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1940 Ford Pickup by FastLane Rod Shop

posted by admin on August 17, 2011

1940 Ford Pickup

This is George Poteet’s 1940 Pickup that he sent to Fastlane’s Rod Shop for a tidy up after it had been driven for a few years in the style shown below. George decided that the truck would have a change of style and wanted a more traditional look.

When the truck arrived the body was removed from the chassis and then stripped using media blasting by Precision Auto Body and High Tech stripping in Colona. Whilst the body was removed some of the areas of the cab were replaced then it was treated to a thick coat of Dupont HotHues Sierra Gold which looks great.

While the chassis was available and everything was accessible the engine was swapped and a new exhaust system fabricated.

1940 Ford Pickup

The inside of the car was also given the same treatment and reworked to give a fresh new look. You can see from the pictures below that the new white leather interior supplied by Steve and Marilyn Ralffs looks more in-keeping with the look that is trying to be achieved. It is not immediately apparent but the bench seat was also lowered to give a better driving position.

1940 Ford Pickup

The truck was fitted with a Corvette TPI/700r4 combo when it arrived at the shop but that didn’t really work with the look they were after and so was changed for a 385hp crate 350 and a manual transmission.

1940 Ford Pickup

If you want to see more pictures and information about this truck then you can visit the Fast Lane website and find the truck by clicking here.

’32 Ford three-window coupe built by Fast Lane Cars

posted by admin on July 28, 2011

'32 Ford three-window coupe

This is Phil and Debbie Becker of Dwight, Illinois’s all-steel 1932 Ford 3-window coupe that was built by Dave Lane of Fast Lane Cars. Dave Lane is well-known for his high quality workmanship and style and single-handedly takes on projects. The quality and flare exhibited by this project was recognised this year when the coupe won the Goodguys 2011 Classic Instruments Street Rod of the Year award at the Goodguys 14th PPG Nationals that was presented by Bridgestone in Columbus, Ohio.

The car is powered by a 350 cubic inch small-block chevy fitted to a Gearstar 700R-4 transmission. The power is then transferred to the wheels using a Winters V8 quick change rear-end. The chassis is completely bespoke with transverse leaf-springs at the front and rear fitted with Bilstein shock absorbers at each corner. The Daytona Wire Wheels measuring 15 x 4 1/2 at the front and 17 x 8 at the rear where painted to match the inside of the car.

'32 Ford three-window coupe

The pictures below show the car as it was when the project started. As you can see the body is very solid and was a good basis for this amazing project.

'32 Ford three-window coupe

Routing the exhaust was a very pain-staking business as it had to be routed down through the chassis rails in order to avoid any parts of it hanging down below the car. The pipe that was used was 2.5″ and Lane used mandrel bent u-bends and donuts where necessary. Once the routing was complete everything was Jet Hot coated to keep clean and corrosion free.

'32 Ford three-window coupe

Here is the assembled frame complete with the small block Chevy.

'32 Ford three-window coupe

The entire build took around 2 years to complete and won Lane his third Street Rod of the Year title and you can see another one of Lane’s projects by clicking here.

George Poteet’s ’32 Ford Sedan Delivery built by Fast Lane Rod Shop

posted by admin on July 26, 2011

1932 Ford Sedan Delivery (Source : FastLaneRodShop.com)

This is George Poteet’s ’32 Ford Sedan Delivery built by David Lane at Fast Lane Rod Shop. George Poteet is well-known for choosing up-and-coming garages and shops to build some very cool rides and this is definitely no exception.

This wasn’t the first time that Dave and George had worked together but this time they wanted something a little different. After much deliberation they decided to go against the grain and instead of modifying a commercial vehicle to be more like a car to go the other way and create a commercial vehicle from a car. They started by thinking about the differences that Ford would have made if this had been a factory built delivery vehicle and went about changing the proportions of the car. These changes aren’t immediately obvious until you start looking at the proportions of the car, for instance the b-pillar has been moved by 1 1/2 inches. You can see where the changes were made in the pictures below, the line in the rear panels was cut like this to give the neatest final result.

1932 Ford Sedan Delivery (Source : FastLaneRodShop.com)

The original dashboard cluster was replaced with a larger set of Classic Instrument gauges but the fitment of the new cluster was far from easy since the dashboard needed to be extended slightly to ensure they all fitted correctly.

1932 Ford Sedan Delivery (Source : FastLaneRodShop.com)

Kelly Page did an incredible job of manufacturing all the wooden components for the interior of the car. The curves were created by clamping an laminating several pieces of wood together in layers.

1932 Ford Sedan Delivery (Source : FastLaneRodShop.com)

If you want to see more pictures and information about the sedan then I would recommend heading over to the Fast Lane Rod Shop website and looking at the well-documented build there. You can jump straight to the build page by clicking here.