Building a street rod from the ground up like the one you see here requires mechanical knowledge, tools, money and, above all, tenacity. Unlike street machines, which use much of the original manufacturer’s engineering along with a few creative modifications to improve performance, street rods are modified to such a degree that the entire car needs to be re-engineered as it is built. This puts the enthusiast street rod builder “in his head” as he tries to solve engineering problems encountered during the buildup. Unfortunately, if you lack engineering and fabricating experience, these problems can take all the fun out of building the car.
That’s where this story comes in. HOT ROD is following along as a ’31 Ford Model A roadster street rod is built on a $10,000 budget by…
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Hot Rod (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 1995