Learning to love classic cars in Scottsdale - azcentral.com
If you were a teenager or older from 1945 to 1950 and living in Scottsdale or most other small towns, you can appreciate the many opportunities we had to get our hands dirty working on cars and practicing our fledgling mechanical skills. The combination of readily available and affordable cars, all manner of tools and the money we boys earned from our hard-working nature made it almost a crime not to build a hot rod. Thanks to my parents, I got the chance to work on several old cars of my own. Unfortunately, I didn't get as many chances to test drive those cars as I wanted. One of my favorites was our 1919 Model "T" Ford. We dropped the front and rear transverse springs by having Dunbar Spring Company modify them. We put a Delco Remy distributor on the engine, shaved the head, changed carburetors, put on exhaust headers and used a Buick drive shaft housing with a Smitty muffler for the exhaust pipe. We removed the fenders and most of the body, but not the windshield, dashboard, front doors or front seat. Both Dwaune and Bill had 1932 Ford F-8 Model "B" hot rods. They had flat-head engines running Edelbrock heads as well as dual ignition systems, chrome headers, dual carburetors and more. Source: www.azcentral.com
