Ford Indy speedster V8 – Chasing Perfection – With Extra Photos!

The elusive AMBR award for hot rod building has tormented many a builder and customer who toiled for years to possess it but failed. At each year’s Grand National Roadster show, the America’s Most Beautiful Roadster competition is judged by committee, and winning is not just about swirl-free paint and having every bolt head clocked the same way. Half of the criteria is based on how the cars are presented to the judges; every roadster must be driven in front of the judges in a confined space. Entrants have to fire up their engines cold, then drive in a circle from position in the field of entries and past judges who are scrutinizing every aspect of the car, and then park it. The exhaust needs to sound right. The tire fitment must be on point. Rubber scuffing on the ground because the alignment is off? You might as well just keep on driving right out of the building. It’s that serious. Even how the driver looks in the car matters; there can’t be an awkward pose required in the seat, because the judges are going to see how comfortable the driver is within the hot rod. The left knee can’t hit the dashboard when a judge asks to push in the clutch. Microscopic details mean the difference between winning and losing, and spending seven figures on a competitive AMBR car is the rule and not the exception. The winning hot rod needs to be perfect.

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Photo Gallery: Ford Indy speedster V8 – Chasing Perfection With Extra Photos! – Hot Rod Magazine

Photo Gallery: Ford Indy speedster V8 – Chasing Perfection With Extra Photos! – Hot Rod Magazine