Hey, i saw a nice little 29 ford coupe it looked like in birchrun michigan today with a tear drop trailer that was stripped pretty heavy, and had a von-dutch flying eye ball on the back.. He definately was on the way to Billet-Proof i bet. Anyone know the owner?
If you would have said it was a roadster, and not a coupe, I would say that it is the evr-famous Norm Cooper. If it was in fact Norm, I would almost bet that he was headed for the Hot-Rod Power Tour, and not Billetproof.
If you haven't met Norm your missing a treat. He's a retired GM engineer and you'd never guess it looking at his ride. It's a fiberglass roadster and he's done a very clever job of making it look like and old barn find steel hot rod. He's gone so far as recreating rust in strategic areas and most of the time there is more pigeon crap on the thing than you'd find on a real barn car. Unless he's done something different the flathead that he runs uses more oil than a heating furnace. If I remember correctly the first west coast trip used about 30 some quarts. The first year he didn't have the teardrop but I think he added it so he could just pull off the road and get some shuteye whenever the urge hit him. One hell of a guy that doesn't take himself or our hobby seriously, just has a ton of fun. Frank
I've seen that car at the Frankenmuth show, and read some stuff in Hot Rod, or at least on their website. I was impressed.
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