Back in the ’50s, teenagers could buy cars from the ’30s with money made from odd jobs like mowing the neighbor’s lawn. Of course, the key element in the hot rod movement has always been stuffing a gnarly engine in what would otherwise be a discarded old car.

In contemporary reincarnations, it’s possible to get a clean-slate classic Ford, and a lot more power as well, as we’ll see in this ’32 Ford highboy from Fat Cat Rods. Granted, it was a big deal back then, but it’s hardly exciting by today’s standards.

When the ’32 Ford came out with the first flathead V8, the 221 ci engine was rated at a measly 65 hp.