If you are into period specific rods, then Vern Tardel is THE man! This is not the Boydster bullshit, this is the real deal. You won't find any fiberglass or chevy 350 conversions with auto trans, just original pieces. I went over to Mike C's house to grab a ride in his '41 Ford flathead pickup and wait for Jay in his '39 Merc flathead droptop. We hit the road and headed up HWY 101 to Santa Rosa and dropped into the sticks where Vern has his shop. Kevin from England and his gal came over for a 3 week holidy and told Mike they'd meet him there. You can't imagine what this place is like. There must have been 300 flathead engines just lying around with an easy 40+ classic cars and trucks. And this is just Vern's collection and a few customer cars. Vern and his partner Gary and brother Mike were just what you'ld expect - 50 or 60something year old guys that eat, drink, and sleep classic rods. These guys knew every mod in the book, which makes sense since Vern and Mike wrote a book called "How to Build a Traditional Ford Hot Rod". The shop is a big barn like structure with all tools known to man, and a few extras. Vern was in the process of building at least 5 different 32 Coupes along with a handful of other sweet rides. Too much for me to write, but check out the pics in my pic section and more importantly, go see Vern's page at http://www.verntardel.com/
