Words & Photos: Gary Rosier
This ’37 is owned by Gary Monday and Linda of Vevay, Indiana. They were visiting Daytona Beach not long ago when I caught up with them at one of our local car shows. Gary’s business (Muscle Cars and Bikes) in Indiana was building motorcycles – thus the love affair with the Harley Davidson theme. He loved the truck theme Harley Davidson came out with several years ago, so he wanted to be able to incorporate that into his ’37.
Overall, the build was a 5 year project. Recently retired, the Gary and Linda took a 5 week vacation and decided to get after the truck in time for the Pigeon Forge Rod Run that was fast approaching (2014). Gary was in the midst of remodeling their 1835 farm house, so decided he’d take a break. They both decided that IF they worked non-stop, seven days a week, they could have the truck done in time to attend the show in Pigeon Forge, TN… which at the time was only 9 months away!
Make no mistake, Linda was a big part of this build too – she helped build this truck with Gary and once they got going, it was all in and hell bent for leather! They mocked it all up in 28 days, but then the work really started!
Powered by a 350/350 combo and shifted by a Lokar shifter, it also has a 9in Ford rear with 3:56 gears. Exhaust gases are spent thru an all-stainless 3″ tubes, Flowmaster mufflers and Corvette tips. Mustang suspension, 4 wheel discs (Lincoln) and Foose wheels (18’s front, 215x35ZR18 and 20’s rear, 275x40RZ20) get her rolling. Especially neat is all the owner made hydraulics for the hood and decklid. It also rides on an air bag suspension by Air Ride Technologies. A digital dash by Dakota inside the Prowler dash keeps track of all the vitals.
Gary wants to be sure and give credit to Mike Sweeney (Sweeney Custom Paint) in Indianapolis as well as his friend Ed Thralls of Mitchel, IN, for the gorgeous off-white interior. The air induction was owner made as well as the hand made interior door panels. The color is ’06 Corvette Candy Tangerine (bottom) and a Chevy Cobalt Cashmere on top. Custom cup holders were also hand formed, as was all the trim, by the owners.
The real story on this build was how they stopped working on the remodel and turned their full attention to the street rod, especially to be able to make it to the show (which they did, in only 9 months!). It may say “Harley Davidson,” but it’s one sweet ’37 tribute pickup!
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