Terry Munroe made an interesting and unusual choice when it came to spending his prize money after taking the Alcohol Funny Car win in San Antonio last month.

Munroe purchased a ’29 Ford coupe over the Internet after months of searching for just the right one. This one is a ready-to-roll rat rod, complete with primer, a raucous old Oldsmobile engine, and a very chopped top. Terry Munroe made an interesting and unusual choice when it came to spending his prize money after taking the Alcohol Funny Car win in San Antonio last month.

Munroe purchased a ’29 Ford coupe over the Internet after months of searching for just the right one. This one is a ready-to-roll rat rod, complete with primer, a raucous old Oldsmobile engine, and a very chopped top.

“I finally found one, and we went and got it last weekend and threw it together for this weekend,” said Munroe. “This is the big look in California right now, so that probably made it harder to get one.”

“I wanted a pickup truck so it would be functional,” Munroe continued. “We’re going to put all of our stuff that we take to the starting line in it and use it as our tow vehicle. It is actually going to make our lives a lot easier.”

Munroe doesn’t have too many plans as far as spiffing the old cruiser up from its current state. “It’s definitely going to be flat black for the next race. I don’t like this red primer it’s in now. Black is my color. Other than that I’m leaving it as it is.”

This isn’t the first time an AFC competitor has shown up to the races with an interesting tow vehicle this season. Last month at the Texas Nationals, Tony Bogolo used a Superperformance replica of a Shelby Cobra, supplied to him by his sponsor Dynatek, to tow his car around the San Antonio Raceway grounds.

Munroe continued his tear through the Alcohol Funny Car ranks Friday night, covering the rest of the field by over a tenth of a second en route to the number one qualifying position. Larry Dobbs’ 5.921 was the closest anyone could get to Munroe’s 5.804.