Hot Rods & Hobbies’ Scott Bonowski takes Jay for a ride in the woodie he restored for Eric Johnson.
Tag: Ford
1932 Ford Highboy Roadster – Jay Leno’s Garage
Bruce Meyer’s Highboy was the first actual hot rod to grace the cover of Hot Rod Magazine – and now it’s immortalized on a Forever Postal Stamp!
At the turn of the century, it was arguably the Honda Civic that best defined inexpensive performance tuning, and in the ’50s it was the Tri-5 Chevys. One of the earliest platforms to gain a huge following among young people looking for a cheap way to go fast was the classic ’32 Ford Highboy Roadster. This week, Jay Leno’s Garage looks at one of the very first vehicles that defined the look of the hot rod heyday.
This ’32 Ford was built in the ’40s and graced the cover of the fourth issue of Hot Rod Magazine back in 1948. All of the hot rods that you see shining at car shows today owe a serious debt of gratitude to this roadster. It bears all of the cues that define the look, including a notched frame and hidden door hinges. Under the three-piece hood is a flathead V8 boasting all sorts of period modifications, including copper cylinder heads. It was seriously fast in its era too, and proved it by reaching 112.21 miles per hour on a dry lakebed in 1947.
These days, this hot rod is on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Although, if you can’t make it to California to see it, the United States Postal Service is celebrating this Ford with one of its two hot rod Forever stamps. Like Jay says in the video, in terms of hot rodding, “it all comes back to this.” Check out the video to learn more about this rolling piece of tuning history.
Track N Go – Winter Driving Mastery
Tire chains? We don’t need no stinking tire chains!
The AD Boivin company has created ‘Track N Go’, the world’s first wheel-driven track system to allow driving through thick snow. It literally turns your vehicle into a snowmobile.
Track N Go is the first ever ”wheel driven track system for pickup trucks”! This innovative and unique system opens the market to an easier utilisation of track system in winter time.
Who would have thought that one day we could install 4 tracks on a vehicle in 15 minutes, while keeping the tires on and without any modifications of this vehicle. Well, after several years of research and development we are proud to present you the Track N Go system: “The first ever wheel driven track system”, an innovation that will make it much easier to use tracks on your vehicles.
Ford Explorer Being Built From LEGOs
To inaugurate the new partnership between LEGOland and Ford, engineers built a Ford Explorer out of LEGO bricks for the theme park in Florida. It probably took them a long time to put the 380,000 bricks together, but thanks to time=lapse video, you can watch it in about 90 seconds.
Commercial Of The Day: Ford Drive One Press Conference
Pass this on and buy a Ford!
I wasn’t going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government. I was gonna buy from a manufacturer that’s standing on their own, win, lose or draw. That’s what America’s about is, taking the chance to succeed and understanding when you fail, that you’ve gotta pick yourself up and go back to work. Ford is that company for me.
Ford Drive One “Press Conference: Chris” Commerical.
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