Hot rod gasser

Ford 1931 model A

REAL FORD BODY CHOPPED 81/2" CHANNELED 4", SITS ON A CUSTOM 2"X3" TUBE FRAME, 4-WHEEL DISC BRAKES,AND COIL OVERS,9" FAB 4 LINK WITH A STRANGE CENTER SECTOIN 488 GEARS, MOZER AXELS, 377 LITTLE M BLOCK, AFR ALUM. HEADS,ISKY .680-.700 CAM,POLISHED HAMPTIN 871 BLOWER,HILBORN 150 PUMP, MSD CRANK TRIGGER,PRO-BILLET CRAB CAP DIST.,HILBORN 4 BARRAL INJECTION WITH HILBORN SCOOP,BTE PRO-COMP 2 SPEED TRANNY,TRANS BRAKE, LINE LOK,B/M QUARTER STICK, CUSTOM ALUMINUM INTERIOR, REMOVABLE STREERING WHEEL,4 ROW ALUMINUM RADIATOR, CUSTOM ZOOMIE'S, 5 GAL MOON TANK,CERT ROLL CAGE, 8.50 CERT. ENGINE JUST GONE THROUGH 850 HP, CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION READT FOR RACE OR SHOW. HAS WON MANY CAR SHOWS, CROWD FAVORITE, AND BEST OF SHOW . LITTLE NEEDED TO MAKE STREET LEGAL

1926 dodge coupe built as a drag car back in the day, has had a stock  
small block chevy, turbo 350, has straight front axel 8 inch for rear,         
headers & mufflers with pipes that
exit in front of the rear wheels,
car is sold as is where is
this car was built in the 60's

 

 

 

 

You are viewing a very powerful 34 Ford.  The car is titled as a 34 Ford with an original 34 ford frame serial number stamp welded into the frame.  The build started in 2005 and finished 4 years later in 2009 with 80K into the build. 

Body/Paint:  2004 Downs body 3 window chopped to replicate the California Kid body.  Model number 1933-34 LE Coupe CH-A with certificate.  Reinforced rear inner trunk area with steel.  Satin black single stage enamel.  Dago shot the car with blue paint worn areas through out the body.  Accented with real rust technique that Dago developed adhering to fiberglass.  Very unique as well as convincing.  Worn Pecker head logo.       



 

Interior:  The interior is all Hot Rod.  Bear claw door poppers, electric windows, I did it column, Autometer Pro Comp speedo and tach with shift light.  All other gauges are Summit brand tilted towards driver, fuel, temp, voltage, oil and boost.  Hurst comp shifter with reverse lockout.  Button for gear vendor on base as well as line lock.  Flaming River steering wheel with nitrous switch on wheel.  Seats are American products black with cloth and vinyl.  Safety harness are 3 inch wide made by Safety Racing with lap and shoulder belts.  Switch panel located on headliner has start button (no keys), boost retard box switch, nitrous and fuel pump shut off, switch for windows, trunk, fan, and gear vendor.  Black vinyl interior with carpet.  


 


Running Gear:  The engine is 500 ci, 454 stroked and bored 70 over and able to handle 8K rpm.  The engine was built only with the best forged part for strength.  Eagle chrome molley 4340 splaid main bearings, crank and rods with ARP hardware.  Venolia forged aluminum pistons 8 to 1, Comp Gold cam, solid roller.  Cam specs can be discussed when you call to discuss.  990 cast iron heads ported and polished, stud girdles, Mealing high volume oil pump, estimated HP at crank 1,024, 777 to the rear wheels.  Nitrous 400 shot adds 300 to HP total, 15 % overdrive 871 BDS Stage II air lock blower with anodized rotors, only the best.  Dual 759 Demon blown through carbs made in the USA.  Double roller timing chain, SFI flex plate, high torque mini starter, 7 quart pan with trap door, Aluminum high volume water pump, ceramic coated Zoomies with baffles not installed, but come with the car.  Radiator is custom made HD aluminum, shroud with electric fan, coolant is Evans MPG, no water, MDS distributor 6 BTM model for blown engines. Crank hub, no dampener.  Transmission is a TH 400 built for racing with 2400 stall converter and anti ballooning plates built for nitrous cars.  Gear Vendor over drive with custom driveline loop.  Hardened HD U joints.  Rear end is a Ford 9 inch with 390 Posi with hardened 31 spline axles.  Runs on pump premium with 17 gallon aluminum gas tank with roll over value.   



