Words: Tommy Parry    Photos: Scooter

Scooter started his build off with a pretty example of a ‘31 Ford Model A Deluxe Town Sedan. Turning immediately to his sketchbook, he began devising different layouts for his baby. That was all the way back in late 2005, and it took him years to bring it to its current state. Once you see the finished result, it becomes obvious why.

The first step of the lengthy build process was a 5” haircut. Next, Scooter added a skid deflection plate to his mega-sturdy front crossmember. Then, he removed the crud from the front spindles, front axle and the front and rear springs so that everything gleamed underneath. She had to be beautiful inside and out, after all. Well, the peaked grille Scooter spent hours perfecting only supported that notion.

Then things went a bit crazy with a coat of Smurf blue, which isn’t a color for that faint of heart. Both the frame and the suspension got the Hannah-Barbera treatment, and strangely, it looked really spiffy despite the cartoonish hue.

It was only an undercoat, though. Once a coat of black was applied, he put the springs back together and bolted the springs and the rear end back onto the frame. Next came a 331 Chrysler motor, a T-56 transmission and some handmade headers for good measure.

Then Scooter nabbed a set of gauges to dot the dash. The 5” tachometer from Classic Instruments added the finishing touch to the dash. The piece looks quite similar to the original Stewart Warner “Small Block” gauges, and it makes the Stewart Warner speedometer look petite.

Then he took a set of Holley 94s and set them up for a 6X2 progressive setup. He had to hard-plumb the carbs and build some cross-shaft brackets to get the most from them. The finished result looked absolutely stunning, and a Carter 4070 pump topped it all off. A set of headlights, complete with rings and glass, came next, and when the motor turned over, this little monster was already turning heads around the block.

Then the exterior received a mixture of Washington blue paint and black; the hand-made tank shimmered away brilliantly with custom leather straps keeping it fixed to the back. That combination of colors contrasts beautifully against the grey interior sheetmetal, and makes the final product one to savor for hours on end.