Brothers Scott and Mike Mitzke operate an auto repair shop in Poi Sippi, Wis., near Old Cars Weekly headquarters. In addition to old cars, the brothers are into “old school” hot rods and have one with real family history. Their family’s life with the hot rod dates back to 1963, when their father Clyde bought the car from a man who lived in the nearby city of Berlin, Wis. With Father’s Day approaching, Clyde’s Chevy is bringing his boys lots of notoriety.
The 1931 Chevy is not a shiny, pro-built hot rod that is going to win the Riddler Award or a top prize at the Oakland Roadster Show. However, it is a sort of roadster even though it was a closed-body car the day it left the factory. When it was hot rodded, someone cut off the top to create an “open air” ride. Clyde didn’t build the car this way; he bought it as a roadster in the early ’60s and drove it until about ’67.
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