1934 Ford Hot Rod

This 1934 Ford woodie station wagon is the product of a four-year build that was commissioned by the seller’s father-in-law and performed at Capital City Street Rods of Boise, Idaho. Work was completed in 2009 and included the installation of a 5.7-liter LS6 V8 and a Tremec six-speed manual transmission along with independent front suspension, power steering, four-wheel disc brakes, Boyd Coddington billet wheels, and a Ford 9″ rear end. The car is finished in metallic gray pearl with oak and mahogany wood bodywork, and its interior is upholstered in beige leather and incorporates a banjo steering wheel, tilting steering column, custom center console, and Vintage Air climate control. Ownership of the car passed to the seller’s wife and her brother in December 2023, and recommissioning out of storage in April 2024 included flushing the coolant and replacing the fuel injectors, fuel pump, spark plugs and wires, thermostat, tires, and battery. This modified Woodie is now offered at no reserve by the seller on behalf of its owners with a clean Idaho title in the owners’ names. During the build, steel bodywork was repaired and painted metallic gray pearl subsequent to the fabrication of a custom side-hinged hood, fenders, and running boards. The mahogany and oak station wagon bodywork wears three coats of clear protective finish. The body rides on a modified chassis built around stock frame rails that underwent straightening, dent removal, and rust repair prior to being boxed, smoothed, painted, and clear-coated. The body, engine, and transmission mounts have been revised. Features include a black leather- and canvas-covered roof, chrome Ford Twolite headlamps, a windshield visor, rear-piano-hinged doors, tinted windows, and a drop-down tailgate. A paint correction was performed and ceramic coating was applied in preparation for the sale. The windshield wiper is noted to operate intermittently, and close-up photos depicting a pair of paint scratches can be viewed in the gallery below. Boyd Coddington Duel billet alloy wheels measure 17″ up front and 18″ out back and are wrapped in Continental ExtremeContact tires that were mounted in April 2024. Independent front suspension features stainless tubular A-arms from UltraRide, and a triangulated four–link suspension setup with ladder bars is installed out back. Adjustable coilovers are fitted all around. Power-assisted, rack-and-pinion steering was sourced from Street Rod Engineering, and four-wheel disc brakes are equipped with polished Wilwood calipers and stainless-steel lines. The e-brake is a Ford Explorer drum-type. The interior is trimmed in beige leather with a custom center console, color-coordinated carpets, and a wood slat ceiling. Features include Glide Engineering bench seats, four removable side windows, and dual Vintage Air climate-control systems, the rear of which is housed alongside the battery in a custom mahogany cabinet in the cargo area. The banjo-style steering wheel is from Flaming River and is mounted on a tilting column. The body-color dash houses TPI Tech instrumentation consisting of a 120-mph speedometer and an 8k-rpm tachometer along with gauges for voltage, coolant temperature, oil pressure, and fuel level. The latter is noted to function intermittently, and the digital odometer has not been connected. Mileage since the build was completed is unknown. The 5.7-liter LS6 V8 is said to have been sourced from a 2004 Cadillac CTS-V. It retains fuel injection and features Hooker headers flowing into a custom stainless-steel dual exhaust system equipped with round, straight-through Magnaflow mufflers and downturned rear exits. Service performed at Restoration Rods of Garden City, Idaho, in April 2024 included flushing the coolant and replacing the fuel injectors, pump, filter, and hoses along with the spark plugs and wires, thermostat, and battery. Results of a compression test that was run at that time show out-of-spec readings on three cylinders and can be viewed on a receipt in the gallery. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Tremec T56 six-speed manual transmission and a Ford 9″ rear end with a locking differential. A custom-fabricated stainless-steel fuel tank is fitted behind the rear axle. The car is shown above as it appeared after being acquired by the seller’s father-in-law in 2005 out of El Paso, Texas.