The original "Bare Bones" deuce at El Mirage dry lake north of Los Angeles.

Chick with the original "Bare Bones" deuce at the Bonneville salt flats in 2008.

Creation of the Deuce Steel frame rails.

The Deuce Steel frame rails are built in massisve jigs to ensure that they are straight and true.

"C-notches" are built into the Deuce Steel chassis to allow for a lower stance.

Creating the Deuce Steel signature upsweep to the '32 chassis. This lowers the front 3-inches as well as increasing the wheelbase 3-inches.

Deuce Steel chassis crossmembers and bracing makes for a very stiff chassis - essential for good handling.

Locating the frame rails and crossmembers in the chassis assembly fixture.

Charlie putting the finishing touches on the Deuce Steel frame rails.

Champ quick-change located laterally by the Panhard bar.

Champ quick-change suspended by four-bar with "wishbone" type lower link.

Winters Championship quick-change rear axle.

Mockup engine in the Deuce Steel chassis.

Making sure that the engine/trans is located properly in the chassis.

SoCal Speed Shop front disc brakes concealed by simulated late 50's/early 60's Buick brake drums.

1957 Chrysler 392 cubic inch engine block will form the heart of this hot rod. Watch the magic that gets performed here.

The original deuce had an engine-turned spoked steering wheel that was found at a swap meet. Ditto for the new deuce.

A Knetch engine-turned Auburn-style dash panel will be a great complement to the steering wheel. The Moon gauges are from Randy's private reserve stash.

Hand built exhaust headers from the hand of Rick Carlyle. He built the same style headers for the original deuce's blown small block Chevy motor.

These headers are a work of art. Thanks Rick!!

It'll be tough to keep out of the throttle when these guys are opened up on a long stretch of lonesome road.

The stock-configuration firewall is a product of the Deuce Steel division of Hot Rods & Custom Stuff. Go to www.deucesteel.com for more information.

The new Deuce Steel rear rolled pan and end caps were further modified on this version.

See the nice curl to the reveal? Another extra touch.

This view looks bitchin'.

David (left) and Jason (right) are laying out and punching the louvers in the deck lid. There's a lot of care and patience that goes into the louvering process. Louver erasers are hard to get, so you don't want to make a mistake.

This is how the louvers are laid out, with the center column minus a few in order to make room for the deck lid handle from Lime Works Speed Shop.

Charlie is TIG welding on the Deuce Steel chassis.

Carefully laying out the louvers. Every one of the 175 of them has to be perfect.

The tabs to hold the Rodwell top.

Rolled out into the sunshine to get a look at the stance. We think it's right on!

Bitchin' low profile.

This car will look good from any angle

Another unique touch. Airfoil shapes on both the frame spreader bar and the headlight spreader bar.

You don't see this on the average '32.

The front frame horns will get boxed in as well.

The PS Engineering kidney bean wheels look so right on this hot rod, as do the exhaust headers which were custom built by Rick Carlyle.

David takes his time laying out the louvers on the deck lid.

The Crafty B flip top gas filler sits in a handmade recess in the tulip panel.

Jason is laying out the transmission tunnel. First in paper, then in steel.

Mooneyes cast aluminum valve covers give the engine an "all-business" look.

A bird's-eye view.

The Deuce Steel frame has a recessed pocket for attachment of the front radius rods to keep things tidy.

Laying out the location of the deck lid handle.

Laying out the location of the taillights and their recesses.

The recess created for the fuel filler cap.

The fuel filler cap from Crafty B in its' recess.

The Joe Hunt HEI distributor housed in a magneto case.

The new Deuce Steel rear rolled pan showing the mirror reveal.

Another bird's-eye view.

And a snail's-eye view.

Getting a little closer.

The rear is tidy.

A neat profile from this angle.

The rear tire and wheel look great centered in the rear fender reveal.

The twin EFI throttle bodies fill up the top of the hemi nicely.

The dramatic sweep of the Wanlass/Rodwell windshield posts.

The "all-business" look of the PS Engineering cast aluminum wheels.

Engine builder Ray Zeller checking the plugs on the initial engine run.

The hemi in the dyno room. It pulled over 520 HP.

Erik Hansson of Scandinavian Street Rods is a Brookville Roadster distributor in Huntington Beach and assembled the basic body for us.

The Knecht "Auburn" dash panel is really cool.

Initial fitting of the frame, engine and body.

The cushio-type motor mounts are bulletproof.

The hemi looks right at home in the Deuce.

We use a plastic mockup engine when possible to do the initial fitups.

The PS Engineering wheels are killer.

We built a drop into the floorpan to allow the tall driver to sit lower into the car. This is especially important when the top is on.

Dropping the seat pan meant that the upper crossmember of the chasis had to be dropped as well.

The louvered deck lid is a serious piece.

We designed and built a "package tray" to fit under the dash and out of sight. It'll be hard to tell that it's there.

Neatly tucked up and under the dash, yet still accessible. A good place to put sunglasses, maps, and "get out of jail free" cards.

Starting work of the front floorboards and trans tunnel.

The electronics, the fuse panel and all of the relays will live up here under the dash.

