Modern Rodding

1956 Ford Country Sedan Wagon

Wagons of all types became noticeably popular back in the early ’90s and have continued to be immensely so with rodders to this day. The 1956 Ford Country Sedan wagon belonging to Rob Hervey, who lives in a SoCal beach community, believes this hot rod is the perfect weekend beach cruiser/surf wagon. It has all the vintage-appealing looks, a 5.0L Ford Coyote V-8, and state-of-the-art suspension.

Of course, today’s rodders aren’t happy with vintage performance; they want today’s “have it all” engine and chassis performance, too. Throw into that everyone wants the vintage looks to

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