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Spencer Wallace's Anniversary DeuceSpence's
'best of everything' build was carried out by top U.K. builder Jerry Denning of
Hot Rod Hardware, Bristol, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Ford
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The all new
reproduction body by Classic Fabrications is fitted with a Rootlieb four piece
steel hood and a Brookville steel grille shell, all finished in PPG Ocean Blue
metallic and PPG clear coat lacquer, with pinstriping and scallop detailing by
Neil Melliard. The Vintique ‘Big Ford’ headlamps are mounted on
stainless steel Hi Boy headlamp posts; tail lights are ’50 Pontiac
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Interior
features full leather tuck and roll by Chris Vining of Custom Coach Trimming in
Evesham; Limeworks '40 Ford wheel, steering column and column drop, and Stewart
Warner ‘Wings’ gauges. |
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| Front wheels
are fully polished ET ‘Gasser’ 10 spokes, rears are American Racing
Torque Thrust II's - all shod with B F Goodrich Whitewall Tyres. |
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| Engine is a
brand new crate GM 350ci V8 (300 bhp) with an Offenhauser intake manifold fed
by triple Holley 94 carburettors. The stainless steel exhaust headers are
connected to a full polished stainless steel exhaust system. Transmission is a
brand new crate TCI Streetfighter TH350 auto trans with TCI ‘Saturday
Night Special’ torque converter. |
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The original 1932
Ford chassis has a drilled and chromed ‘Chassis Engineering’ dropped
I beam front axle with split, drilled and chromed ’40 Ford wishbones. Rear
axle is a Currie Enterprises 9". Ninety-fin Buick brake drum covers are fitted
all round. |
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The roadster
made its show debut at Surrey Street Rodders' Wheels Day, April 2007,
where it scooped two top awards..
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receives the NSRA Pick award from NSRA Chairman Dave Biggadyke, and the
Best Car in Show award from Grahame 'Whiff' Smith of Surrey Street
Rodders. |
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As the sun
begins to set on a great day at Rushmoor Arena, the crowd looks on as Spencer's
car receives the top awards.
Following its debut,
the roadster was the centre-spread feature car in the June 2007 issue of
Custom Car
magazine. |
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