Volunteers for Safety
RICHARD REDIX Iowa
Rich Redix hails from Wellsburg, Iowa, in this ’37 Chevy coupe he has owned since 1975. He found the car in a local Iowa paper and paid a whopping 275 bucks for her. The teal coupe now has over 160,000 miles logged since slipping in the V-8. The Mullins trailer-puller runs a standard 350/TH350 powertrain, Mustang II IFS with power discs, a Nova rear on parallel-leafs, and 14/15-inch ET5 five-spoke wheels wearing General rubber. AutoMeter gauges keep Rich informed, and the stereo seems to always be playing Lynyrd Skynyrd every time we are near the rod, but the ’85 Ford Thunderbird seats covered in gray tweed make it easy for Rich to feel 29 again. Keep having a great time and staying young is good advice for everyone.
DAVID TOWNSEND West Virginia
We know a lot of our volunteers own more than one hot rod, and we’d bet most of our readers do, too. David Townsend’s ’41 Ford was bought as a nicely restored antique that now features a 2 1/2- inch chop with V-butt windshield, ’56 Ford dash, original seats, and Hawaiian Teal paint. A FatMan IFS and Poise’s-suspended rear suspension spin four- wheel discs and American Salt Flats. A homebuilt ’30 Ford coupe has been in David’s garage for 30 years and he used an Outlaw chassis, Ford 302ci engine backed up by a C-4 and Weld wheels. David chopped the top 2 inches, added a ’32 shell and bumpers, custom-mixed PPG two-tone blue paint, installed Ron Francis Wiring, and slipped in a blue cloth interior. When it comes to cruising David has two great choices!
LARRY REEVES Central Tennessee Every one of these Safety Team volunteers have had someone or something inspire them to invest so much time helping others within their hobby. In the case of Larry Reeves out of Westmorland, Tennessee, it was the late Jim Profit. Larry got his ’57 Chevy in trade for work on someone else’s rod. The fabulous Tri-Five features a 454ci big-block Chevy, Turbo 400 tranny, a Ridetech suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, AP five spoke wheels up front backed up with steelies, a stock blue vinyl and cloth interior with Vintage Air A/C, Juliano’s seatbelts, smoked glass, and ‘80 Camaro blue paint by Williams Body Shop. We can’t wait to see the pair at the new Street Rod Nationals South in Johnson City, Tennessee, in May.
70 APRIL 2026
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