Looking Back
When we started this project, we said:
" While anytime is a good time to build a hot rod, we happen to think that this is an exceptionally good time. As this kickoff article is being written in January 2006, we are a little less than a year away from 2007 and, more specifically, the 75th. anniversary of the 1932 Ford."

We went on to say:
"We acknowledge that not everyone will be excited by this anniversary but we don’t get many occasions to celebrate in the hot rod world so why not not expand the scope of this celebration and simply celebrate the hot rod? That is essentially what we are going to do throughout this “odyssey” although, being suckers for the ’32, we’re excited about 2007 and look forward to the celebrations that will occur that year."

And, about our selection of the word "odyssey", we said:
"More than just a play on the book/movie title 2001: A Space Odyssey, the term odyssey was selected because of the meaning of the word in context of this project. It’s defined as:

'a long trip or period involving a lot of different and exciting activities, esp. while searching for something'.

Pulling from the definition, It is virtually inevitable that this project will be filled with many 'different and exciting activities' (there’s exciting then there’s exciting). In terms of the 'searching', we’ll be searching for parts, solutions, and the meaning of life. Well, not really the meaning of life as we already know that hot rodding is the meaning of life. Right?"

So, having reiterated that, was this an odyssey as defined above? No question. In fact, it became an even bigger odyssey than what was originally scoped. Specifically, our original plan was to join a few friends and take a drive (a long drive) from Ontario to British Columbia for the Deuce Day celebrations in Victoria. Well, one thing led to another and the idea of a full-fledged hot rod tour was born and shortly after, Canadian Rodder announced plans for an organized event. As it turned out, 21 friends made the whole drive with almost 150 participating in total.

Our Thanks
We sincerely hope you have enjoyed this project series and want to acknowledge the fantastic companies and people that made this project possible - in particular, Dream Machines Ltd. It would be an understatement to say that heart and soul went into this build. Despite an ambitious build schedule, the car was finished in time and performed beautifully on our maiden journey - with only a few hundred miles on the odometer.