Oct 18, 2023 · The first gow jobs were Ford Model Ts, but the more advanced Model A became the vehicle of choice in the late ’20s. Modified carburetors, higher compression ratios, and larger displacements, along with a variety of other techniques, served to increase the horsepower output of the four-banger engines.

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Dec 2, 2020 · You see many Model A’s in Depression-era photos, but the T rapidly disappeared from the American scene after production ended in 1927. By 1936, they were nearly extinct in many areas. Appropriately, then, David started with a …

May 26, 2023 · Quite simply, “gow job” is a handy term for differentiating the kinds of home-built performance cars constructed before World War II from those that came after. The phrase itself is old-time California-speak.

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Jan 31, 2020 · Model T-based racers were raced at county fairs and hillclimbs, sometimes sanctioned, sometimes “outlaw” events. The race cars were often described as “gow jobs” and being “souped up,” terms whose origins are discussed in a couple of posts in the Jalopy Journal, published by the H.A.M.B. forum.

Oct 2, 2023 · To achieve gow, dig or launch requires a very favorable power-to-weight ratio. Henry Ford did it by reducing his Model Ts to their bare essentials, then heating up their four-cylinder engines ...

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1,056 Followers, 187 Following, 59 Posts - @gow_jobs_and_early_speedsters on Instagram: "Focusing on the 1938 and earlier period of hot rodding. If you would like your gow posted DM message me."

Jan 1, 2023 · Why weren't these modified Model T's the first hot rods? Because they didn't race in a straight line on dry lakes. Because they weren't called gow-jobs or soup-ups or hop-ups.