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1927 Roadster built by Barney "Oldfield" Pierce, professional rod builder in Oregon. Barney started with a '27 Ford roadster body on a model A frame that was fairly complete. Since he already had an old set of '30 Ford roadster fenders, splash aprons and running boards, he bolted them to the frame and then dropped the little '27 body down in between and bingo! It immediately looked like it was channeled and/or sectioned. You can see the stock '30 fenders sit up high on the body and make the body look smaller down between the wider fenders. It's a great all-Ford combination of parts. An old '31 Lincoln grille shell, so he sectioned that 4-inches and added a '30 Ford lower half for the hot rod Lincoln look. The shortened radiator neck and 14-inch brass wing are old Speedway items. Out back he added some frame extensions and dropped on an old Deuce tank he had and then made some frame horn covers. He used '50 Pontiac tail lights, the windshield (an old brass Duke Hallock style from Speedway), a 350 Chevy 12% under drive blower. with 4 link coil overs. The front has Super Bell 4" dropped axle and 4 link with Posie's super slide springs. It has GM power disc brakes drums on the rear. Frame is fully boxed & z'd 4" in rear, tubular cross members, 4 bars w/ panard bars front & rear, narrowed & centered 9" ford rear end w/ 3.55 gears & Dutchman axles, Stewart Warner Wings gauges, upholstery by Ultrathread- Gary Merriman, custom built 1/2 opening Carson top w/ Mercedes top material & mail slot rear window, full exhaust with w/ custom machined stainless cap that look like open headers, dummy chute is cover for 5point receiver hitch , custom built triple flow radiator by U.S. radiator , engine is 4 bolt mains, forged 7.5 to 1 Keith Black blower pistons , pink rods , steel Scat crank, A.R.P. studs, Comp Cams blower spec. cam & lifters , Weiand blower is rebuilt by Don Hampton w/ triple lobe rotors, magneto type distributor , carbs were built by Avanti specially for blower application they are matching 600 cfm Holley's , transmission is turbo 350 w/ heat treated sprags , red clutches , shift kit & large cooler , genie shifter , tilt column w/ quick release steering wheel , 14 gallon poly Tanks Inc.32 ford type fuel tank , seat bottom is dropped thru the floor 5" & seat back is recessed into trunk 5" for more leg room , trunk is finished & carpeted.
This roadster was featured in OL' SKOOL RODZ , Sept. 07 , 3 pages -- Rebel Rodz, --Good guys gazette, & Cruzin Magazine. It was also featured in a New Zealand Ol 'Skool Rodz. If you have any ??? e-mail, call or text 503.502.9509 Thanks for looking. It was professionally appraised by AUTO APPRAISAL NETWORK for $42,500. It has been a great hit at car shows, winning over 100 awards! $32,ooo possible trade???