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Featured Car - Tom Dobrosky's 1931 Buick Powered Ford Street Rod | |||
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He then did extensive body work, including new cowling, doors, and a '32 grille. A well known pinstriper, Keith Knecht, laid out the flames and Tom shot the beautiful paint job you see in the pictures. Tom planned to stick a 515 cubic inch blown Ford between the frame rails at that point, but his wife took one look at it and nixed the idea. Tom then took a different route, and with the help of Fred Zieggler, convinced her that a little Buick V6 would be the ticket! Tom installed the '85 "hot air" motor into the 2600lb sled, using electronics/wiring/harnesses from John Spina of Casper's Electronics. He spent a lot of time and effort fabricating the stainless steel headers and intake piping necessary to tuck the little Buick mill under the tight confines of the cowl/hood. He also custom fabricated all of the accessory brackets out of billet aluminum (including the A/C mounting!) On the 4th of July 2000, Tom rolled out this great little cruiser! Power steering, tilt steering, A/C, power windows and a killer stereo system make this a fun ride... not to mention the extensive tire smoke Tom can evoke at a blip of the throttle. Tom built this for cruising, but he has had it to the track ... the telephone booth aerodynamics make it awfully scary over 100 MPH, but suffice it to say that the lightweight and torquey Buick conspire to make a sub 12 second pass a breeze. But Tom didn't build it for the strip... he drives this everywhere any time the weather is decent. He and his wife have already put 4500+ miles on it in true comfort and style! Features: Motor
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