Exposed rear hairpins point down different angle from front. Two angles kind of "clash" to my minds eye.... Much nicer look with rear hairpins hidden.
Huh! I have the same magazines around here and have looked at them many times and never noticed that! I guess I always just assumed that it had Ford bones running underneath... And we know what happens when you assume!!! I'll have to dig up the Rod Action article again though, as I do think I remember it getting an open driveline at that particular time.
It's the elephant in the room, I was wondering how long till someone said it. Easy fix though, and it's not something that Blackie did.....
The car is on the cover of the Dec. 1974 Rod Action Magazine, the article inside asks to guess the original builder. I bought and was intending to build something similar in 2000 bought loss of job forced sale. I have loved the look since I bought the Rod action in 74 High school even in this state. I'm from the 70's and those big chrome reverse were all the rage.
This is the way car shows looked when I was a kid, Man I miss those days. My favorite show was the "Cowtown Nationals" back before "street rod" was a bad word. I love the chrome wheels and moon caps on this car. You sure as hell can't buy anything that looks like this today. my question is where the hell are all these cars? I can't believe all of them were victims of the 80's hot pink flames and easter egg paint jobs.
Personally I'm normally not a fan of "T's" but that car is gorgeous. Especially love the rolled belly pan and the other details. Ned
"these cars" are in collections, probably only to be seen by the 'elites" They all did not fall off the face of the earth..
good stuff here. I pretty much discovered this post by accident earlier tonight. I have a personal interest here in that i grew up with this car when i was a kid, meaning that it was my Dads car at one time. He is the one who found and restored it back in 73/74. fwiw, he is also a Dick.... in the coming days i'll post up some more info and a photo or two.....thanks to the O.P. for starting this thread, only wish I'd seen it sooner........
when the Car was shown at the Oakland Roadster Show, we had these custom air brushed shirts made. I used to wear this thing quite a lot when I was a kid. the most important thing is, I still have it....notice it says World's Most and not America's Most.....
Dick Falk in Walnut Creek owned that car for a while. I was told Dick Falk's Sister dated Dick Williams back in the day.... Just my 2 cents...
And the airbrush T shirt by "The GREAT Reinero" . I have a shirt he did for me, might be a year newer than yours. I haven't seen him in a couple of years. I wonder how he is doing?
Unfortunately, I believe Dennis Reinero died a year or so ago. I used to talk to him quite a bit at different shows, he was quite a character. Mick
Dick Williams' car, now in Blackie Gejeian's collection, looks very different than it did back in '53. Different color, big tires, rear hairpins. AMBR 53, did your dad make all those changes?
Sorry to hear Dennis passed. To say he was a character is certainly an understatement. Over a 20 year period he airbrushed shirts at the Eugene Autorama that our club ran. Many a night we BS'ed, he always had a rum & coke under the counter (except when he was on the wagon). Some times he roped a local sweetie into helping in the booth, on those times he disappeared early. I always took the time to say Hi when he worked Oakland, Sac, Portland or GNRS. In the later years his hands were crippled from all the abuse holding the airbrush for hours and hours, and he sold his toys. A talented entertaining guy, I'll miss him.
the Car as we see it today, save for Blackie painting the engine block white (terrible looking IMO) is pretty much how My Dad restored it. color/tires/steering wheel/hairpins .....
your half correct, 50.... the Car was never black. it was *originally* painted a deep dark Maroon in 1974 as part of the restoration. then in late 75, it was painted the Candy Apple Red it still wears to this day. both time's the car was painted by Dick Falk (my Dad). the Candy Red thats still on the 27 is also the very same Candy Red used on the Cunningham 40 Ford that was restored by Bill Roach in 1972, meaning it came out of the same can if you will....now I'm not 100% sure, I'd have to do some digging but I think there might even be some of that old Candy Red Lacquer still sitting around today.....
Wow, very interesting! I know your dad a little; I bought a set of his repop Studebaker taillights for the '40 convert that's in my avatar. His '35 tub and his '40 coupe are my favorite versions of those models; he's done some amazing work!
here's an interesting shot. I found this a few months ago just as a fluke, it's supposedly a newspaper/press type of photo from the 1950's. not sure if it was published but there is no doubt what Car this is. more then likely taken in or around Oakland. not sure either who the people are but my Dad say's that the guy standing there is not Dick Williams.....
Happy Dick Williams Day?..... Here is a recent photo of Dick Falk taken along side a poster featuring a collection of previous AMBR winners pointing out the Dick Williams Roadster pictured up on the top row.....
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