 

Suspension:  Downs frame with stainless downs front suspension.  QA1 adjustable coil over shocks front and rear.  Rear is custom 4 link set up.         




 


Exhaust:  Loud and Fast!



 

Glass:  All the way around with tint 




 


Bright work:  Drake chrome 34 grille with trim, 36 headlights with original glass and led turn signals.  Pontiac tails lights.   




 


Brakes:  Wilwood front disc brakes, rear drum all carbon fiber.  Calipers are polished. 



 

Wheels/Tires:  ET wheels.  15X5 205/65 15 front tires with 15X15 Hoosier quick time Pros 31-18-5 DOT approved with safety liners

A un moment, à force de vouloir aller toujours plus haut... on a touché le fond !!!!  

Terrible  

This car was selected for the subscriber issue, front cover, of The Rodder's Journal #55 because of the detail of construction and the use of almost exclusively period parts collected over a 40 year period to build this authentic 1961 gasser. This is a one of a kind recreation inspired by the early gas classes when a flagman, not a Christmas tree, started the race. A short period in history when the car that took you down the track on Sunday still took you to school the next day. This is not a car that was built out of a catalog and because of the rare parts incorporated in its build, it’ll never be built again.


BODY:1931 Original Steel back Victoria

Modifications:
The vast majority of the wood substructure was removed and replaced with steel.
The wood sub-floor was exchanged for square tubing knitted together, designed
to strengthen the body and provide solid floor support. The wood “B” pillars were also cut out from the body and steel replacement pillars, exactly duplicating the original pieces, were fabricated and installed, greatly strengthening and stiffening the body. This also allowed the new pillars to use the original doorjamb covers and the original door latches giving a stock appearance and keeping to the period. This is just one example of a modification that took many , many hours and will never be noticed except by those with a very discerning eye. The few pieces of wood that were not replaced with steel, were inspected by an experienced cabinet maker and any pieces that were deemed to be questionable were replaced with new red oak.
Steel floors including new doorsills and a transmission tunnel were fabricated and
installed. A 1936 Ford dash was fitted and the gas tank in the cowl was removed. A cowl hoop was fabricated and installed to mount the brake assembly and to facilitate other mountings. The cowl top is removable to access the master cylinder, voltage regulator and other components.

The firewall was custom fabricated and welded from several panels of aluminum and then sent to the polishers. It is removable to ease extraction of the magneto. The front spreader bar is also removable.

All windows are fully functional and use the original restored risers and handles. All
glass is new, tempered replacement pieces.

A 1932 Ford fuel filler has been recessed high into the rear “bustle” panel with an early
Atlas locking cap. This is intended to look like factory badging and disguise the inlet. The filler feeds the fabricated aluminum fuel tank mounted below the seat, between the rear wheels and forward of the rear to protect it in the event of collision.

The roof insert is supported by Luan plywood which replaces the chicken wire and
prevents the top from ballooning while driving with the windows open.

Fenders:
Original Ford Steel


Bumpers, Spreader Bars: Steel chromed push bar. The bar, taillight and license plate brackets incorporate lightening holes. Steel chromed removable spreader bar with custom fabricated brackets to match Eelco (nos) tank brackets.


Grill/Grille Shell/ Hood:
Stainless ’32 Ford Grill by Dale mfg.,‘32 Vintique steel shell, Rootlieb steel hood.


Headlights/Taillights:
Original King Bee headlights mounted on original stretched ’34 Ford truck headlight bar, Vintique ’37 Ford taillights.


