Ola Olsson's 1936 Ford

A photo of Ola with the Ford in the Summer of 1965. Ola has lifted the body from the frame to install a 322 Bucik Nailhead engine. Photo courtesy of Ola Olsson.

Ola's Ford as it appeared in 1973. Ola is the fellow with the brown leather coat. Photo courtesy of Ola Olsson.

Photo courtesy of Ola Olsson.

1936 Ford Cabriolet owned by Ola Olsson of Sweden. Ola bought the Ford in 1964.

In 1965 Ola went into the military in Stockholm. In Stockholm, Ola met several Swedish custom pioneers, such as Bo "Gamen" Sandberg. Bo showed Ola around town, and he met several of his friends. Ola was impressed by all the custom cars they had, but he was surprised that there weren't any more hot rods. From his trip, he remembers around 4 or 5 hot rods. Back home, Ola decided to hot rod his '36 Ford, and he began to install a 1955 Buick 322 engine in it. The project stalled when Ola started to study, and he ended up installing a 59AB flathead engine in the car instead. Ola was a poor student at the time, so most of the car remained stock. The engine was stroked and hooked to a 1939 Ford transmission, and the brakes were upgraded to hydraulic using 1939 Ford brakes with 1946 Ford drums.

For many years, the car ran a stroker-kit. During the Winter of 2014 - 2015, Ola replaced the stroked-engine with a 312 cu. in. engine. An adapter hooked the new engine to the 1939 Ford transmission.