Feature design by Paul Sloup Article & photography by Louie Mayall
I often say my favorite car is when I can’t figure out exactly what was done to it, but man is it frustrating. I saw Dave DeBaar cruise by in his full-fendered ’30 Ford coupe and couldn’t figure out what he had done to the fenders, but I liked it. When I rolled up on the ’30 I saw it was on Deuce rails and while checking out the expanse of fender between the wheel and the cowl, Dave came up and said, “Thanks for putting the ’30 on the StreetScene cover.” I guess my confusion was showing on my face because he then said, “like two years ago, November 2023.” I guess my confusion continued, “I put fenders on it,” he said. Ah ha, that did it and I remembered the highboy that I loved. I said something stupid like, “You already had a ’32 frame and so you put ’32 fenders on it.” Of course, that makes it sound easy, but I already knew it’s not even close to easy looking at the fenders when I walked up (a Model A is nar-
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