- This roadster screams nostalgia
Building the traditional “form” and adding modernized “function”
Case in point, when selecting an engine for this project, the shop car of HHR, the pictured copper-colored-’32 Roadster, there was a unique blending of old and new all done in a traditional-appearing package. The powerplant looks like something that could have been built in the 1950s for a hot rod, however it has been enhanced with modern technology.
Appreciate the efforts put into the project
While many hot rod builders today start their projects with a Brookville ’32 Roadster body, as Hollywood Hot Rods did in this case, not too many of them immediately start cutting it up and removing strips of sheet metal out of them! On this build the body and cowl was sectioned two inches, plus material around the rear wheel well area was yanked out as well. Troy wanted a hot rod that had tall rear tires on the rear, but it was important to him that the car ended up with an appearance that kept the arches of the wheel wells on the body above the tops of the oversized rubber. This was the key reason for all the extra “slicing and dicing” of the cars sheet metal.
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’32 Ford Hemi Roadster
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