Vehicle Description
Fresh professional build by Wild Wes Coachwerks. Twin-supercharged
LS V8, 4L60E, cold A/C, fully independent suspension, 4-wheel disc
brakes. Gorgeous leather interior. Test and tune miles only.
Spectacular! The pros at Wild Wes Paintworks performed a long list
of modifications to the Downs Fiberglass body, including radiusing
all the corners, changing the angle of the firewall and smoothing
it, and channeling it down over the frame a bit. It's all subtle,
but that kind of attention to detail separates the garden-variety
rods from the amazing ones. You don't know what's different, just
that it looks better. On top, Wes Adkins added one of his trademark
paint jobs, a slick black/red/silver combination that will always
look and never go out of style. Custom graphics were laid out so
the stripes wrap around the car, even on the firewall, and extend
to the hand-built coil covers on the LS-based V8. Flush-mounted
taillights, trick headlights with LED halo lights, and a
power-actuated trunk lid add to the super-smooth look. Up close
you'll note that every single bolt on the car is polished stainless
without any markings-how many hours did that take?-and the gaps are
even enough for NASA to calibrate their instruments. That's what
you get from a pro-built rod. Inside, Jeff Elwood's signature work
shows extremely well, using black and red leather to tie into the
exterior look. The bench seat has been re-shaped to look more like
twin buckets and help hold you in place for the rather substantial
cornering forces this rod can generate. A polished tilt column
carries a custom steering wheel with a 'Torq'd' horn button and a
hand-built filler panel houses the A/C vents and controls, plus the
power window switches. In the center of the dash, there's an array
of Classic Instruments gauges that resemble vintage aircraft gauges
and the JL Audio Bluetooth control head is in the center where it's
easy to reach. Drilled pedals were polished to really sparkle and
that shifter is a one-off piece built by Wild Wes himself, so you
can slap the transmission through the gears without worries. The
headliner is exquisitely stitched to continue the theme, as is the
trunk, which also carries a polished stainless fuel cell and
battery. You undoubtedly noticed the trick shotgun scoop with
integral blow-off valve being force-fed by a pair of Torqstorm
centrifugal blowers via those gorgeous stainless pipes-all
custom-built just for this car. Even the heavy-duty blower mounts
were carved out of a single chunk of aluminum then mirror-polished.
Those twin blowers feed pair of custom-built AEI 650 CFM
blow-through blower carbs and a Holley Sniper sheet metal tunnel
ram intake. It all feeds a 5.3 liter LS V8 outfitted with a set of
Trick Flow aluminum heads, roller rockers, and a custom-grind
roller camshaft. An MSD 6LS distributorless ignition system hides
under the hand-made covers that were clearance for the blowers' air
cleaners and installed using hidden fasteners so they look like
they're just floating on top of the engine. Up front there's a
giant Griffin aluminum radiator with electric fan so this stout V8
keeps its cool, and ceramic-coated headers handle the exhaust. It
sits on a custom-built Roadster Shop chassis that includes '32
frame rails and extensive reinforcements. The front suspension is
fully independent with upper and lower A-arms and coil-over shocks,
plus a rack-and-pinion steering setup that's so easy that power
steering was completely unnecessary. Rear suspension is from
Heidt's, a fully polished independent system that is reminiscent of
a Jaguar rear with inboard disc brakes and a second set of
coil-over shocks. A Cyclone Transmission F-5 4L60E 4-speed
automatic transmission manages the torque and sends it back to a
set of 3.73 gears that make this thing feel insanely quick on the
street. Giant disc brakes haul it down from speed and again, as is
Wild Wes' style, everything underneath the car has been finished as
if it was going to be the only thing people see, including the
fully polished 3-inch stainless Magnaflow exhaust system and
custom-finished driveshaft. Great-looking Billet Specialties wheels
carry 245/45/17 and 305/35/20 Mickey Thompson radials,
respectively. Just an over-the-top build by one of the leading
builders of recent years. Fully sorted yet still ready to show at
the highest levels, this is an ideal example of the current
state-of-the-art in rod building. It's docile, it idles nicely, the
A/C is cold, yet it pulls like a rocket sled when you lean on it.
With just test and tune miles, this rod is available for about
seventy cents on the dollar compared to starting from scratch.
That's pretty impressive. Call today! This car is titled as a 1932
Ford. Harwood Motors always recommends and welcomes personal or
professional inspections of any vehicle in our inventory prior to
purchase.