America’s Most Beautiful Roadster by ARP
“PHAETWIN” Phaetons are the coolest of all the roadster variants (plenty of room for cruisin’ friends). Mike Curtis of Curtis Speed built his own gorgeous ’36 Ford phaeton using a built flathead V-8 powerplant with twin plug Ardun heads fed by a SCOT blower. Custom knock-off, five-spoke wheels and a Ron Mangus tan leather interior and top complement the Lanzini Bodyworks unique dark Olive Green paint.
FINAL FINAL John and Dena Mumford paired up with Brizio Street Rods again to build a beautiful ’32 Ford roadster. This final time the rod was built around Ed Pink’s last engine, a 427ci SOHC Ford Cammer wearing custom stack-fuel-injection. The sweet ride is rounded out with a Sid Chavers interior, Salt Flat-style billet knockoff wheels wearing smoothie rubber, and Vintage Color Studio took care of straightening the body out and laying down the bright orange hues.
1932 FORD Mark and Debbie Bentley had Butch Bower of Dragon Engineering build their sweet little ’32 Ford roadster with 6-71 blown 392 Hemi power pushing 650hp. Backed up by a TH400, it uses a 3:55-geared Ford 9-inch on coilovers and a fully stainless front suspension rolling on Mehelich wheels. The interior by Lorry Safford coddles the occupants and paint/flames by Tom Knebl arouse the onlookers.
FIREBALL Glenn See of Garaj Mahal fame came out with his latest project, a ’36 Ford phaeton out of a museum that had once belonged to NASCAR legend Glenn “FireBall” Roberts and was worked on by Smokey Yunick. The sweet, now restored rod looks good in Fireball’s classic gold and black, sits on split wishbones, rolls on a banjo rear, has four-wheel Bendix brakes, goes great with Ford 8A Flathead power wearing Fenton headers, an Offy intake with a pair of Super 7 carbs, and a TKX five-speed. You don’t see a Carson top on a lot of phaetons, but we like it.
50 MAY 2025
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