Snap on rear bed cover to keep your stuff dry. Fuel tank is mounted below rear of bed hidden by a louvered roll pan. It is titled as a 1932 Ford pickup but the body detail shows that it is a 1934 ford cab..

Magnifique!

award winning and magazine cover 1934, 3-window hot rod coupe that is well known.

The coupe runs great, very strong with no issues. It has won many awards, including Best of Show at Viva Las Vegas, Best of Show at Ink and Iron, many best hot rod and best traditional awards.

It has been featured in many magazines including Rod & Kulture (cover), Old Skool Rodz, Gasoline magazine, and a few European magazines.

The coupe is extremely fun to drive, and turns heads everywhere it goes. The Cadillac engine sounds unbelievable. The build of this car and collection of vintage parts spanned 6 years, with every attention to detail. The coupe is getting a nice patina now on the chrome and paint. Titled and registered.

Original body. The top is chopped 5 ½ inches in the rear, and 4 ½ inches in front with the A pillars leaned back by splitting the metal below the windshield which makes the windshield seal correctly. The body is channeled 2 ½ inches over the frame. The body was acid dipped before bodywork.

Original frame. Boxed. Front frame horns removed, spring behind axle front suspension. Vintage Ford lever shocks. Rear frame bobbed to put spreader bar next to body. C notched. Custom ladder bars made with lightning holes. Model T gas tank in trunk. Buick drums, drilled and chromed 40 Ford backing plates, drilled and chromed original 34 front axle. Split, drilled, sleeved and chromed 34 wishbone. Reversed eyes on chromed front 34 spring. Model A rear cross member, model T rear spring, 40 Ford rear end with vintage culver city Halibrand quick change with 3 extra sets of vintage gears for ratio change.Original 34 Radiator(re-cored) is shortened 2 ½ “. Original 4” Ford rims in front, 4 ½ Ford rims in rear, rims were separated/chromed/welded back together. Original 34 modified pedal assembly. Vintage Schroeder sprint car steering. Vintage stewart warner gauges.

The engine is a 53 Caddy 331 rebuilt by Carters in La Puente, with vintage edelbrock intake with 4 vintage stromberg 97’s. Vintage Hurst motor mounts chromed. Original 12 volt caddy generator, ceramic spark plug covers, vintage polished weiand fuel block, chromed caddy valve covers, World class T5 transmission, changed to S-10 tailshaft to move the shifter forward. Wilcap trans adaptor. Exhaust is made from a 36 Ford driveshaft chromed. 40 Ford juice brakes, vintage beehive oil filter with old chrome (not hooked up), vintage BLC headlights, original 37 Ford taillights, original 34 grille in perfect shape and chromed, chromed push bar made from 34 inner driveshaft, original decklid and louvers punched by Eric Vaughn, original 34 seat reupholstered in black leather, vintage WWII seatbelts and door locks, all cloth wiring, removable Walden roof insert, original 40 Ford steering wheel and column, vintage chromed 30’s truck column drop, paint is single stage 56 T-Bird sage green. Original 34 CA license plates

1934 Ford truck. This is a drive anywhere hot rod. Very dependable. It was an old 60's build that had been redone several years. It is chopped 4 inches and channeled 6 inches. swing out windshield works and all windows roll up and down (yes they are yellow tinted). It has a built a sbc 350 with World Products SR Torquer heads, comp hydraulic cam, gear drive, vintage Offy valve covers, vintage offy intake with 6 two barrels.. (it is only running off 2 centers right now.. could run off all 6 if set up progressive linkage but I never needed to) Vintage Vertex tach drive magneto, etc.. Has rebuilt turbo 350 auto trans, rebuilt posi 9" with great freeway gears, new fuel tank, new radiator, all drum brakes have new wheel cylinders and shoes. interior has autometer gauge, '57 Plymouth Savoy steering wheel, vintage shift knob, dual bucket seats, vintage military seat belts on both sides, amp mounted behind seat to plug in phone, ipod etc through two kick panel mounted speakers. Entire inside is covered in dynamat with floor and back panel carpeted, body has some small issues here and there but nothing crazy.. This truck has made many 1100 mile round trips.. rear wheels are chrome smoothies with Firestone WW Cheater Slicks, front wheels are steel chrome smoothies with Firestone piecrust WWs. Tires all in good shape. rear suspension is coil spring with shock and 4 bar, front is tube axle with transverse leaf. It has original BLC headlights and '61 Olds tail lights. Snap on rear bed cover to keep your stuff dry. Fuel tank is mounted below rear of bed hidden by a louvered roll pan. It is titled as a 1932 Ford pickup but the body detail shows that it is a 1934 ford cab.. it has been this way through the last couple owners over 20 years. The fuel gauge works but is not hooked up to current tank.

