1932 Ford Pickup With Power A-Plenty - Hot Rod Network
If you're a hot rodder you're used to hunting down leads in hope of finding vintage gold behind a dusty old door. When Mike Boerema, owner of Gas Axe Garage in Allendale, Michigan, was trying to locate some old speed parts for a project he was working on he never imagined that he'd walk through a door leading to a hot rodder's paradise. It was the early '60s when a young Gene Melbocker of Allegan, Michigan, caught his first whiff or race fuel as he frequented Martin Dragway in nearby Martin, drag racing was surging with front-engined dragsters, Gassers, and Alterds heavily... He eventually found a 1932 Ford pickup, which he tore down in his shop as he gathered parts for the build. He often bought out old speed shops, selling the parts off to fund his project as he went along. Melbocker had assembled a great group of hop-up parts and even pulled the Deuce's original 265ci mill in favor of a Cadillac unit when all fell silent. The two became friends with Mike stopping by his home barn to look into purchasing some parts for the build currently in his shop. Stacked around the truck were piles upon piles of original speed parts, all in their original boxes never opened, destined for the build. Source: www.hotrod.com
