George Poteet's '32 Ford 5 Window Coupe Specs
Ford Motor Company's Excellence in Design, SEMA 2003
Mothers Polishes Excellence in Design (street rod), SEMA 2003
Shades of the Past Top 25 for 2003 at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Street Rod of the Year, Goodguys Columbus 2003
Street Rodder Top Ten, Goodguys Indy 2003
Pro's Pick, Goodguys Indy 2003
Top 40, Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 2003
Northern Rodder Top 12 of 2003
 PRESS
Rod and Custom Magazine, January 2004
Goodguy's Gazette (cover and inside feature), November 2003 
 
American Rodder Magazine, November 2003
Northern Rodder Magazine, August 2003 
 
CHASSIS
Frame  32 Ford (American Stamping Rails)   custom built by FastLane Rod 
Shop
Wheelbase  _107”____
List 
frame modifications  boxed rails, 
front rails pinched, rear kick up for better tank to body fit, wires run 
within rails, flat front crossmember, wheelbase stretched 1”, engine raised in 
chassis for cleaner underchassis look, front rails narrowed (pie cut) to fit 
tight to spreader bar,  
Done 
by  FastLane Rod Shop       
Make/year 
of rearend  Winters Mini Banjo, 
2002_   Posi  Yes   
Narrowed/Inches  
55”
Gear 
ratio  _3.55___   Rear springs Tranverse Leaf   Rear Shocks  
Chrome Pete and Jakes
we’re 
using ’35-’36 Ford rear radius rods (chromed), front mounts are built into frame 
crossmembers
Make 
/year of front end  Pete and Jake 
Aluminum Axle Dropped/Inches  
4”  
Front 
shocks  Chrome Pete and Jake   Front springs  Durant Mono Leaf
Make/year 
of steering  Flaming River Steering 
Box
Make/year 
of front spindles  
Chrome 
TCI
Make/year 
of brakes – front  SoCal Hidden 
Discs            Rear  
Drum with SoCal Covers
List 
front end modifications  _’48 
Wishbones split with oval slots welded in and chromed, slots cut in axle, 
everything chromed including the drums, Deuce Factory Stainless Rod 
ends/shackles/lower front shock mounts, modified SoCal upper shock mounts, 
 
Make 
& size of wheels  - front  Wheel Vintiques Wires 15X5   Rear Wheel Vintiques Wires 
16X7
Brand 
& size of tires – front Firestone 5.60X15 bias ply    Rear  
Firestone Dirt Trackers 8.90X16
Other  chromed master cylinder, polished stainless 
brakelines/fuel lines, chromed rear radius rods, chrome rear backing plates and 
drum covers, polished Winters mini banjo rearend, chrome clutch and brake pedals 
(rounded edges to look like ’40 Ford arms), all front end parts chromed, all 
chrome work done by John Wright’s Custom Chrome Plating in Grafton 
Ohio
ENGINE
Make  Ford MotorSports Crate Motor  Year  
2002   Displacement  351
Intake 
manifold  chromed 3X2’s______  
Carburetor(s)  3 Holley two barrels      Air cleaner  
Chromed O’Brien Truckers
Valve 
covers Thunderbird         Ignition  Mallory Unilite distibutor with MSD 6AL 
control module   
Headers/mufflers  
Modified Patriot headers / stainless tube 
mufflers, 2 ½” exhaust using donuts TIG welded/sanded smooth (by FastLane), then 
JetHot Coated  
Other 
engine modifications  Block/heads 
completely smoothed, adapters made to run Thunderbird valve covers on new style 
heads, valve covers feature chrome letters with the rest painted black, modified 
Griffin fan shroud, custom made overflow tank, carbs detailed by Holley custom 
shop/black powder coated center with everything else chromed, chrome intake, 
chrome 3 port fuel block mounted on firewall,  
powermaster chrome 
alternator,  Zoops 
pulleys
Dyno/estimated 
horsepower  360  
DRIVE 
TRAIN
Make/year 
of transmission  Tremec 5 speed   Shifter modified ’64 
Galaxie
Make/type 
of clutch  
BODY
Was 
body work needed  
yes__________   How 
much  lower front cowl, doors, rear 
quarters
Done 
by  _FastLane Rod 
Shop_______________   City  Donahue_________   State  
_Iowa_
Describe 
body modifications  
Roadster Quarters 
were added (they have a “flair” above tire – stock 5 window does not), chopped 
1”, handmade steel rear corners (next to tank at bottom of quarter), 1” longer 4 
piece hood, hoodtops pie cut 3/8” at front/nothing at rear, Cameltoe racing 
bullnose added to grill shell, brookville shell, pinstriped by Josh Shaw 
(cleared over stripping)
Type/color 
of paint  Dupont Super Jet Black/basecoat 
clearcoat
Painted 
by  FastLane Rod Shop   
Make/year 
bumpers – front handmade stainless spreader bar   Rear handmade stainless spreader 
bar
Make/year 
lights – front  ’33 Ford Commercial 
style by Jesse Greening/scew on trim ring (doesn’t have small “latch” at 
bottom of ring), handmade stainless headlight bar drilled for hidden wires to 
lights (blinkers inside headlights)  Rear Lobecks ’50 
Car 
top material  Vinyl covered 
insert flush fitted to body using a Bobby Walden steel insert  
All 
glass cut by Larry Utsinger at Kryger Glass
Upholstery 
material Custom Dyed leather   
Color  white/yellow (color 
matched to dash/wheels/pinstripe)
Done 
by Steve Pearson/Upholstery Unlimited    City/State  
Custom 
Dash  Narrowed ’40 Ford    Wiring  
Centech Stainless panel/FastLane Rod Shop 
wiring
Instruments  Custom ’40 Ford, color matched with custom 
fonts with Camel Toe Racing Logo and all new instrumentation by Classic 
Instruments   Seats Glide with 
Custom made pockets on backside by Steve Pearson
Type 
of steering wheel  modified ’40 Ford 
(smaller diameter/plastic color matched to interior) by Dennis Crooks of Quality 
Restorations
Brand 
and type of stereo system (including stereo, cassette, CD, speakers, etc.)  _No stereo
Air 
conditioning  
no