Story and photos by John Gunnell
When Doug Herbst was in the fifth grade, his father would pick him up at school in a bright red ’31 Ford hot rod. The Model A roadster had a 390-cid Ford V-8, a four-speed transmission, yellow flames, a white interior and a roll bar.
“To say my 10-year-old buddies were impressed is an understatement,” Herbst recalled. But hot rods weren’t in the cards for Herbst, at least right away.
“When I graduated high school in 1979, you could buy muscle cars for $500-$600,” Herbst said, “so I got into Mopars and then I got into racing.” Herbst became a well-known race car driver in the Wausau, Wis., area and later took a job fixing trucks at a GMC dealership there. Eventually, he swung back to hot rodding and swapped off a few Mopars for — you guessed it — a Ford hot rod.
Actually, Herbst swapped the cars for a professional build on a ’34 Ford five-window coupe that had been in his family for years. Herbst’s father-in-law, Dennis “Denny” Heil, bought the coupe from his friend Shaggy in 1969. Shaggy had owned the car since the early ’60s and had drag raced it for a couple of years.


“After Denny got the car, he drove it for a couple of years, then disassembled it,” Herbst said. “After he passed away in 1997, I bought the car from my mother-in-law.”
Herbst’s racing buddy Rich Bickle Jr. completed the build in 2007. Herbst told Bickle he wanted a car with the appearance of a hot rod built in 1960-1962. The result looks “old school.” The resulting build lacks any new parts on the fenderless five-window; only parts that could possibly be scoured from a Ford, Lincoln and Mercury were used.


The coupe has a full-race flathead V-8 built by Rich Bickle Sr., who’s considered a Ford flathead guru. Bickle Sr. put a crank from a ’49-’53 flathead in the 239-cid Merc mill and bored it .060 to 264 cubic inches. He added two Holley two-barrel carburetors and a full-race cam, plus headers with cutouts and a genuine ’34 Ford radiator that Glen-Ray Radiators of Wausau built out of three different radiators. It uses a generator with internals from an early-’60s Ford in a ’46 housing.
For stopping duty, ’40 Lincoln binders put the brakes on the coupe. A ’40 Lincoln rear can be found out back with 4.11:1 gears, plus the coupe sports Houdaille rear friction shocks, a torque tube and a ’39 Ford gearbox. All of the gauges except the unit that measures fuel were installed by Shaggy back in the day. The coupe also has a ’50 Ford pickup steering column and ’52 Ford passenger car hanging pedals.

Herbst found it easy to resist chopping and channeling the car. “I wanted it built as a highboy, because it was just so nice a car,” he said. “To have a genuine original Ford body in this day and age and chop and channel it is to me — well, I’d buy a fiberglass one if I wanted to do something like that.”
The car is a fantasy come true for Herbst. Flashing back to fifth grade, he remembers that his father also owned a ‘32 Ford highboy convertible. “Dad said that car would be mine one day,” Herbst recalled. “But, things got tight and he had to sell it to support the family. I understood it had to go, but you just don’t forget and I held onto the idea of owning a highboy until I bought the ’34.”

Herbst’s father lived the era in the ’50s. “He said I should think about having a hot rod,” Herbst said. “He told me it’s a different form of automotive fun. So, when I had the opportunity to buy this car from my mother-in-law, I jumped at it. Dad always said having a hot rod would be another chapter in my life.”
Herbst says he likes that he’s never seen another car exactly like his. He has seen cars with similarities, but when he looks close, they are all different. For instance, Herbst went to the MSRA’s Back to the 50’s show in Minnesota and did not see another car painted the gold color of his car in a sea of 12,000 vehicles.

“You don’t see that color at shows anymore,” he noted. “I saw it in the ‘Rod & Custom 50th Anniversary’ book on cars at California hot rod shows in the early ’60s. Gold Metalflake was popular color back then, but it faded in popularity by the mid to late ’60s.” Herbst said the color is coming back on magazine cars, but he still doesn’t see it on the cars where he lives.
As good as it looks, Herbst admits driving the car for a long distance can be a “less than ideal situation.” He says the longest he has driven with the 4.11:1 gears and the three-speed transmission is 60 miles.
“With the friction shocks and buddy springs, it rides rough,” he said. If he’s going to a distant show, he trailers it.
Herbst said his daughter will probably own the car someday. “Whatever she does with it is her decision,” he said, “but it is not going to leave our family any time soon.”

