Justin Linares’

“The Imposter”

This 1934 Ford Roadster arrived at the shop as a nice restored car. We made a Hotrod out of it fairly quickly. We removed the fenders, body-worked them, and painted them black. The remaining paint on the body was buffed out and deemed good to go. We ditched the stainless headlights for a pair of commercial 34 headlights we painted black. We adjusted the doors to fit, open, and close properly (many roadsters have terrible fitting and operating doors). Next, we went after the stance. We dropped the front axle and modified the rear leaf spring. The 18” wires on the rear and 17” on the front were powder-coated black, then new rubber was hung. After that, we chopped the windshield and laid it back 10 degrees. The top irons were also chopped and the top bows were modified to get the top to “swoop” in the rear. We fabbed up a pair of side curtain frames while Mike Elmer from Elmer Equipped striped right over the old red pinstripes with black ones. We commissioned Paul Reichlin of Cedardale Upholstery (THE VERY BEST TOP GUY ON THE PLANET) to finish the top, and side curtains and install one of his seat structure treatments. Instantly a HOTROD! This roadster ended up being a non-intentional, and coincidental doppelganger to a very nice roadster built in California by a very respected builder who shall remain nameless. He deemed it “The Imposter”. A badge of honor in our book.