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David Martin
Octane
|April 2025
The renowned Los Angeles architect and petrolhead built his first car aged just 14
1. I have been refining a '31 Ford hot rod since 1980. It won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) award at the Grand National Roadster Show in 2018. My friend, Carlo Traglio, is a jewellery designer and presented me with this very precious gift of cufflinks with diamond wheels and a blue stone body in the exact shape of the roadster.
2. Stewart-Warner gauges captured the American market and one of the most successful was a 160mph speedometer. I am sure that 99% never reached 100mph - just think, half of this gauge has never been used.
3. When I was 17, I joined a hot rod club in Hollywood called the LA Roadsters Car Club. It had members like Dick Scritchfield, who owned the McGee roadster at the time. Actor Norm Grabowski and Tom McMullen, founder of Street Chopper and
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