Bodywork by:
David Totten, La Habra, Ca., Brandon Winters, Orange Ca.


Paint by:
David Totten, La Habra, Ca.


Paint: Honduras Maroon - Acrylic Lacquer


Paint Manufacturer: PPG


Other:
Running boards upholstered white naugahyde.
Undersides of body and fenders are painted White enamel.
Original Eaton gas cap(off of Jimmy’s Hemi Coupe) on cowl.




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INTERIOR:

Material/Color:
Naughyde tuck/roll, white


Upholsterer:
“Fat Lucky” Sean Johnstun, Austin Tx. & Los Angeles, Ca


Carpet/Headliner:
Carpet nylon loop, headliner tuck/roll naugahyde


Seat Type/Manufacturer:
Front buckets are 1959 Volvo pv544 on their original seat sliders,rear seat is the modified original Victoria.


Dash Modifications:
1936 Ford dash with waterfall, modified to fit, re-drilled forSW gauges.


Instruments/Gauges:
Stewart Warner Large logo, coffin needle Amp, Oil Pressure, Water Temperature.
Stewart Warner 10# pressure gauge to monitor pressure in front Moon tank.
Eelco panel mounted on inside cowl passenger side – SW fuel gauge and SW volt meter.
Tachometer is a Jones mechanical 10 grand . Early Stewart Warner Large Logo 160 mph speedo. All gauges and Eelco panel are nos with exception of Jones tach and volt gauge.
There is a magneto switch originally intended for a WWII B-1 bomber mounted in the dash waterfall. This controls the magneto and also the electric fuel pump. This switch is nos.


OTHER:
Early ’60 hand pump mounted under dash for Moon tank
Garnish moldings chromed
Early ’60 lap belts (nos)
Early Ansen Gasser pedal (nos)
Early Ansen pedal linkage, bellcrank (nos)
Steering Wheel/ Column: 1946 Ford wheel and horn ring, both nos. Column is from Limeworks.
Shifter / Pedals: Shifter is an early Hurst Competition Plus with a 1961 Chevy stick and ’61 chevy ball.
Pedal assembly is Kugel 90 degree, modified with 1960 Chevy pedals.




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CHASSIS:

Frame: Original 1931 Ford frame extensively modified.
Prior to boxing, steel bulkhead plates were welded in the “C” channels in a continuing
“WWWWWW” pattern the entire length of the frame. These bulkhead plates were the
height of the depth of the “C” channel filling the channel but with a smaller, top center section of these plates extending above the channel equal to the thickness of the boxing plate in the form of a tab. Corresponding slots were then cut into the boxing plates to accept these tabs and when the plates were installed on the frame the taps protruded through their respective plate slots (keyed), and were then tig welded, locking the frame, bulkheads and boxing plates into one solid unit. The object here is to prevent frame twisting under the most severe conditions.The frame was back halved with a small kick up. The tube rear cross member is located behind the rear axle and holds the spring mount that allows the spring to pivot and thereby adjust the pinion angle. A sub-frame of steel tubing spans the rails and includes a drop out transmission mount. A front driveshaft hoop is also installed. Because of the front lift the wishbone mounts had to hang down a bit so to insure their strength each were fabricated from five separate steel pieces while the tapered bungs were turned on the lathe.
Motor mounts, again for strength, were each fabricated from eight separate pieces including sleeving for the lightening holes. Everything is tig welded.

Chassis Fabrication:
Jimmy White and Matt Proctor,Circle City Hot Rods, Orange, Ca.



