Model A Build - Cable Ready Hot Rod Part 2

With the body finally in the paint booth, the team made final preparations before the paint was sprayed.

After deciding to go with gloss Tuxedo black paint, Chip filled up his spray gun and laid on multiple coats of the shiny stuff

The chassis went back together in record time on the final day of the build.

Extra heavy-duty one-off adapters were whittled up by MHT Wheels to mate the late-model bolt pattern of the rearend to the "wide-five" pattern of the '36 Ford rims.

The Magnaflow crew patiently waited their turn to install a complete custom exhaust system. A large-diameter, single-exhaust system will give the car a totally unique sound.

Just waiting for a body, the complete chassis only needed a few small details taken care of, such as setting the proper toe-in on the completely new chrome frontend.

The fully dressed Ford Y-block engine is a thing of rare beauty in modern hot rodding. The new carburetor linkage was installed to operate the trio of rebuilt Holley 94 carburetors.

Craig and A.J. finally began to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Finally out of the paint booth, the finished chassis meets the painted body.

Chip carefully installed the V-wind shield.

It's nearly impossible to imagine this is the same car that first rolled in a week earlier. The checkered firewall was inspired by one of Chip's early childhood memories of his father's customized Ford.