This all-aluminum hot rod was custom-built in the style of a Ford Model A two-door highboy phaeton by Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop in 2003. The car features hand-formed bare aluminum bodywork by Marcel’s Custom Metal atop a custom-fabricated aluminum tube-frame chassis and is powered by a 350ci Chevrolet V8 that breathes through three Demon Six Shooter carburetors. Additional features include a TH350 automatic transmission with a Mooneyes electronic shifter, an aluminum Winters quick-change rear end, custom-machined billet axle housings, cross-drilled disc brakes with aluminum calipers, a Mullins Vega-style aluminum steering box, five-spoke alloy wheels with a spindle-mount front setup, a lift-off roof panel, and silver Naugahyde interior upholstery.
The 350ci Chevrolet small-block V8 features an aluminum block machined by the Schwartz Machine Company, aluminum Vortec cylinder heads, a COMP Cams hydraulic-roller camshaft, billet valve covers, and a Doug Upton’s Universal Machining aluminum oil pan and timing cover.
Induction is through a Barry Grant Triple D Six Shooter intake manifold topped with three Demon Six Shooter carburetors and a billet air cleaner.
Additional equipment includes Mallory ignition, an oil cooler mounted to the center crossmember, a Meziere remote water pump, a PRC aluminum radiator with a SPAL electric fan, a Mooneyes fuel-pressure gauge, and a 12-gallon aluminum fuel tank.
A maintenance service was performed in preparation for sale.
Power is sent to the rear wheels via a TH350 Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic transmission, a Powertrain Industries aluminum driveshaft, and a Winters quick-change differential mated to custom-machined billet axle housings.
Custom four-into-one exhaust headers lead to MagnaFlow mufflers and megaphone tailpipes.
The 106”-wheelbase chassis was custom-fabricated in Coddington’s shop using 3/16th-wall 5052 aluminum formed into rectangular-tube frame rails joined at the front by a solid aluminum oval-drilled crossmember and round-tube center and rear crossmembers.
Bare aluminum highboy coachwork was styled by Eric Brockmeyer and hand-formed by Marcel De Lay’s Marcel’s Custom Metal, in the style of a Ford Model A two-door phaeton.
Features include rear-hinged doors free of handles, a side-hinged hood, a bare aluminum radiator shell carrying 7” headlights, a low-profile fixed windshield, and a lift-off bare aluminum top.
Coddington-designed five-spoke alloy front wheels measure 15×6” and are mounted on Deuce Factory stainless-steel spindles, while 17×8” rear wheels are secured to aluminum hubs via hexagonal knock-offs.
Kuhmo Solus KH16 tires measure P215/65 up front and 255/60 at the rear.
Hydraulic disc brakes incorporate 10¾” cross-drilled discs, aluminum calipers, and a Corvette master cylinder.
Front suspension comprises a Pete & Jake’s oval-drilled I-beam drop axle, billet bat wings, and stylized aluminum wishbones, while rear suspension utilizes a billet triangulated four-link set-up with Carrera coilover shock absorbers.
Custom wheel and gas cap removal tools are included in the sale.
The cockpit houses a single bench seat trimmed by Gabe’s Street Rod & Custom Interiors in silver Naugahyde, with matching upholstery lining the inner surfaces of the top.
Additional interior features include riveted bare aluminum door panels, gray wool carpeting, a tunnel-mounted Mooneyes electronic push-button shifter, and aluminum pedals with drilled linkages.
The four-spoke Pete & Jake’s steering wheel is wrapped in silver Naugahyde and sits on a Mullins steering column that directs input to a Mullins Vega-style aluminum steering box.
Classic Instruments instrumentation housed in a bare aluminum dash panel includes a 140-mph speedometer and gauges monitoring fuel level and coolant temperature.
Total mileage is unknown.