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FRONT SUSPENSION:

Axle:1937 Ford V8-60 chromed


Spindles/Radius Rods:
Original Ford 1939 spindles chromed, Ford 1940 split wishbones chromed


Spring/Shocks:
Custom arched spring, Pete & Jakes tube shocks chrome
Panhard bar, chromed


Steering Box Type:1940 Ford cross steer

Steering Arm: Custom fabricated due to lift, connected to top of spindle. Chromed




REAR SUSPENSION:

Rearend Housing: Currie 9” smooth rear


Center section / Ratio: Ford 9” Nodular case, 1350 yoke, 3.40:1 polished, Detroit Locker


Axles / Shocks: Currie axles, 31spline, tube shocks


Springs / Radius Rods:
Stock model A spring mounted behind axle with adjustable pinion angle.

Ladder bars, Panhard Bar & Sway Bar installed



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BRAKES:


Front: MT 1939 Lincoln hydraulic, backing plates chromed


Rear: Currie Ford hydraulic 11 inch


Hand Brake: 1959 Austin Healy 3000 (nos)


Brake Pedal Assembly: Kugel 90 degree with ’60 chevy pedals grafted on with (nos) pedal pads





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WHEELS and TIRES:


Front: Vintique polished aluminum kidney beans 15x4.5
with Firestone ribbed 5.00-15


Rear: Stock steel chromed 7x15 with Hurst cheater slicks
28.25x8x15




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ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN:

Engine: 1960 Chevy 348 ci. 


Block Mods: Bored & stroked to 408 ci.


Crank / Pistons: Scat stroker crank, Ross forged aluminum pistons


Rods / Compression Ratio: 6135 H beam rods, 10:1 compression


Cam: Isky 296 hydraulic


Lifters / Springs: Isky hydraulic


Rockers: Roller rockers


Heads / Valves: Reworked with 2.19” Stainless Melling valves


Intake Manifold: Edelbrock 2x4


Carburetors /Air Cleaner:
2x4 Edelbrock 500 cfm ea. with 4”marine flame arrestors.


Ignition: Joe Hunt Magneto with tach drive


Oil System / Pan: 409 pan with Melling high performance oil pump. 


Other:
Carter 4070 electric fuel pump
1960 - 40 amp police issue generator (nos)
ARP bolts / studsCustom fabricated motor mounts, chromed
Stock fan, Generator fan, engine pulleys are chromed
Original AC Oil cap, early 60’s
Wire hose clamps


Radiator: Walker “Z” with 1961 AC cap (nos)


Wiring: By Skinny Jeff, Orange, Ca,

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TRANSMISSION:

Type: Borg Warner T-10


Clutch/ Bellhousing:
McLeod hydraulic clutch & throwout bearing,
Early 60’s two piece Wedge NHRA bellhousing


Flywheel: 11”billet aluminum SFI certified


Driveshaft/Other: Currie driveshaft
Early Hurst competition plus shifter with (nos) shift linkage.



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EXHAUST SYSTEM:
Custom fabricated 2”tubes into side by side collectors by
Jimmy White, Porter ,steel packed dual mufflers
 
Hand bent tubes connect to flanges located on rear side of header collectors and run
behind splash aprons to mufflers then exit at rear of running boards. Muffled
exhaust system is designed to be hidden so that only the headers are seen as
means of exhaust.
Other:
Moon 3.5 gal. 1950's pre-Mooneye logo tank with original re-chromed spinner.
Tank is mounted on Eelco tank mounts (nos).
Sears Platinum battery mounted in rear.Battery shutoff below pushbar.
Remote battery posts located below rear of car.
Fuel shutoff forward of main tank
Original Coast to Coast 50's License Plate holder

History: This car has been stored for about 50 years following its racing days. The story goes that it ran a 409/4 speed and was a real NHRA A/Gas legal terror back in its day; right up until they scattered the engine for the last time and put it up some time around the mid 60's. (Sorry-that 409 driveline is long gone). It was rescued from storage and has been restored to its former glory. All the good original gasser parts were saved. This is absolutely NOT a rat rod! Clear, up to date registered title in my name!! Too much to list; but here goes:

