Doane spencer biography of william hill

You’ve heard it said that Deuce roadsters are like bellybuttons – everyone has one.

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Well, maybe not everyone, but you get the point. The venerable and iconic ’32 roadster is hot rodding’s signature ride. Original steel, fiberglass, new steel, it doesn’t matter, the Deuce’s timeless profile and rich history ensure its place as car-guy royalty.

A few key ’32 are believed to be instrumental in establishing the Deuce’s lionization, and the highboy owned by Doane Spencer in the mid-1940s is one of them.

The car was originally owned by Spencer’s high school buddy Jack Dorn, who picked it up in 1941.

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Dorn, a hot-rodder himself, had modified the car in the style of the period, save one notable exception: it’s defining split V-shaped DuVall windshield. The windshield was Spencer’s doing, as it had been affixed to his Model A.

When Doane wrecked it, he handed off the windshield to Dorn.

In 1944, Spencer talked his friend out o