<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/" rel="tag">Classics</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/" rel="tag">Performance</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/auction-action/" rel="tag">Auctions</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/special-limited-editions/" rel="tag">Specialty</a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><small><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---00.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>1932 Ford "Licorice Streak Special" Tracknose roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong></div>
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When television funnyman Tim Allen rang up Steve Moal and asked for a custom Tracknose roadster, his response was the car you see here. It's known as the "Licorice Streak Special" and it's won numerous awards in the 10 years since the <em>Home Improvement</em> star was handed the keys. The gang at Moal Coachbuilders did their typically wonderful job of turning out an immaculate one-off that captures the attitude of a classic hot rod with modern designer touches that make this car equally at home at a week-night cruise-in or on the Links of Pebble Beach.<br />
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It's technically a '32 Ford, but very little of it would have been available to someone wandering into a Ford dealership back in the day. Just check out all of those Art Deco brass bits by "Kaki" Kakizaki. It's got an aluminum body stretched over a custom tube chassis and is powered by a built SVO 351 that definitely delivers "more power" (*Cue appropriate grunting*). <br />
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While it would take something on the order of $450,000 - $500,000 to replicate it, the Licorice Streak Special is up for bid for another 8 days or so and is currently still below its reserve at "just" $85,100. Check out the gallery below and the <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Moal-Street-Rod-TIM-ALLEN-celebrity-car-model-T-C ustom_W0QQitemZ140347094651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item20ad56b67b &_trksid=p4506.c0.m245#ht_2425wt_1165">eBay Motors listing</a> for all of the details about the build. <em>Thanks for the tip, Matthew.</em><br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/">Tim Allen's 1932 Ford "Licorice Streak Special" Tracknose roadster</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Moal-Street-Rod-TIM-ALLEN-celebrity-car-model-T-C ustom_W0QQitemZ140347094651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item20ad56b67b &_trksid=p4506.c0.m245#ht_2425wt_1165">eBay Motors</a>]<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>1932 Ford "Licorice Streak Special" Tracknose roadster - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></em></strong></div>
<br />
When television funnyman Tim Allen rang up Steve Moal and asked for a custom Tracknose roadster, his response was the car you see here. It's known as the "Licorice Streak Special" and it's won numerous awards in the 10 years since the <em>Home Improvement</em> star was handed the keys. The gang at Moal Coachbuilders did their typically wonderful job of turning out an immaculate one-off that captures the attitude of a classic hot rod with modern designer touches that make this car equally at home at a week-night cruise-in or on the Links of Pebble Beach.<br />
<br />
It's technically a '32 Ford, but very little of it would have been available to someone wandering into a Ford dealership back in the day. Just check out all of those Art Deco brass bits by "Kaki" Kakizaki. It's got an aluminum body stretched over a custom tube chassis and is powered by a built SVO 351 that definitely delivers "more power" (*Cue appropriate grunting*). <br />
<br />
While it would take something on the order of $450,000 - $500,000 to replicate it, the Licorice Streak Special is up for bid for another 8 days or so and is currently still below its reserve at "just" $85,100. Check out the gallery below and the <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Moal-Street-Rod-TIM-ALLEN-celebrity-car-model-T-C ustom_W0QQitemZ140347094651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item20ad56b67b &_trksid=p4506.c0.m245#ht_2425wt_1165">eBay Motors listing</a> for all of the details about the build. <em>Thanks for the tip, Matthew.</em><br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/">Tim Allen's 1932 Ford "Licorice Streak Special" Tracknose roadster</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---04_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/tim-allens-1932-ford-licorice-streak-special-tracknose-roadster/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/licoricestreakspecial---05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Moal-Street-Rod-TIM-ALLEN-celebrity-car-model-T-C ustom_W0QQitemZ140347094651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item20ad56b67b &_trksid=p4506.c0.m245#ht_2425wt_1165">eBay Motors</a>]<br />
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