It was during Las Lomas High School, Walnut Creek, California, 1957 – 1960. I built it from the ground up: reinforced Model A frame, ’40 Ford rear-end and transmission, Model A dropped front axle, reversed front spring eyes, Model A rear spring, loaded early Ford flathead engine, Mercury crank, racing pistons, ported and relieved engine, […]
A Cappella Handyman: Hotrodder
MAYBE THAT’S ALL I’VE EVER BEEN. Simple as that. Seeing my first hot rod at age 8 in San Leandro, my head spun around to follow it in traffic behind us. “What was that?” I asked my Dad, driving us somewhere in the family Buick. “That’s a hot rod,” he answered, to which I asked […]