Old Hot Rod '32 Roadster from 60s TV show Ghoulardi?

Hey Guys,
I hope the pictures upload ok????
Im hoping someone out there might be able to shed some light on a car I recently aquired?
Its an old '32 Roadster that was built back in the '50s or 60s and was supposed to be the car that was featured on a TV that was just shown up north called 'Ghoulardi'.
It been in Storage and aprt from the real ****TY 80s wheels added the car is pretty much a timewarp and has been in a garage for 35 years!!!
Car has lots of nicely done mods...channel job, molded dash ('41 Mercury) and a rolled rear pan. It has a '59 Corvette 283 with 6x2 as you can see.
Any help on this would be greatly appriciated!!!
Cheers
Dean
www.DicEmagazine.com

 

more pics....

 

Stay sick and turn blue,
you mean ernie anderson from cleveland ohio? that Ghoulardi?

Ernie Anderson shocked and delighted Northeast Ohio in the mid-1960s, when his Ghoulardi show was not to be missed on Friday nights. 30 years later, the Ghoulardi legend is still firmly rooted of the people who watched and in the pop culture of an entire city.

 

That would be 'down South' from here but a cool car anyway....seems as he was the local horror show host, don't know where the car fits in...

http://www.sampsontheater.com/gfinal1.html
http://ghoulardi.tripod.com/

CC

 

Hey Man,
Yeah I heard it was pretty popular!
You wouldn't happen to know if I could get some footage or pictures from it would you?
The 2 brothers that this car originally came from brought it straight from the studio in the '60s and didn't do much else after.
thanks,
Dean
www.DicEmagazine.com

 

You might try here..

http://www.geocities.com/ghoulardi.geo/index2.html

CC

 

Thanks man...Ill check it out and see what I can find!
I can wait for the new chrome reverse and whitewalls to go back on the car so it doesn't look like an '80s ****box streetrod!

Dean

www.DicEmagazine.com

 

That was one crazy show.................loved it when he would go to break blowing up model cars on air!!!

 

Dean you crazy sum*****......leave the car with me for a half hour so i can load sumptiin the trunk for ya! hahahaha

your ****ty friend Kev.

 

Egad, we've exceeded the poor guys transfer limit...in the Geek World, that's known as being "slash-dotted"!

 

Dean,
We have been gathering Ghoulardi stuff for almost 20 years....got film of the show, news clippings, photos, etcetc...but have not heard of the '32 in connection with the aired show....we have one source who , other than maybe Lux Interior, might have something to share- we will contact him....
You might also want to try to find "Big Chuck" in Cleveland ( PARMA????) who worked faithfully with Ernie Anderson on the show and was actually responsible for all the cool music Ghoulardi had in the background....He still works in television,we think, and had a sidekick called "Little John" in the '90s....
We also have a few personal live shots of Ernie in Ghoulardi drag from '60s live appearances, we will eyeball those for any info....
So stay sick and turn blue!

Johnny & Kali, the Purple Knifs

 

Hey Johnny!
Wow thats amazing man!
I really appriciate all the info and help thanks so much.
I can actually get ahold of Lux so Ill see what happens there and keep you posted.
do you know how I can reach big chuck?
Thanks again,
Dean

 

Kev!
hows it going man?
Hows my '39 Ford doin?
Dean

 

I lived in Cleveland from 64-67, going to school and working downdown. Ghoulardi was a big hit and funnier than hell. He created (I believe) the Polish Jokes, and many of my friends were Polish so it was a lot of fun. He was way out there in those days. Wracked my brain but cannot remember anything about the rod at all. Long live Ghoulardi and his old rod.

 

hey dean nice to hear from you hows things ? comming out here any time soon? take care billy

 

Do you have any pics of the car in its early stages? If you do you need to post them ASAP. Im sure i'm not the only one quorious to know what she looked like back in the day.

 

I've lived in the greater Cleveland area my entire life and Ernie was a local cultural icon....but I don't remember the car? Maybe it was in one or two of his skits. Big Chuck can still be seen on TV once in a while and Little John can too. I think Lil' John owns a jewelry store or something. Ernie got the boot because he went over the line one time to many!

 

the pics are nice but kinda small....what's the chances of blowing them up for us so we can see the detail a little better? good luck with the car, it looks great, mike

 

Ghoulari? When I watched the show (regularly for a couple years) it was called "The Ghoul". Basic 'B' movie monster stuff. I never saw the car. Maybe they did some local promo in person? Then again a lotta toxins have coursed through my system since then...what kinda car was it again?

 

HEY BILLY!
Hows it going Bro?
I am actually in California right now for a couple of months!
Im on a break from touring with the band...I need it big time!
Dean

 

I couldnt figure out how to make them bigger for the HAMB? I could only have them a certain size so I had to reduce them.
does anyone know how I can do it?

I dont have any early pics unfortunately.
The 2 brothers who had it the longest got it straight from the TV studios.
I think the car was used in a couple of episodes but maybe not a regular?

Thanks again guys for all the info,
Dean
www.DicEmagazine.com

 

I think you shold leave the rims and the sweet meats...
love
Jimmy White

 

I cant do that....I sold them already to the guy who owns "Circle City Hot Rods" for his new sweet shop project.
Sorry Bro
All My Love
Dince-ddd

 

how's this

 

Could someone explain how I upload bigger pics? I thought there was a limit to how big they go?

 

That helped. Now when you double left click you get a full size. Earlier it didn't help. Detail fuzzy, though. Not much you can do there.

 

I have very large detailed pics of the car but it wont let me upload big shots??????????

 

Never heard of "Ghoulardi", but I too watched '"The Ghoul" in the '70's. I believe it was out of Ohio somewhere. Don't remember any duece, but he did blow up Froggy a lot!

Steve

 

Hey Kid Rocker,
Wasn't this car on eBay a few months back? I know I saw it for sale somewhere, just can't quite place it??? Good luck with it. Enjoy your time here & keep giving Jimmy the hard time he deserves I'll deliver them to his door 4 u.

 

I was just talking about him to my son the other day & told him how he flipped the finger to all us little kiddies & that was the last we seen of him.