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As a street rod enthusiast, I built the Tinker Toy, a Model T sedan delivery, and drove it to the Street Rod Nationals in Tulsa, OK.  Tinker Toy was featured in the April 1977 (6:4) issue of Street Rodder.  I built the space-tube frame and hung the cantilevered front suspension. (coilovers inboard and Fiat spindles and power discs).  I fabricated the cab over a T-bucket body using fiberglass over plywood.  The radiator was mounted in the back and vented through the tailgate.  The original paint scheme was pearl burgandy laquer over lavendar cobwebbing.

 

 Engine: 427 Chevy rat, 6-71 GMC blower, Jahns pistons, TRW camshaft, dual Hollies 

 
 
 
 

 
 
For fun, I built a dune buggy powered by a USAC midget engine.  The family enjoyed running it at Silver Lake Sand Dunes Area in Michigan and in the hills of eastern Kentucky.

 

 

 

 

 

I transitioned from building street rods to a full time business of 120 Jag restoration along with other vintage cars.
  
 
 

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