Wayne Kennedy's 1935 Ford 3-Window Coupe

The Coupe as it appeared after Taylor got it back on the road again in 2009. Photo courtesy of Chris May.

Photo courtesy of Chris May.

Photo courtesy of Chris May.

1935 Ford 3-Window Coupe owned by Wayne Kennedy of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The coupe was Wayne's first car, and he bought it from Farmer Fishel in Winston-Salem in the mid-1950s. Wayne paid $50.00 for the coupe with intention of making it into a race car for Bowman Gray Stadium. The racing plans changed, and he gave it a Blue paint job using his mother's Electrolux vacuum cleaner with spray attachment. After getting his butt kicked for borrowing the vacuum cleaner, Wayne made it street worthy in 1957-58.

Hot-Rodded Back in the 1950s

Wayne hot-rodded the coupe by installing a 1950 Oldsmobile 303 Rocket engine with a stock '35 Transmission that ran an Olds to Early Ford adapter. It ran a Banjo Rearend with 3.78 gearings, 1940 Ford juice brakes, and a 4" drop reverse eye rear spring with a couple of leaves removed. In 1967, when the release bearing went out, the coupe was parked.

Back in Business

In 2009, Wayne's son, Taylor, got the car back on the road again, after it had been sitting for 32 years. That iteration of the coupe featured a 4" dropped front axle and brand new Firestone wide white bias ply tires.