Boulder Bob's Roadster Page

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Updated April 2008

The Roadster at home

Here's my two wheel toy, a 2000 Indian Chief. Yes, a motorcycle!

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A Brief History

Hi, I'm Bob Stauffacher, I live in Boulder Creek, California, "Boulder Bob, get it". I bought it in September of 1993 in Soquel, California. The car was first built as a stock appearing "Hot Rod" in 1978 (click here for picture). The car has a fiberglass body of unknown origin of pretty good quality. The frame was made in Connecticut by Total Performance. It has a Ford C-4 transmission and an 8-inch Ford rear end. The engine is a circa 1976 Ford 351 Windsor. When I got the car, everything was plenty tired. The body was painted a pale cream color and the fenders were dark brown...how cute! The engine had about 20 pounds of oil pressure at 3000 RPM. The wheels were American Vectors (ugly). The upholstery looked like it belonged in Model T. It was basically a piece of crap.

And then, and then...

I decided to have some improvements made to the rear suspension. It had coil springs out of an old Mustang and the rear end was way too high. I drove the car to Gilroy to a guy named Lem Toliver. He took one look at it, and told me he wouldn't work on such a pile of junk. With my feelings hurt, I left and found a guy named Grant Ingram who told me he could do the rear end work for around $600.00, or he could do the whole car including paint for about $2000.00. I thought, WOW what a great deal! Needless to say, the guy took me for a ride to the tune of about $1600.00 and did about $200.00 worth of work.

Back on track!

I then met Ron Attebury who made everything right for a reasonable price. He modified the frame, set up the four-bar rear-suspension and coilovers. Ron totally remade the rearend housing and re-glassed the rotting wood floor. The engine work was done by Gerry Steiner of Steiner Racing in Campbell. It now has TRW racing pistons, Dart heads with stainless steel valves, Competition Cam roller-rockers, a custom ground cam, an Edelbrock Performer manifold with a Holly 650 double pumper carb, and headers. The engine was balanced, horsepower is estimated at 400. The transmission was rebuilt with a B&M kit by JP2 in Santa Clara (now out of business). It was rebuilt again after almost 70,000 miles of abuse at Action Transmissions of Santa Clara. The car was painted Porsche Guards Red by Michael J's of Almaden. They did a great job, and stand behind their work. The tan leather interior and stereo work was done by Kendall's Auto Upholstery right behind Michael J's. Another fine job!

The finishing touch!

The painted but unassembled car went back to Ron Attebury for final assembly after he completed the exhaust system. The frame and suspension were all powder coated black by Component Finishing in Santa Clara. Ron assembled the car and returned it to me late in 1994. The car was fired up and driven on the street for the first time January 1, 1995. The car has over 96,000 delightful miles on it. I added the Weld Rodlite wheels in March of 1996. The car later went back to Ron for a new front end featuring a Magnum axle with a four-inch drop, Pete and Jakes chrome-shocks and GM disk brakes. I added a Kenwood MP-3 player. In October of 1996 I finally spent the money and installed a Griffin Racing radiator, a short Ford water pump and a Vintage Air 16-inch fan. It stays real cool. In January of 1999 the car went back into Michael J's body shop to remove 50,000 miles worth of small rock chips, lifted paint near the headers on the hood, etc. The car looks great again!

This isn't my first hot rod, ya know.

Oh heck no. Click here for a picture of my last one. This picture was taken in 1964, that's my sister Mary standing by my yellow 1939 Ford Standard Business Coupe. What the heck is thirty years between hot rods. The '39 had a 1949 flat head engine that was bored to 3 3/8" with Jahns racing pistons, Grant Chrome rings and two Stromberg 97's. I blew up the transmission 28 times. I got pretty good at taking it out; replacing the broken gears and putting it back in.

Readers Respond!

Take a look at Ray Schulers great looking '32 Ford Roadster. Ray's car is straight out of the 50's. He had this car at the 1998 Grand National Roadster Show. Ray has a second toy that he brought to the LA Roadster Show in the spring of 1999. Now included on this second page is Ray's '37 Ford Coupe.

Lanny Netz of Grass Valley, California has been on the Americruise Tour three times. He e-mailed me a picture of his beautiful '57 Ford. Lanny and I have more that just hot rods in common, we are both about the same age and are both in the same business, printed circuit boards. Lanny says he will be going again next year in a "fresh" '46 Ford. It turns out that Lanny's '46 Ford is a little too fresh and he now say's the car won't be ready in time. However he will be driving his new '57 Olds. He also found and bought a stock '30 Model A Roadster that he is planning on turning into a street rod in the future. Thanks for writing Lanny!
The Real Thing!

Take a peek at the latest addition to the roadster. Click here for a picture of the Coca-Cola Trailer taken at Pleasanton in March of 1997. Please note the new wheels matching the car. Click here for a rear view before I added the bigger wheels. Isn't that about the cutest thing you've ever seen? I stole the idea from Michael Siewart (go to the links page for a link). I'm sure he doesn't mind. I bought this one, as is. The box is a real circa 1940's water type cooler. The refrigeration unit circulated water of about a depth of 6 inches to keep the Coke ice cold. I remember these when I was a kid. They were usually sitting near the cash register at small markets. I decided not to drag the trailer on the Americruise. There was enough room in the roadster with the rumble seats out for all the stuff we needed to carry.

...and introducing the "Banana Wagon"

I fount it on eBay, a 1966 Nova Wagon. Click here for more pictures!

The '38 Ford was sold and now for the latest addition:

Barnie aka: HEVY MTL

The only reason it's on a flatbed, was it was too chicken to drive it. I got over it!

Ron Wright's lifelong project!

Take a look at Ron Wright's '51 Ford Woody. The front has been changed into a '49 Ford with the single bullet in the middle of the grill.

Rick Evangelho is a pain in the, you know what!

How rude of me to say that! Rick is a friend that is at most of the local car shows. He keeps asking me when I will put his '57 Chevy on my web pages. Well Rick, here's your very own page, complete with pictures!

Your questions or comments are appreciated, e-mail Boulder Bob . I have received hundred of nice letters and one nasty one from Chevy Boy out of the Pacific Northwest. He couldn't understand why I would use a Ford engine in a Tupperware Ford, when every other kid on the block is using a 350 Chevy. I guess you can't please them all.
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