-And you do exactly as I tell you as usual, he said sarcastically.
I removed the battery.
– And the old jalopy’s electrical system needs attention at once I see.
– No, I must return the battery to the oldtimer, I said.
Dad looked at me as if I’d hit my head on something hard not learning anything from him. I was in love. I drove my car all through school,
cruised Cleveland Avenue and hung with hot rods every night. The slant six, I broke in a race and instead I put in a 327 V8 and raced until I sold the engine and the car was parked. Then I was hit again with the 54-fever. I’ve always liked the gasser style so after 40 years, with help from friends, I am here again with my car and I love her more than ever.
JJ has tried to build as accurate as he could making an early gasser as they were after the war. The straight front axle comes from a 1949 Chevrolet pickup. The wheelie bars in the rear is genuine stuff from the early fifties as they were built from the start. Tires and rims fit the style. Not the disc brakes in front though but you want to stop sometimes too. The rear axle is switched to a Ford 9-inch with reinforced 40 splines axles and a coil from Strange.