Hot Rods Ardun flathead street driven hot rods

Saw this at Cedar Point today!

 

BOY.......you Ford guys are a tough crowd !!! Love the factory stock smallblocks with Rochester injection that look just like they were yanked out of a wrecked 63 Corvette back in the day........to find their way into beautiful coupes and roadsters. Have fun out there.

 

I remember spending a day at a all Ford show next to Bob McGinley ("Mr. Tune-up") who owned the Ardun Deuce. He told me he had a lot of monkeying around to figure out how to correct an oiling problem the original heads had.
Its been a lot of years, but seem to think it had to do with adding oil lines to the rocker arms. I was astounded by his car and quality of work! He had an air conditioner behind the seat so it wasn't seen.

 

My dad(Dick Blaine) passed away in 2022. I now have the car. This Ardun powered car was driven to 48 states so I would say winner. Still going, I’ve changed wheels, touchup but still real patina. FYI only Ford in corvette museum

 

My dad's 32 roadster that Bob Ida custom built the engine with Hilborn style electronic fuel injection set up. Runs incredible.