1932 Ford Roadster: Channeled, Nailhead-Powered Early 50's Hot Rod

[tim boyd]

Congrats Dennis!  Very, very cool, and so appropriate, too !   TIM 

[Straightliner59]

Beautiful hot rod! Excellent work!

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

YOWZA!!!! Your skills are MAD these days....congrats on the award, sorry we couldn't get together when I was out there last week, too much WORK to do...AAAARRAGAHHAGGAHHHH!!!!! -RRR

[Dennis Lacy]

21 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said:

YOWZA!!!! Your skills are MAD these days....congrats on the award, sorry we couldn't get together when I was out there last week, too much WORK to do...AAAARRAGAHHAGGAHHHH!!!!! -RRR

Thanks! I had to step it up a few notches so you and KK would keep me around. 

[Dennis Lacy]

On 1/30/2019 at 4:07 PM, tim boyd said:

Congrats Dennis!  Very, very cool, and so appropriate, too !   TIM 

Thanks again, Tim! 

Do you ever get out here to SoCal for any shows?

[tim boyd]

4 hours ago, Dennis Lacy said:

ny Thanks again, Tim! 

Do you ever get out here to SoCal for any shows?

Once in a blue moon.  I've been to several of the NNL West shows over the years, and I came out for the LA Roadster Club Father's Day meet a few years back when Brett Barris was having a launch party for his George Barris Art Book (I wrote one of the chapters).   

As some of you know, my last job at Ford included overseeing all the company's Advanced Design Studios, including the one in Irvine.   I made trips there generally once a month, but they were usually 24 hour turnarounds w/redeye returns, so not hardly any time for visits (just ask Dave Dale about that!).  

Anyway, I have a standing invite from David for the January GNRS and want to do that again - my last one was the 1999 50th event at the Cow Palace in SFO.   I also need to get back the NNL West - I think it is awesome what that show has become over the years......

Would be great to meet up if I make it out again - but since I retired, my modus operandi has been to stay away as far as possible from any and all airports!!!  (Again just ask David....) 

Best......TIM 

Edited February 3, 2019 by tim boyd

[iBorg]

Dennis- I just found this. What a great build! Did you take any WIP pics and post them? Any hints for someone else who wants to back date this kit?

[bisc63]

A very tastefully conceived and stylish little rod! That color combo would look good on just about any car. Well done!

[Dennis Lacy]

9 hours ago, iBorg said:

Dennis- I just found this. What a great build! Did you take any WIP pics and post them? Any hints for someone else who wants to back date this kit?

Thanks! If you search my posts there should be a thread detailing the entire project and that will lay out how everything was back-dated. Last year I added a stylized top which is a resin duplicate of a top that I mastered. Makes the car look tough and sneaky! They are available through Drag City Casting. 
 

 

[Dan Hay]

Dang Dennis! Just when I thought I'd be done building 32's for a while, you post this and send my imagination into a tailspin!  The nailhead is gorgeous, proportions spot on. Maybe there's a channeled Deuce in my future!

[Calb56]

Ran into this searching for info on Nailheads. Perfect work. A lot of my main interest is in the early hot rodding. Stuff like you find in the Don Montgomery books...

Well done.

Charles 

[thatz4u]

Saw a bunch of these when Uncle Sam sent me to Northern Cali back in the day, & I still remember them..... 

[Zippi]

That 32 is looking tough Rusty.  Great looking color and I'm diggin the Nailhead.  Nice build man.

[Dennis Lacy]

6 hours ago, Zippi said:

That 32 is looking tough Rusty.  Great looking color and I'm diggin the Nailhead.  Nice build man.

Who is Rusty? ?‍♂️