Squeak's Sedan

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If old cars could talk, boy I think every car feature would be a novel and we would know every single fact and aspect of a hotrod or custom car's life. We'd get to hear about all the owners it had had, the adventures that had taken place in the vehicle and the different phases the owners had put the car through during its life. We might get to hear sad stories of abuse and neglect but we’d also here triumphant tales of races won and milestones met. Unfortunately that is not the case and we have to either do a bunch of research, get super lucky or go through life just not knowing.

Squeak Bell was a bit in the "just not knowing category" when he came into possession of this 1932 Ford Tudor sedan. You see, Squeak is a hotrod builder/fabricator, hotrod historian, and an all around bloody good bloke...as they say in Kiwi-land. He is passionate about everything hotrod and like the rest of us, he likes nothing better than to hear about the History of an old Hotrod. When he acquired this deuce there were obvious indications of phases the hotrod had gone through during its life told by modifications, upgraded parts, speed equipment and custom fabrication... But who, where, why and when... were all questions that any true hotrod aficionado always has. Looking at this example of a traditional hotrod/racecar it's easy to conclude this thing was raced somewhere. The challenge was to fill in all the blanks and answer those four W's!

Read the rest of this article in ISSUE 23: Citric Acid