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2. Ala Kart (custom car) - Wikipedia

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   Ala Kart is a custom car, a customized 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup, built by George Barris, Richard Peters, and Mike "Blackie" Gejeian in 1957. [1] Originally owned by Peters, it is a two-time winner of the Grand National Roadster Show "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) trophy (1958 and 1959) and Hot Rod cover car in October 1958. [2]

3. Ford Model A (1927–1931) - Wikipedia

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   Model kits remain available from hobby shops as stock cars or hot rods. High-quality die-cast Model As are represented in 1/24 scale by the Danbury Mint 1931 roadster and the Franklin Mint 1930 Tudor sedan. [citation needed] Several models have obtained particular fame.

4. Tom Medley - Wikipedia

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   He would reappear briefly in 1964 and 1965, [8] and occasionally in Rod & Custom in the 1980s. Stroker (as he was always known) drove a trademark 1929 Ford roadster [9] in most of his appearances, but he also innovated a number of things later copied by real-life racers, including multiple-engine dragsters, traction bars, and parachutes. [7]

5. America's Most Beautiful Roadster - Wikipedia

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   1927 Ford Roadster : Michael Gejeian [7] [10] 1927 Ford Roadster Ray Anderegg [7] 1956: 1932 Ford Roadster: Eddie Bosio [7] 1957: 1929 Ford Roadster: Jerry Woodward [7] 1958: 1929 Ford roadster pickup : Richard Peters [7] George Barris: 1959: 1929 Ford roadster pickup (Ala Kart) Richard Peters [7] George Barris 1960: 1929 Ford Roadster (The ...

6. Larry Shinoda - Wikipedia

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   His '29 Ford, named "Chopsticks Special IV", was powered by a flathead V8 with Ardun OHV heads. [9] Shinoda won the "A" Hot Roadster class at the first NHRA U.S. Nationals held in Great Bend, Kansas with Chopsticks Special IV in 1955. [4] [12] [13] Shinoda sold the '29 Ford as parts to his partner in the car, Jack Powers, in 1956. [9]

7. George Barris (auto customizer) - Wikipedia

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   In addition, Sam built Ala Kart, a 1929 Ford Model A roadster pickup. After taking two AMBR (America's Most Beautiful Roadster) wins in a row, the car made numerous film and television appearances, usually in the background of diner scenes. [2] Sam left the business in the 1950s.

8. Hot rod - Wikipedia

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   The forerunners to the hotrod were the modified cars used in the Prohibition era by bootleggers to evade revenue agents and other law enforcement. [7]Hot rods first appeared in the late 1930s in southern California, where people raced modified cars on dry lake beds northeast of Los Angeles, under the rules of the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), among other groups.

9. Ford Model A engine - Wikipedia

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   Primarily developed for the popular Ford Model A automobile (1927–1931), [3] [4] the Ford Model A engine was the engine almost universally installed in that automobile, [1] of which 4.8 million were built by 1932, [1] [2] in a wide range of styles and configurations: Coupe, Business Coupe, Roadster Coupe, Sport Coupe, Convertible Cabriolet ...