The engine turned spokes on the Speed & Chrome steering wheel are very distinctive.

Starting to layout the upper floor panels.

A blister on the right side of the trans tunnel will accomodate the hand brake lever mechanism.

A side view of the hand-formed blister.

And a view from the top.

Pretty neat.

The shifter mechanism will need a blister to hide it as well.

An early view of the rear with the Rodwell top installed.

The deck lid handle from Lime Works Speed Shop is distinctive.

The taillight recesses have been welded in. These recesses are Deuce Steel products available exclusively from HR&CS. They're also available for '39 Ford teardrop taillights.

The HR&CS specially made brake pedal arm.

The I-beam shape of the brake pedal arm is unique.

The dramatic sweep of the Stanley Wanlass designed, and Dick Rodwell crafted windshield. Thanks guys!

This is the mockup of the gas tank. It'll have a capacity of about 20 gallons. The electric fuel pump will be inside.

The dual FAST throttle bodies are mounted on an old Weiand dual quad aluminum intake manifold.

A nice shot of the 392 Chrysler hemi valve covers, exhaust headers and intake.

A K&N oval air filter element will go inside the custom housing.

The second blister on the transmission tunnel encloses the Lokar shifter lever arm.

The blister looks like it was made for it. Duh, it was!

Driver's side floor panel.

Passenger side kick panel. Not bead rolled yet.

Driver's side kick panel. Not bead rolled yet. Also, the Tri-C Engineering tilt column.

The driver's side floor gets pretty cramped so we put a reverse blister in the trans tunnel to gain a little foot room.

A closer view of the trans tunnel throttle pedal reverse blister.

The floor is looking pretty tidy. Insulation will be between the top floor that you see here and the body floor pan.

We're going to mount the alternator on top of the engine because there just isn't enough room for it down low.

This view shows the new Deuce Steel rear rolled pan, the recessed '50 Pontiac taillights, and the license plate surround. The quick change rear end is just peeking out from underneath.

The front brakes come from SoCal Speed Shop and what appear to be "59 Buick brake drums are actually covers that conceal the Wilwood disc brakes. In this case we've combined gloss black with aluminum finish drums and just a bit of brightwork.

We scalloped the hood hinge cover finishing spear to present a straight line when viewed from the side.

This shot tries to show the straight line of the hood hinge cover and the finishing spear.

The interior will be very business-like. Aluminum door, kick and side panels will be left bare, without upholstery.

The floorboards have rubber pads inset into recesses - no carpet in this cockpit.

The rear deck, and tail end look just as cool as the rest of the car. The Deuce Steel rear rolled pan will be a big hit when it hits the streets.

Another shot of the hinge line on the hood.

The almost complete rear view. All that we're missing are the tailpipes.

Our friendly skeletons have crawled out of their homes inside the headlights and will lead the way.

A carryover from the theme of Bare Bones, the skeletons are executed a bit differently this time, in that they peek out of the louver we put in the headlight buckets.

Does this guy sit low, or what?

The fuel filler cap is a product of Crafty B's workshop.

We're not going to try to cover up the hemi with hood sides. It would be pointless - the engine presents lots of eye candy on its own.

The hood will be louvered as well.

Proudly carrying the Deuce Steel label.

The 50's Cadillac air cleaner was modified by lengthening it to make it look correct on the large hemi.

We also poked some holes in the front face of the aircleaner housing both for performance and to add a purposeful look to it.

The floorboards are very business-like, and not a style that you see often.

If you see this in your rear view mirror - MOVE OVER!!

This '32 looks great from any angle.

The Wanlass/Rodwell windshield adds a whole new dimension to the already aggressive stance.

The spreader bars have matching airfoil shapes.

The wheels from PS Engineering look perfect on this car.

The upper and lower radiator tubes were handcrafted here in our shop.

The fuel distribution block, from Moon Equipment is subtly shaded by the air cleaner. It feeds dual electronic fuel injection throttle bodies by FAST.

The engine, which put out over 520 horsepower on the dyno, looks muscular. No bling here!

The Hot Rods & Custom Stuff handcrafted radiator shroud and electric fan support are another work of art on this car.

What a neat piece!!

The radiator fan shroud while being fabricated.

The routing of the exhaust system presented a number of challenges. We think we conquered them all.

Here you can see how we added a fifth pipe to be in keeping wit the flow of the other four coming out of the engine.

Here you can see the routing of the exhaust over the framerails, thru the frame, and on to the back.

From this angle the fifth tubes aren't even noticable.

We added an internal "spoon" to direct the flow of exhaust gas to the downtube and capped the exhaust inside of the turnout.

This is one elegant exhaust system. Thanks to Rick Carlyle and Jason "Sparky" James.

Finally, at the rear, the tailpipes just peek out from under the rolled pan. and turn slightly down

The car has beem "blown apart" and all of these parts will be sent on to finishing. A few to the chrome plater, a lot to the powdercoater, and a lot to our paint shop.

In a week or so, we'll be putting this array of parts back together again.

Parts!

The hood now has a very different style of louvers.

The sheetmetal was treated to a quick session in the blast booth. Next stop, primer.