R oger and Carol Barnhill from Jonesboro, Arkansas, have been rodding since they got married in 1979. They currently have a couple rides including Carol’s beautiful ’56 Chevrolet pickup and Roger’s ’40 Ford two-door sedan. Roger originally built the ’40 Ford sedan for a client who got the stock- er from the original owner. The client kept the stocker up for years and drove his family around in it until it simply had to be street rodded to be safe on the streets. When Roger first tore into it the car had 38,000 original miles and when the opportunity for Roger to buy it came along, the ‘40 had 100,000 more miles. The chassis uses a Heidt’s IFS featuring an anti-roll bar, tubular upper control arms, disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering. The rear suspension consists of a Ford 8-inch on Chassis Engineering leaf-
springs and a Chevy 350/350 combo spins 18-inch Foose wheels wearing Yokohama rubber. Roger had straightened out the body back when he first built it and Bruce Wrinkels had laid down the red paint job. When Roger got the rod back after years with the original owner it had lots of rock chips, so Roger created a silver and red two-tone design with flame graphics. The interior is based around a set of Nissan 300ZX seats covered in tan Naugahyde and features a Dakota Digital analog gauge panel, Southern Rods A/C, Pioneer tunes, and power everything. With Roger the current NSRA National Safety Director, and Carol the current Arkansas State Safety Director, this dynamic duo exemplify volunteerism. After years of working to keep fellow rodders safe,
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