BOB RYDER February 06, 2023 All Feature Vehicles
In 1978, when ron wolcott was 11 years old, he found himself hanging out at a local rod and custom shop near his house in columbus, indiana. One day during a visit to the shop he caught a bad case of hot rod fever. An affluent customer arrived trailering a ’32 ford coupe hot rod that needed some work. The instant the rod’s blown engine was fired up, ron was hooked; he never stopped dreaming of one day owning a real hot rod of his own.
“Not until he was in his early forties did his dream become a reality. Ron hooked up with garret kitchens, owner of garret’s rod shop in columbus, ohio. The foundation of ron’s dream rod was a tci frame.”
Not until he was in his early forties did his dream become a reality. Ron hooked up with Garret Kitchens, owner of Garret’s Rod Shop in Columbus, Ohio. The foundation of Ron’s dream rod was a TCI frame. The front suspension consists of TCI Mustang II upper and lower control arms with a pair of Carerra coil-over shocks. A second pair of Carerras suspends the Ford 9-inch rearend. To achieve traction and style, a set of 15-inch polished aluminum American Torque Thrust II wheels is consumed in BF Goodrich wide white rubber up front and Coker Firestone wide white cheater slicks out back. Bill Lemon machined and assembled the healthy Ford 460-ci engine equipped with a BDS 8-71 supercharger and a pair of Holley 700-cfm carburetors. Grabbin’ gears is done with a Tremec five-speed manual transmission. A New Age Motorsports 1932 Ford coupe body was mounted highboy style (above the frame rails). The frame, body and grille shell were painted by Chris Hayes using House of Kolor Tangelo Orange. The interior was cut and stitched by Mark Davis and Bob Mosher at Portage Trim.
It’s always cool to see a long-time dream come to fruition. Ron’s three decades of hoping and dreaming thoroughly paid off.
OWNER: Ron Wolcott, Canal Winchester, OH
BUILDER: Garret Kitchen of Garret’s Rod Shop, Columbus, OH
FRAME: Total Cost Involved (TCI) stretched 6 inches
FRONT SUSPENSION: TCI Mustang II
SHOCKS: Carerra coil-over
STEERING: Rack-and-pinion
BRAKES: Wilwood four-piston calipers with 10.5-inch vented rotors
REAR SUSPENSION: TCI four-bar with panhard bar
SHOCKS: Carerra coil-over
REAREND: Ford 9-inch with 3.93:1 gears
BRAKES: Wilwood four-piston calipers with 10.5-inch vented rotors
WHEELS: Front: American Racing polished Torque Thrust II 15 x 7; rear: American Racing polished Torque Thrust II 15 x 10
TIRES: Front: BF Goodrich P135/70-15 wide whites; rear: Coker Firestone Dragster Cheater Slicks wide whites 8.20-15
ENGINE: Ford 460 ci
ENGINE BUILDER: Bill Lemon
SUPERCHARGER: BDS 8-71 with dual chrome Holley 700-cfm carbs
HEADERS: Sanderson Jet Hot coatedA
EXHAUST: Jet Hot-coated 3-inch diameter with optional cutouts, Flowmaster muffler
TRANSMISSION: Tremec fivespeed manual with hydraulic clutch
BODY: ’32 Ford five-window coupe New Age Motorsport fiberglass
PAINT: House of Kolor Tangelo Orange by Chris Hayes of Garret’s Rod Shop
INTERIOR: Portage Trim Ravenna, OH, Mark Davis and Bob Mosher, Glide low-back bucket seats, tan ultraleather, tan carpet, Classic Instruments white face gauges and engine-turned aluminum gauge panel
STEERING: ididit column with Billet Specialties Lakester 14-inch leather half-wrap wheel
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