While it does make a great-looking custom, the stock-appearing body makes for a good-looking street rod. After seeing Hans Geerke’s effort under the capable hands of Roy Brizio and his crew at Roy Brizio Street Rods, rodders might begin looking more closely at this year as a great hot rod potential. The 1936 three-window coupe pictured here features a great deal of stock sheetmetal as the bulk of the body and hood. Still, it does feature a filled roof, cowl vent, shortened bumper brackets that draw the bumpers in closer to the fenders enhancing the look, shortened taillight stands, a frenched rear license plate mounting point, and the addition of a third taillight (Center High Mounted Stop Lamp, CHMSL), reminiscent of modern Detroit Iron. The sheetmetal was painted in Destroyer Gray (popular with new cars today) in Glasurit 90 under the care of Joe Compani of Compani Color.

Inside, the dashboard is based on a stock 1936 Ford coupe but modified at Brizio’s to accept a complement of Classic Instruments Classic Series gauges with the Brizio logo printed onto the faces. From here, an Enos wiring panel is used; all of it was installed at Brizio’s by Jim Vickery, who also included the Vintage Air A/C system in the wiring program. The tilt steering column is an Ididit with a Juliano’s banjo-style wheel. Next up is a Glide Engineering bench seat now covered in gray leather, including the door and kick panels. The headliner was done in Mohair, along with automotive gray carpeting stitched at Sid Chavers Company—a longtime favorite of Brizio’s to handle any stitchwork.

Power is always reliable, a 350-inch small-block from the Chevrolet Performance crate engine line. From here, the venerable Chevy V-8 was outfitted with an Edelbrock Performer intake decked out with an Edelbrock four-barrel carb, mechanical fuel pump, 14-inch RPC air cleaner, and valve covers. An MSD electronic distributor, an MSD coil, Taylor plug wires, a generator and starter from Powermaster, and an Optima battery are used. A Cooling Components electric fan and a trans cooler from B&M assist with cooling. The exhaust system is based on a pair of Speedway Motors cast manifolds that dump into 2-1/4-inch tubing that moves the gases to Stainless Specialties mufflers. Moving this power rearward is a Turbo 350, old school, and we like it.

The chassis is based on a Total Cost Involved fully boxed frame that houses a TCI IFS, Ridetech coilover shocks, and a TCI sway bar. The steering is by way of a rack-and-pinion, along with GM 11-inch rotors and calipers, all pressed into service. In the back, a Ford 9-inch gearset is used, spinning 3.0 gears along with Currie axles and a Driveline Specialties driveshaft. The rear shocks are more Ridetech coilovers working with a TCI four-bar setup. Braking comes from Wilwood, and it also uses 11-inch rotors, four-piston calipers, and a Wilwood 15/16-inch bore master cylinder. Rolling stock comes from Wheel Vintiques steelies that measure 6×15 and 7×15 and are all wrapped with Michelin Defender radial rubber: 205/65R15 and 235/75R15.

Maybe the 1935 Ford coupe hasn’t received the attention it should have from the rodding world, but we can’t blame Hans for not putting in the effort