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Lennart Djurberg (September 24, 1935 - May 5, 2026) of Sollentuna in Stockholm, Sweden, was an early Swedish hot rod pioneer.Another pic
Many regarded him as the first in Sweden to establish the hot rod sport using tuned early Ford V8 engines, and he was known in the Swedish scene as something of a Swedish "Rodfather." Without him, the interest and the hobby would probably not have grown as large as it did in Sweden.
Lennart Djurberg's 1932 Ford Roadster De Luxe. Lennart, an early Swedish hot rod pioneer, bought the roadster in 1955 for 325 SEK from a man in Uppsala who delivered soda bottles to his father's Ford garage. It ran a 100 hp flathead along with hydraulic brakes and a reinforced chassis, and in 1956 Lennart tested it on a long trip through northern Sweden, Finland, and Norway. In 1959 a new engine block was prepared with the best tuning parts available at the time, and the car was repainted white and left looking original on the outside so that it would not attract too much attention from the police. In 1989, Lennart restored it to its original shape together with his son Johan Djurberg, and painted it Washington Blue with correct striping.
In 1998, Lennart built a new engine for the Roland Larsson roadster. The new engine was fit with Eddie Meyer heads and intake, bigger valves and an Iskenderian camshaft. The old Scintilla magneto distributor was kept. Photo courtesy of Leif Hultdin.
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