Our love of hot rodding goes way beyond manufacturing billet hot rod accessories and components. The 1946 Ford Coupe displayed on this page is our contribution to the world of street rodding.
This hot rod is powered by a 351 Cleveland with much massaged 4 BBL heads, Comp Cam, Edelbrock Performer Intake and 4 BBL carb, headers and electronic ignition, all bolted to a C-6 automatic transmission modified with a B & M shift kit. A Bulletproof Currie 9" rearend was installed by Mike Mathias and Vic Samek along with a custom made set of leaf springs, a driveshaft loop and a set of gas shocks. The front end of this fat boy is a Mustang II unit installed by Everett Gray of Grays Garage. The wheels of choice are American Racing "Hopsters" - 16" in front and 17" out back.
This hot rod coupe exhibits many billet pieces made at our facility including: radiator shroud, firewall, air cleaner, valve covers, wire looms, head cover, fan spacer, vacuum advance cover, fuel filter, hose separators, radiator cap and a dipstick handle in which our son Jeff made at the age of 12 in the engine bay. The interior billet pieces include: flamed arm rests, door handles, window cranks, interior light trim, steering wheel, tach cup,and column attachment, column drop, column dress up kit, dash and glove box door trim, rear view mirror, ash tray handles, dash knobs, door sill plates, heater box cover, brake pedal, dimmer swtich cover, floor mats, gauge panel and third brake light cover. The exterior billet trim consists of: flamed hood vents, flamed taillight housing trim, tire valve caps, front gravel pan, tailpipe extensions, bumper nut covers, and various other trim pieces.
The majority of body work and paint was executed by Rick Lotshaw with help from Jack Obronta, Tim Strange (Strange Motion Rod & Custom) and Mike Hahn. Body color is 1994 Saturn Blue metallic with a House of Kolor violet pearl top coat. The ghost flames were shot using 4 different pearls including 2 different blues, a silver and white which is used for the flame tips. The body was nosed and decked, fender reveals hammer welded smooth, dechroming and the bumper tucked 3".
K & S Upholstery covered the seats, headliner, floors, rear deck, trunk and door panels with light gray tweed. The Ididit chrome column and the Lokar shifter were installed by Mike Mathias and Vic Samek.
As you may have figured out by now this rod was built to be driven. We have driven to many areas of the midwest including Louisville, Indy, DesMoines, Springfield, Waukesha, Kalamazoo, St. Louis and many other cities. Along the way this 46 has been in event shots of a couple of major magazines and just recently was featured in the 2006 NSRA Nationals Yearbook, the Oct/Nov edition of Midwest Musclecar Magazine & Northern Rodder Magazine (April 2004) edition.
With much planned for the upcoming year, we will be taking the sport of street rodding to the limit. Hope to see and hear from all of you down the road.