decided to let the pros do some of the work. Unfortunately, the first shop he chose only took in money and didn’t do any work. Luckily, after that fiasco, Jerry and Rita ran into Darrell Kelley and the three of them decided to build an award- winning driver the Colemans could use for years and that would be a great tribute to the life of Tom Wiggs, the hauler’s patriarch. Their plan started with a solid foundation, so the factory frame was fully boxed, C-notched, and rein- forced. Darrell then slipped in a FatMan IFS with tubular A-arms, rack and pinion steering, and disc
brakes. The rear is a RideTech tri-angulated four-bar holding a Strange Ford 9-inch and four-wheel Wilwood discs. Jerry and Darrell then slipped in a fire breathing Ford Coyote 5.0 with a Ford Performance serpentine drive, Ford Performance covers (coil/engine), factory EFI, a custom stainless exhaust, and a Walker radiator. The power goes through a Ford AOD tranny and out through Corvette Z06 styled spider wheels from 3030 Autosport wrapped in Nitto rubber. There are a lot of little tweaks by Darrell and Elais Morales to get the ’58 looking just right. The NOVEMBER 2025 61
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