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1932 Ford "Licorice Streak Special" Tracknose roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery

When television funnyman Tim Allen rang up Steve Moal and asked for a custom Tracknose roadster, his response was the car you see here. It's known as the "Licorice Streak Special" and it's won numerous awards in the 10 years since the Home Improvement star was handed the keys. The gang at Moal Coachbuilders did their typically wonderful job of turning out an immaculate one-off that captures the attitude of a classic hot rod with modern designer touches that make this car equally at home at a week-night cruise-in or on the Links of Pebble Beach.

It's technically a '32 Ford, but very little of it would have been available to someone wandering into a Ford dealership back in the day. Just check out all of those Art Deco brass bits by "Kaki" Kakizaki. It's got an aluminum body stretched over a custom tube chassis and is powered by a built SVO 351 that definitely delivers "more power" (*Cue appropriate grunting*).

While it would take something on the order of $450,000 - $500,000 to replicate it, the Licorice Streak Special is up for bid for another 8 days or so and is currently still below its reserve at "just" $85,100. Check out the gallery below and the eBay Motors listing for all of the details about the build. Thanks for the tip, Matthew.


Gallery: Tim Allen's 1932 Ford "Licorice Streak Special" Tracknose roadster


[Source: eBay Motors]

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Ford Motor is playing at both ends of automotive history for this weekend's Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, showcasing both its iconic high-octane hot rod, the '32 Ford, and its hydrogen fuel-powered Focus Fuel Cell Vehicle.

Ford will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the '32 Ford "Deuce," arguably the most popular hot rod of all time, with a display including a modern limited edition recreation of the car, the 75th Anniversary Dearborn Deuce. Officially licensed by Ford, the all-steel Deuce is built by Hot Rods and Horsepower, LLC., and the display car is autographed by Edsel B. Ford II. From Woodward, the car will go to January's Barrett-Jackson auction, where it will be auctioned off to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The Focus Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle, touted by Ford as perhaps the most valuable and rare automobile on Woodward Avenue, will be on display in the six-block-long Ford exhibit, with another Focus FCV cruising Woodward alongside the hot rods and muscle cars. (Wonder if they'll be doing burnouts?) Ford guesstimates that the Focus FCV is worth in the neighborhood of $1 million. That's one expensive economy car.

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