In the Garage: 1927 Ford Roadster
THE CAR AND ITS OWNER
1927 Ford roadster owned by Mike Doyle
WHAT MAKES IT INTERESTING
Henry Ford may never have envisioned Doyle’s wild roadster, but it would surely have gotten a “thumbs-up” from pioneering hot rodders before World War II. In those days, California teenagers bought cheap and plentiful Model T Ford roadsters and souped them up with engine and body modifications. Today, collector interest in these street machines is as strong as ever, with their new, reproduced or original parts coming from catalogs or even the local junkyard.
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The end result can be a low and sleek “kit-car,” such as Doyle’s. “The body is sitting on a 1981 Ford Ranger pickup chassis,” he says. “The chassis has been chopped, channeled and lowered. The engine is a 305 (cubic-inch) small block Chevy with a 350 transmission. Since it has an engine exposed in front, you can see all its beauty right away – except for the radiator, which always stumps people. It’s hidden in the back.”
