Found in a barn and restored by Pete Jerardi of Dayton, Ohio in the 1970s Jerardi finished the restoration in 1977 using NOS parts which included new fenders, inner panels and bracing, splash aprons, and shields, a new hood, bumpers, bumper guards, back bars, toe board, moldings, hardware, handles, latches, regulators, hood hinges and springs Featured in Rods and Customs, Volume 2, issue No. 1 The top was originally chopped in Los Angeles in 1953 by Glen Housers famed Carson Top Shop Padded canvas Carson top retaining the rare, original Carson top tag Tuck-and-roll interior by Gaylords Kustom Tops in Los Angeles Frame restored and center X-member replaced by Don Broyles of Broyles Auto Service in Dayton, Ohio Dropped axle Modified front crossmember and C-ed rear frame Lowered 6-inches in the front and 9-inches in the rear using longer shackles Rear air shocks Period flathead V-8 block 0.090 over, ported and relieved and fitted with a 4-inch Mercury crankshaft Iskenderian 1007 LD "Impactor" racing camshaft Johnson lightweight adjustable tappets Chopped flywheel Finned Offenhauser 8.5:1 high-compression aluminum heads Offenhauser intake manifold with 3 Stromberg 97 carburetors Vintage Harman and Collins dual-point/dual-coil distributor Fenton headers with Smithy mufflers and 3-inch chrome "echo cans" Lincoln-Zephyr close-ratio 26-tooth first- and second-gear cluster 3.78:1 ratio rear end Ford hydraulic drum brakes 66 louvers in the hood punched by noted Ohio early hot rodder, Bob "Gump" Andrews Frenched headlights, nosed hood, filled grille and shaved decklid Bodywork and paint by Howard "Dual H" Henry from Trotwood, Ohio Carpet reinstalled by Kemper Auto Trim of Richmond, Indiana Brightwork done by Nilo Plating, Metal-Brite and Homan Plating in Dayton, Ohio New glass from Service Auto Glass in Dayton, Ohio Original Ford radio with a floorboard pushbutton control Rare 1946 Ford fender skirts Rare Appleton teardrop spotlights Custom rear license-plate frame built from a sectioned 1946 Ford grille guard Plated garnish moldings Black and White Ford Crestliner steering wheel Full-size wheel covers Whitewall tires For more information, please visit mecum.com.
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