Fred Lobello's 1932 Ford
1932 Ford Roadster owned and raced by Fred Lobello. Fred bought the roadster in July of 1941 for $65. He was 19 years old at the time, and had an urge for speed, so he removed the fenders and transformed into a highboy in 1942. He raced the roadster at the lakes between 1945 and 1948. It was powered by the original Model B 4-cylinder engine, and with a down draft manifold and a Winfield cam, Fred ran a respectable 96 MPH.[1] The engine received additional modification each year it was run, and by 1949 Lobello constantly ran his street-driven roadster at speeds over 90 mph. In 1949, Lobello pulled the engine and installed it in his freshly built belly tank streamliner.[2]
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