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I pride myself on having a good memory—especially when it comes to cars. Back when I used to work the booth at car shows, I would love when people quizzed me on what hot rods were in which magazine. Although I wasn’t right 100% of the time (nobody can be, you know), I did get a lot of them correct. I’m a little rusty now, but I bet I could dive right back in if the situation called for it.
The other day, a friend of mine liked one of my comments on a H.A.M.B. thread from 2012. Yes, a decade ago, almost to the day. My comment? “Damn, I dig the man-a-free and those pipes!”
I’ll be the first to admit that I had no recollection of writing that. Hey! It was a long time ago. Nonetheless, as I worked my way through the thread, the light in the attic finally flickered on. It was at that moment that I realized that the whole thing was too good not to share.
What we have here is JD Cruiser’s 1932 Ford three-window. Oldebob, who started the thread, sums it up best. “One owner, high school driver. Hot rod, Gasser, street rod. Insurance total, back on the road for another 60-plus thousand cross-country miles. Stock Olds, blown Olds, two Y-block Lincolns, Hemi, Caddy, 348 Chev, smallblock. ‘Survivor’ car? Yeah, I think so.”
That’s a ton to digest, but one thing is clear: this is a true hot rod that’s proven itself time and time again. Through the years, Joe was never afraid to build, break and rebuild better than before. I love that he was always mixing and matching parts in his quest to have the ultimate machine.
Remember when I said I dug the Man-A-Free on the early version? Well, I still do. After a little more reading, I learned that he cast it in high school foundry class. How’s that for a project?
Other than that single like, there hasn’t been any action on the thread since the spring of 2012. The last I heard, Joe’s driven the car more than 90,000 miles, often towing his Mullins trailer or Midget racecar. I’m still kicking myself for letting this three-window slip my mind, but I’m happy that I got to rediscover it all these years later.
—Joey Ukrop
Photos by JD Cruiser. Thanks for digging this one up, OldeBob!
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