THIS WOODY IS A RECREATION AND WAS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP USING ALL BRAND NEW QUALITY PARTS. THE PROJECT WAS STARTED IN MARCH OF 2006 AND WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 2007. WE PURCHASED THE CAR FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER WHO IS ONE OF OUR LONG TIME CLIENTS FROM PHOENIX ARIZONA. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND WELL CARED FOR. THE CAR SHOWS ONLY 3,326 ACTUAL MILES ON THE ODOMETER IN THE DASH. THE CAR COMES WITH A CLEAN AND CLEAR ARIZONA TITLE THAT SHOWS NO BANK LIENS. THE CAR IS TITLED WITH AN ARIZONA TITLE VIN# 2315573 AND IT IS REGISTERED AS A YEAR: 1934 MAKE: FORD BODY TYPE: SW.

THE POWERPLANT IS A BRAND NEW GM CRATE MOTOR 350ci V8 ENGINE THAT IS BACKED BY A BRAND NEW GM 700R4 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THAT POWER IS TRANSFERED TO THE PAVEMENT BY A BRAND NEW FORD 9 INCH REAR END. THE ENGINE FEATURES AN EDELBROCK 600cfm CARB, GM INTAKE MANIFOLD, LOKAR THROTTLE CABLE SYSTEM, MANUAL FUEL PUMP, MALLORY DISTRIBUTOR, MSD COIL AND A SET OF TAYLOR 8mm PERFORMANCE PLUG WIRES. THE MOTOR HAS PLENTY OF CUSTOM PARTS INCLUDING A POLISHED FINNED AIR CLEANER, POLISHED INTAKE MANIFOLD, POLISHED WATER NECK, POLISHED FINNED VALVE COVERS, CHROME BREATHERS, CHROME COIL, ALUMINUM PLUG WIRE HOLDERS, POLISHED A/C COMPRESSOR, CHROME ALTERNATOR AND CHROME BRACKETS. THE CAR IS COOLED VIA THE CUSTOM WALKER RADIATOR WITH A MANUAL FAN. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM STARTS WITH THE CERAMIC COATED BLOCK HUGGER HEADERS WHICH FEED INTO THE HAND BUILT DUAL EXHAUST SYSTEM WITH GLASS PACK MUFFLERS. THE EXHAUST SOUNDS CLEAN AND IS NOT OVERPOWERING. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS AMAZING AND FEATURES A SMOOTHED FIREWALL. ALL THE WIRING IS TIDY JUST THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

THIS WOODY IS A PLEASURE TO DRIVE. THIS WAS A FAMILY CRUISER THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER BUILT FOR HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE. THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH FROM ARIZONA TO CALIFORNIA FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL ROADSTER AND THE WAVECREST SHOW MANY TIMES. THE CAR HAS ALSO BEEN DRIVEN IN OVER 110 DEGREE HEAT WITH NO CONCERNS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RELIABLE CAR THAT CAN BE DRIVEN ANYWHERE.

THE EXTERIOR OF THIS WOODY IS A TESTAMENT TO CLEAN STYLING AND BOLD BODY LINES. HERCULES MOTOR CAR COMPANY SUPPLIED THE WOODY BODY AND NORMAN COX AND HIS STAFF AT 10th STREET AUTO BODY DID AN AMAZING JOB FITTING THE PANELS. THEY ALSO FITTED THE ALL STEEL FRONT CLIP, STEEL FRONT/REAR RENDERS AND THE RUBBER RUNNING BOARDS. THE GAPS ON THE CAR ARE CLEAN AND EVERYTHING LINES UP EXCELLENT. THE CAR FEATURES A CANVAS WRAPPED ROOF, WOOD SURFBOARD RACK, VINTAGE RESTORED VATER SURFBOARD, MOLDED WINDSHIELD VISOR, STEEL FRONT FENDERS, STEEL GRILLE SHELL, CHROME DRAKE GRILLE INSERT, REPRODUCTION GREYHOUND RADIATOR CAP, REPRODUCTION FORD HEAD LAMPS, REPRODUCTION RUNNING LAMPS, STEEL 3 PIECE HOOD PANELS, DUAL SIDE OPENING HOOD, SUICIDE DOORS, CHROME SIDE MIRRORS, STEEL REAR FENDERS, STEEL REAR ROLL PAN, REPRODUCTION FORD TAIL LIGHTS, LIGHTED REAR LICENSE PLATE MOUNT AND REPRODUCTION FRONT/REAR BUMPERS WITH CHROME BRACKETS AND A SAFTEY ORANGE PINSTRIPE ACCENT TO MATCH THE WHEELS.

