He gets a great reaction when he gets it out on the
road. "I think the body lines are a little sexier than
the '32 and this helps get more attention." Lorne has
about 8,000 miles on the car now and loves how it
handles. "It's very comfortable, with lots of leg room
and a killer stereo, but it's still hard to hear over the
headers," laughs Lorne. He mainly drives it locally
around Edmonton, but has gotten it out to the moun-
tains, Jasper and a few other smaller road trips.
Lorne powers the coupe with what he says is a real
old engine. "I picked up the engine from an engine
rebuilder about 23 years ago and then it sat, in a
Camaro in my yard, for 15 years with never being
turned over." He would pull it into his garage, stick
some new gaskets in, paint it and stick it into the
'33. "I never have had a days trouble with it."
When asked what the hardest part of the build
was, Lorne quickly replies "building and creating
the new hood was a lot of work, but it was all fun
work. Creating all the new parts was probably the
most enjoyable part. "It was all a learning curve,
as many of the parts needed to be made more than
once. You build a set of hinges, but they don't
work, but now you know why, so you build another
set." Lorne was inspired by The California Kid
for his '33 "I had a picture of it in my shop and it
helped inspire me."
Lorne would love to build another rod, so he would
be open to move it for the right price, to make
room in his shop. "I build cars for a living, so ya,
I would sell it, build maybe a pickup in a similar
style."
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