{"id":2774,"date":"2013-08-12T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2019-07-28T14:27:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T19:27:13","slug":"henry-kesslers-1931-ford-rat-rod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2774","title":{"rendered":"Henry Kessler\u2019s 1931 Ford Rat Rod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everything on this 1932 Ford is wild. The engine is a huge straight-six from a 1952 Diamond Reo truck and has over 1,000,000 miles on it. It produces 275 horsepower but a healthy 1,640 lb-ft of torque. The frame rails are made out of city light poles and the airbag suspension is from a city bus. The gas tank is located behind the &#8220;firewall&#8221; and is under the dash. No matter what you think of this, you have to appreciate Henry&#8217;s enthusiasm for the project. He seems to really enjoy driving it and allowing others to enjoy it as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xxRp1zFxKBY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/drive.jalopnik.com\/this-rat-rod-is-part-car-part-tractor-all-insane-883554577\">Drive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything on this 1932 Ford is wild. The engine is a huge straight-six from a 1952 Diamond Reo truck and has over 1,000,000 miles on it. It produces 275 horsepower but a healthy 1,640 lb-ft of torque. The frame rails are made out of city light poles and the airbag suspension is from a city&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2774\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Henry Kessler\u2019s 1931 Ford Rat Rod<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2545,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2545","url_meta":{"origin":2774,"position":0},"title":"Ken Block&#8217;s Gymkhana 5 Fiesta with a 600 hp Turbo Focus Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ken Block drives a special Fiesta in Gymkhana 5. 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