B.C. man’s home-built roadster finishes runner-up in prestigious U.S. competition
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Burnaby's Ken Green builds roadsters by hand and recently finished as runner-up at a prestigious car show.
It was a build that took Ken Green eight-and-a-half years in his Burnaby garage.
A David vs. Goliath story that put his 1931 Ford Highboy Roadster up against a winning professional team with very deep pockets.
“It’s known that he probably spent about $3 million to do his build,” said Green.
Green wants to keep his total cost private, but it was a drop in the bucket compared to that.
His car finished runner-up to a 1936 Ford. But just getting an invite to compete in the 75th Grand National Roadster Show is considered an honour.
“I had been going to the Grand National Roadster Show as a spectator for years, I didn’t think I would ever show a car,” said Green.
“I felt I had won, just being on the floor with the big dogs.”
He was just a kid when he fell in love with the car culture while hanging out at Wally’s Burgers in Vancouver.
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