Car: All original steel and perfect 1930 Chevy two door Coach sedan body and frame. The body and doors have never had any patch panels and have absolutely no rust. Everything is mirror perfect straight! The original wood inner structure is still there in most places (replaced with new if questionable during restoration) and has been reinforced with hidden heavy steel supports. The fenders, running boards, grille shell and hood top are original heavy weight 1960's Cal Custom fiberglass Chevy style. Everything has been beautifully re-painted in 1960’s look metallic blue; show car quality. The door art and decals are replicas from its old days on the strip. Windshield is safety glass, side and back windows are the original blue tint plexiglass. Door windows have the racing style old Chrysler seat belt latches. The headlights are small Deitz with 32 Ford tie bar. The roof insert is brand new old style reproduction stock cloth with all new wood, etc. Aluminum firewall, hidden steel hoop inside cowl. Rechromed door handles.

Interior: The interior is restored and mostly original 1960’s Gasser. The single hoop roll bar and support are attached to the frame. The seats are original racing buckets with metallic blue vinyl. The door panels side panels and headliner are new white vinyl and matching metallic blue vinyl. Chrome steering column with old Moon wheel. Original 1960’s Sun tach works perfectly. Gages are new repro SW with curved glass. Modern Lokar shifter. Original aluminum racing battery box, new battery. Custom white fire extinguisher. Original style Rat Fink decal on the dash for luck!

Frame: 9 inch Ford Nodular iron rear axle, with 3:91 gear. Has a spool with Detroit Locker, set up perfectly. Frame is boxed original Chevy. The front axle is a brand new Chromed straight axle and all chromed steering gear. The box is a brand new Vega style with custom dropped pitman arm for no bumpsteer.

There is evidence of where the old ladder bars were on the frame and axle, but I did not replace those.

Brake system is power; with floor pedal. Rear brakes are new Ford. The front brakes are now new disk with braided lines. Chrome front shocks. Push button start, all new electrical system with turn signals, etc. Rear bumper is the authentic old school chromed steel pipe. Front tie bar is chromed steel pipe. Tail lights are original style 1950 Pontiac round glass.

Engine: The best part!! It is dressed like an early 396 Big Block, but is actually a .030 over 454 Big Block from a Corvette. Completely rebuilt, oval port heads. Lunati Voodoo cam, twin Edelbrock 600 four barrels on a lowrise Edelbrock manifold. Polished aluminum scoop. Roller rockers, all the good parts inside. Pump gas friendly 10:1. MSD box, rev limiter, distributor. All steel lines with braided hoses and external fuel pressure gage and pump. New gas tank. New racing duty driveshaft. The original Eelco tank up front is now the radiator catch can.



Chrome appearance ceramic coat headers with full street exhaust, crossover and turbo mufflers. Also includes original side exit headers separately! New flanges on those headers to bolt onto the BB if you want. Huge new Walker radiator with electrical fan. Chrome alternator. This engine is awesome!



Transmission: Turbo 400 with a 2000 stall convertor for the street now. Aluminum crossmember, external trans cooler. Chrome pan. I have to be honest, the front seal weeps a little bit from sitting. If the car was driven, this seal would swell back up correctly.



Tires: Pie Crust White Wall Radir slicks, Moroso Front Runner tires. The wheels are the original 1960’s American Racing D aluminum for a correct look. Rear has long studs for racing.

1937 Chevrolet Coupe, All steel body and fenders, No RUST, Frame off Gasser build, New Paint (nice patina & great lettering), New glass, New rubber, New wiring, Rebuilt Chev 350 V8 with less than 500 miles, Race cam .480 lift intake and .480 lift exhaust, roller rockers, Up graded heads, Edelbrock Performer intake manifold, New 650 cfm Edelbrock Thunder-Series carburetor, Fender well headers, New Center Force clutch & pressure plate, Muncie 4 speed, Rebuilt Chevy 10 bolt rear end with an 8.5 ring gear and 3.42 gear ratio, Professionally installed Speedway straight axle, Front disc brakes Drum rear, New American 5 spokes 5” front and 10” rear with Hurst cheater slicks.

Yahoooooo, radicale la Bantam !