March 2023 Hot Rod of the Month
1929 Ford Model A Pickup (The Faruga Pickup) submitted by Michael Williams
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1929
Make:
Ford
Model:
Model A Pickup (The Faruga Pickup)
Engine:
58 Chevy V-8
Transmission:
B-W Super T-10 4-speed
Rear End:
Winters 10" Quick Change with Steel Tube & Bell
More about the car
This month’s winning entry, a 1929 Ford Model A Pickup (The Faruga Pickup), was submitted by Michael Williams…
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The Faruga Pickup, a clone of one of the fastest cars in my Western New York State hometown from 1958-’61 originally by Stan “Pete” Faruga, Eden, N.Y., class of ’55. Four-year recreation by Kennedy Brothers Hot Rods with top chopped 5″; chopped ‘34 Ford pickup rear window; bed shortened 6″ and rear fenders bobbed. Custom paint based on ’57 Cadillac Castile Maroon. Chromed, dropped headlight bar with Arrow lights. Custom tail-light panel with ‘41-’48 Chevytail lights. Custom, chromed 3-point roll bar, and rear nerf bar. Chassis based on Dean Lowe’s1962 NHRA Winternationals-winning, February ’62 Hot Rod Magazine cover car. Dropped and drilled ’34 Ford front axle. Torque-arm rear suspension with rear radius rods made from ’40 Fordfronts on ’42 rear forgings. Model A front and rear leaf springs; tube shocks. Blair’s SpeedShop-built ’58 283ci Chevy with +.060″ Ross pistons, 12:1 compression, ported “fuelie” heads, and Engle solid cam. Restored WCFB dual quads tuned by NHRA Super Stock veteran JimmyBridges. Aluminum flywheel with 4-speed and quick-change rear. Sun two-piece tach and period Stewart-Warner gauges. Period Offenhauser column drop; Ansen “John Milner” steering wheel; snap-on, bomber-seat covers by Mario; carpet, door panels, and padded top by RexUpholstery. Wiring, exhaust, and final prep by Jay Dean’s Nostalgia Ranch. Raced hard at this month’s The Race of Gentlemen Flabob Air Strip Drags with open headers, 5.15 gears, and pie-crust slicks after only a few hours of post-build drive time!
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About the AHRF Hot Rod of the Month Contest
The Hot Rod of the Month Contest is a special opportunity available only to Foundation Members. Active Members have a monthly opportunity to enter a car they own. All Members then have an opportunity to vote monthly for their favorite car. At the end of each calendar year, members of our Advisory Board select one car as the AHRF Hot Rod of the Year!
About the AHRF Hot Rod of the Month Contest
The Hot Rod of the Month Contest is a special opportunity available only to Foundation Members. Active Members have a two-week period EACH MONTH in which to enter a car they own by providing photos and a description of their car. During the following two-week period, all Members, whether they have entered a car or not, can individually vote for their favorite car.
The car with the most Member votes at the end of each month will be the AHRF Hot Rod of the Month and will be featured on the AHRF website and on social networks.
At the end of each calendar year, the Advisory Board of the Foundation will select one car, as the AHRF Hot Rod of the Year, from that year’s Hot Rod of the Month winners. The Hot Rod of the Year will be given special publicity, and the car will be maintained in an ongoing catalog of AHRF Hot Rod of the Year winners.