HotRodHotLine Ford 75th Anniversary


		For Immediate Release

	Missing ‘32 Ford Hot Rods

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THE 75 Most Significant ’32 Ford Hot Rods


	Cars to be Gathered in ’07 to Honor 75^th Anniversaryof Legendary Car and Innovative Engine


	Where are these cars?

Boyce Asquith

FOUND

Roadster – No street rod, this is a hot rod. Street legal but did 9 seconds/156 mph in the quarter mile. B&M blown. Built by Hanson & Magoo. Immaculate yellow killer. Where is this car?


		Balchowsky /Vogel



	Roadster – Hop Up cover car. Body work by Jimmy Summers. Began road racing in ’52, competing against European sports cars. Channeled with v-windshield, modified grille. Ran LaSalle flathead, Olds, Cad & Buick engines. Missing.

			Bill Breece



3-window – Hot Rod cover, Aug. ’56. Chopped, purple. Driven from Ohio to ’55 drags. Raced, shown. Won Motorama. Dash striped by Von Dutch. Great car, great story. Missing. FOUND


		Banker Bros.



3-window – Featured in ’61 HRM. Full-fendered. Missing.

	Lil’ John Buttera



3-window – Launched the hi-tech movement, exemplifies the beginning of the trend for smooth lines and exotic chassis. Lots of innovations – billet, smooth, independent front and rear suspension. Where is this car? FOUND

Pete Chapouris

FOUND

“Limefire” Roadster –Contemporary take on ’60s era car – pearl green w/orange flames, outside headers. Innovative. Cover of HRM and R&C. Drag raced, street driven, fast, 495 h.p. “Any parachute-equipped car works for me, and this one is a genuine 10-second car.” Where is it now?


			Roy Desbrow



		Pick-up – Jan ’52 HRM cover. Missing.


		Herbert /Gaskin



	4-door – First famous (in cutaway) as Herbert’s 12-port Jimmy on propane, then as Gaskin’s Flathead V-8. Chopped, channeled, highboy, Dynoflow trans with hand controls (because Herbert had polio), Von Dutch striped “gremlins.” Lost?

Richard Graves

Phaeton – R&C cover in Dec. ’72 (“beater” issue). Memorable photo driving in the rain with three bikini-clad girls. What happened to this one?


		Jackman Bros.



	Sport Coupe – Chromed everything, clear plastic floor boards, eight full-length pipes from a Ford 312 Y-block, wild cherry paint, white tuck ‘n roll. Rare body style. HRM Aug. ’59 and April, ’62. Sweepstakes at ’61 Winternationals. Where is this car?

			Jerry Kugel



Roadster – Bonneville – Also known as the “Holmes /Kugel” car. Red highboy Bonneville racer. Was originally a 5-window owned by Marland Sefton. Where is it?


	Gary Kessler


	FOUND


Roadster – Highboy. Great Midwest example from the early ‘70s. Missing.

		Dave Marquez



	Roadster – HRM cover car. First lift-off body. Day-glow scallops, all chrome, well-detailed. Ardun-powered. “Best Appearing” at ’55 NHRA Nats. Motor Monarchs club. Has it survived?

			Veda Orr


	Roadster – First female lakes racer. Great hot rodder. She and husband Karl were S.C.T.A. pioneers. What happened to this car?


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