• Home
  • SpeedFeed
  • Ride of the Week
  • Engine of the Week
  • Racing
  • Performance Vehicles
  • Motorcycle & Powersports
  • Restyling and Restoration
  • Garage
  • Museum
  • Library
  • Products
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
Speedville Babcox
Speedville Babcox
McLaren’s New Hyper GT Will be Fast and Have Three Seats

by Speedville Staff Writers

McLaren Unveils its Track-Only Senna GTR Concept

by Speedville Staff Writers

Aston Martin Presents its Lagonda Vision Concept

by Speedville Staff Writers

Toyota Unveils GR Supra Racing Concept

by Speedville Staff Writers

Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe

by Speedville Staff Writers

Morgan Motor Company Celebrates Aero and 50 Year Anniversary

by Speedville Staff Writers

Noble M600 CarbonSport Confirmed for London Motor Show

by Speedville Staff Writers

The New 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS

by Speedville Staff Writers

The Ferrari 488 Pista

by Speedville Staff Writers

Jaguar Restarts D-Type Race Car Production

by Speedville Staff Writers

2019 Corvette ZR1 Sets Lap Record at VIR

by Speedville Staff Writers

One-Off McLaren 720S Raises $650K for Charity

by Speedville Staff Writers

Performance Vehicles/Ford Model A
November 9, 2017 9:39 am

2017 Mothers Shine Award Presented to 1930 Ford Model A

Share Tweet
Print Print Email Email

Speedville Staff Writers,administrator

View bio

  • Bio
  • Recent Posts
  • Popular Posts

Raybestos 1953 Chevy Pickup

1970 Dodge Challenger Custom Coupe

Valerie Thompson Sets 328 mph Speed Record, Survives 343 mph Crash

Formula One Stars and Their Cars

Laguna Seca and WeatherTech Sign Multi-Year Naming Rights Agreement

Each year at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas the Mothers Shine Award celebrates the finest examples of vehicles in what has become one of the most coveted and prestigious achievements within the car builder community.

Left to right: Jim Holloway of Mothers, Andy Leach of CAL Automotive Creations and Dennis Holloway of Mothers.

Aftermarket industry veteran and Shine Award judge, John Naderi returned to host the ceremony this year, which was held at the Mothers booth.

After reviewing the entire field this year, our judges awarded the 2017 Shine Award to “Afterthought,” a 1930 Ford Model A, owned by Ted and Colleen Hubbard of South Bend, NE, and built by CAL Automotive Creations of Bennington, NE.

The Hubbards originally brought the coupe to Andy Leach and his CAL Automotive Creations team for a set of headers, and the project took off from there. Leach intensively reworked the coupe starting with a hand-built frame, reverse wedge sectioned body, reshaped rear quarter, hand-hammered cowl, machined bolt-on drip rails and a ’32 five-window roof. The paint is PPG Paleo-Historic Blue sprayed by Charlie Hutton.

The original headers are still on the car, now hidden by hand-fabricated covers made to look like cast headers, affixed to a supercharged Ardun Flathead Ford V8 with a C4 gearbox. The one-off Halibrand-inspired wheels are from EVOD Industries with custom rear tires from Coker. According to Leach, “There are only two off-the-shelf parts on this car — the front tires.” The interior features machined floor pans with one-off stamped rubber mats with custom upholstery work by the Recovery Room.

The Shine Award-winning Ford was on display at the main entrance by the Gold Lot.

  • Tags:
  • Ford Model A
  • Las Vegas
  • Mother's Shine Award
  • SEMA Show
Search for:
Show Full Article
Copyright © 2018 Babcox Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Home
  • SpeedFeed
  • Ride of the Week
  • Engine of the Week
  • Racing
  • Performance Vehicles
  • Motorcycle & Powersports
  • Restyling and Restoration
  • Garage
  • Museum
  • Library
  • Products
  • Subscribe
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us