From 1966 through 1981, the '32 was Gray's only ... It's like the hot rod version of the Rock of Gibraltar, so when my dad started building his own roadster, he used Gray's as his muse.

He now drives a hot-rod golf cart around the Villages, the largest retirement community in Florida.) A custom ’32 Ford Roadster made of hand-carved myrtle wood. Robbie McClaran / Redux Pictures ...