There are a million ways to enjoy rods and we approve of them all, but we love the style of people like Bob and Peggy Cook from Fresno, California. Bob Cook has always been a car guy.

There are few things better than a Ford in a Ford, and a 347ci all-aluminum Ford detailed to the nines would rank just about perfect on our list.

He’s built himself and his wife a slew of cars (this one is officially Peggy’s). In the tech sheet after Peggy told us about Bob’s previous projects she added, “My husband loves to build and I know this isn’t the end since there is a ….” and she goes on and tells us about the ‘49 Woodie and ‘55 Chevy waiting to be completed. So let’s see what Bob and Peggy put into their second ‘32, their first was a roadster. Bob built the ‘32 Ford for his wife, so the chassis had to be not only bullet proof, but beautiful. The fully chromed front suspension hangs off a boxed chassis with extra beefy crossmembers and consists of a Magnum 5-inch dropped axle, hairpins, a Panhard bar, Wilwood brakes and a Unisteer cross-steer rack. Who doesn’t love a quickie? Bob hung his Speedway Engineering quickie on hairpins and controlled it with ProShocks coil-overs and a Speedway anti-roll bar.

Now this is the kind of place we could spend a day or two (with the floor mats in place). Dark Green Ultraleather with seat heaters provide supple comfort that will last for miles and miles.

If I were building a car for my wife, I’d keep steering effort in the back of my mind and the rack and pinion styled steering box combined with an aluminum headed Dart aluminum block have got to lighten up the front end. All that aluminum combines to make a 347ci small-block Ford that wears a Quick Fuel carb, a polished Edelbrock intake, an MSD ignition and custom Sanderson headers (check out the collector flange). The factory-fresh good looks of a ‘32 Ford three-window coupe were retained with only little mods being performed (and a massive lowering from stock). The coupe is stock height and retains all the good stuff like the soft-top, cowl vent, trim and louvers, but looks good with suicide doors, dropped headlights, swan mirrors and removed cowl lights. The car was sent to Stan Rosendale of Fresno, California, for a thorough straightening and then Stan laid down the darkened British Racing Green.

The classic lines of a ‘32 Ford sitting slammed to the ground with a quickie peaking out from underneath is the stuff of street rod dreams. This British Racing Green example belongs to Peggy and Bob Cook out of Fresno, CA.

The look is finished with 15/17-inch Wheelsmith wires in tan that are wrapped in Michelin rubber. The first thing we thought when looking at the pictures of the interior was that looks bitchin’, but wait what happened to the carpets (and I saw them take out the floor mats when shooting the feature)? All that gorgeous Dark Green Ultraleather was cut and stitched into place by the talented hands of Edgar Escoto. The interior is simplicity and comfort at its best with hidden A/C, a banjo wheel, Classic Instruments in an engine turned insert, a tilt wheel and heated seats. The last step before sending Peggy out on the road was for Bob to wire the car with a kit by Enos. The second part of Bob and Peggy Cook’s fun is driving and enjoying their rides. We see the couple all over the state of California hanging out with their friends and fellow club members (Cam Twisters and Jokers). Building and driving is the kind of fun that makes sense to us. We understand the satisfaction of spending an evening or weekend in the garage, but the actual fun comes about when we hit the road in our crazy old cars. Drive on and we’ll see you’all on the road.

Thanks to: nsra-usa.com (Street Scene)