Seems there are lots of builder's out there doing limited edition rod designs. We've seen the Kugel Murocs, the SAR Double Dozens, the Boydster cars, and such. Well here's another.

This one is from Steve Moal, a master metal man in the SF Bay area. He's been mostly known for his re-fabrication of high end, aluminum bodied sports and race cars. Some of you might remember the track style, semi-Model A roadster he did for Tim Allen a few years back. He is also the fabricator of Goodguy Gary Meadors yellow, track nose, A style roadster.

This car uses a Brookville deuce body and grille shell, a tubular frame with torsion bar suspension, and the hood, and rocker "covers" are aluminum. Seems like a nice mix of rod and sports car, which fits with Moal's background. Since I'm a sucker for traditional style cars, it looks great to me. Even though I love the frame side rail reveal of a deuce frame, that louvered rocker cover really adds an attractive dimension to this car.

Yeah, it's probably a high dollar car, but that doesn't detract from it's beauty. And a crafty home builder with access to a metal brake, slip roll, and louver press could duplicate the look without too much trouble. In fact, since you wouldn't need the higher priced deuce frame, it could actually be built for the same, maybe even slightly less, money as a typical deuce. Maybe this car appeals to me so much because I've had a '29 A roadster in mind for a while using just this approach. Using a Brookville body, and a good A rod frame, you could do a steel car for about $7 or 8k less than a deuce.