THE PAINT JOB ON THIS WOODY IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THE PAINT JOB WAS PERFORMED BY NORMAN COX AND THE STAFF AT 10th STREET AUTO BODY IN PHOENIX ARIZONA. ALL OF THE BODYWORK ON THE CAR IS LASER STRAIGHT. THE CAR WAS SEALED AND THEN SPRAYED WITH A SINGLE STAGE PPG GLOBAL FORD CORDOBA GRAY. THE CORDOBA GRAY WAS AN EXCELLENT PAINT CHOICE BECAUSE IT IS A FACTORY 1934 FORD COLOR. THE WOOD WAS ALL FINISH SANDED AND THEN STAINED AND SEALED WITH A URETHANE VARNISH. THE ROOF CANVAS WAS INSTALLED BY GLEN KRAMER AT HOTROD INTERIORS BY GLEN IN GLENDALE ARIZONA. THE CAR SHOWS WELL WITH ONLY A FEW VERY MINOR MISC PAINT CHIPS DUE TO AGE AND NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR (see pics). REST ASSURED THE PAINT LOOKS AMAZING AND NOTHING TAKES AWAY FROM THE OVERALL LOOK OF THE CAR.

THE INTERIOR HAS BEEN COMPLETELY HAND FABRICATED. THE NEW INTERIOR WAS INSTALLED BY GLEN KRAMER FROM HOTROD INTERIORS BY GLEN IN GLENDALE ARIZONA. THE INTERIOR FEATURES TAN LEATHER SEATS, CUSTOM FRONT/REAR TEA'S SEATS, MANUAL FRONT WINDOWS, NEW GLASS, BEAR CLAW DOOR LATCHES, SUICIDE SAFETY DOOR LOCKS, LEATHER DOOR STRAPS, CHROME REAR VIEW MIRROR, JULIANO'S BANJO STEERING WHEEL, POLISHED COLUMN DROP, JULIANO'S POLISHED STEERING COLUMN, HAND PAINTED WOOD LOOK DASHBOARD, VDO GAUGES, DECO HEADLAMP SWITCH, HIDDEN IGNITION SWITCH, HIDDEN A/C & HEAT CONTROL KNOBS, VINTAGE AIR HEAT AND A/C, LOKAR VINTAGE LOOK FLOOR SHIFTER, LOKAR GAS PEDAL, LOKAR BRAKE PEDAL AND SEAT BELTS FOR ALL SEATING POSITIONS. THE CAR BOASTS A SECRET AUDIO AM/FM/10 DISC CD SOUND SYSTEM WITH 2 SPEAKERS. THE FINISHING TOUCH TO THE INTERIOR IS THE EDGE BOUND GERMAN SQUARE WEAVE CARPET WITH MATCHING FLOOR MATS. THE INTERIOR SHOWS AMAZING CONDITION WITH NO SIGNS OF ABUSE OR DAMAGE.

THIS CAR HAS A COMPLETE AFTERMARKET WIRING HARNESS. THE HEAD LAMPS, TAIL LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, LICENSE PLATE LAMPS, AUDIO SYSTEM, DASH LIGHTS, GAUGES, SPEEDOMETER ALL WORK CORRECTLY. THE BATTERY IS HIDDEN UNDER THE CAR AND HAS A BATTERY TENDER PLUG THAT IS WIRED TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR FOR EASY CHARGING.



THE TCI CHASSIS IS ALL BRAND NEW AND MADE TO FIT THE HERCULES BODY. THE CHASSIS AND UNDER BODY OF THE CAR HAVE ALL BEEN PAINTED EGGSHELL BLACK. THE INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPENSION FEATURES POLISHED UPPER/LOWER CONTROL ARMS, POLISHED SPINDLES, COIL OVER SHOCKS, DISC BRAKES, POLISHED BRAKE CALIPERS AND RACK/PINION STEERING. THE REAR SUSPENSION FEATURES A FORD 9 INCH HOUSING, COIL OVER SHOCKS, POLISHED FOUR LINK AND COLOR MATCHED DRUM BRAKES. THE FRAME FEATURES A 20 GALLON STAINLESS STEEL GAS TANK. THE CAR STOPS GREAT WITH NO PULLS, VIBRATIONS OR LANE CHANGES. THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER IS HIDDEN UNDER THE CHASSIS AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES ARE STAINLESS STEEL HARD LINES WITH THRU FRAME FITTINGS. THE STEERING FUNCTIONS SMOOTHLY. THIS CAR IS A PLEASURE TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 75 MPH. THE CHASSIS IS EXTREMELY WELL ENGINEERED AND DOES NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE ANYONE UNCOMFORTABLE.



THIS WOODY FEATURES A SET OF STAGGERED SIZE WHEEL VINTIQUES WIRE WHEELS. THE WHEEL ARE POWDER COATED SAFETY ORANGE AND FEATURE POLISHED RIBBED BEAUTY RINGS AND V8 LOGO CENTER CAPS WITH ORANGE PINSTRIPING. THE FRONT TIRES ARE BFGOODRICH RADIAL 195/70R14 AND THE REAR TIRES ARE BFGOODRICH 255/70R15. THE TIRES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SHOWING OVER 95% TREAD LIFE LEFT.