barn find "little monster" (new york guy's help) Pic's update

Cool.

 

got to see this awesome hot rod in person last week. went with cad- lasalle and two other buddies. we pushed out of the garage, and hotrod keating fired it up and let her run. probably a once in a lifetime adventure. got to thank hotrod keating for giving us the up close and personal tour of it.

 

"Rust Runner"--it was my pleasure!! Your all welcome back anytime, well maybe not Randy-but thats another story!!

After reading thru this thread again, anyone with any history (other than what has been posted all ready)on the Little Monster, I'd be interested in!
I'd like to find any pictures of it at race tracks where Johnny raced it. Trophies would be cool (we can dream), plus an original "Rod Snapper" plaque, and jacket to finish it off. Been trying to locate a copy of the Steve Allen show with out any luck. The episode should be-season 4,#33, airdate-May 17, 1959..
Thanks, BPK!!
PS: Electric fan won't happen!! Car will always be Johnny Breens!!

 

Like I told Jim, the closest you'll probably come to getting an original plaque would be to order one from Dennis O'Brien. He has the original pattern and the only thing it won't have is the foundry mark on the back.

 

nice to get history with the car

 

Hot Rods are Cool,
Hot Rods with great history are a whole other level of cool !!!

 

thats killer!

 

This morning I reached into my collection of little car magazines and pulled out Custom Rodder, November 1961.

Settling into the throne, I started reading about a Long Island car club called the Freeport Rod Snappers. Cool club, cool cars. One little hot rod with a '35 Ford truck grille shell caught my eye. Being from the White Plains NY area originally, I wondered if I had seen that one at the County Center Rod & Custom show when I was a kid.

Out of curiosity, I check in at the HAMB, did a search and discovered this great thread. Here is the article:


CR11-61a by DaveTartaglia, on Flickr


CR11-61c by DaveTartaglia, on Flickr

 

More:

CR11-61d by DaveTartaglia, on Flickr


CR11-611aa by DaveTartaglia, on Flickr

 

Now that's cool....

 

Hey Folks,
We will have the "Little Monster" out at the Essex Jct., Vt. NSRA show in Sept. 2012 for your viewing pleasure!! BPK!!

 

post pic's of the car at the show....thanks

 

bpk,
see you up there. ed and randy plan on it to.
bruce

 

Hey Jim,
The "Little Monster' was a smashing success! It also was in good company!! It was great to get it out there on the field under its own power! Turned a lot of heads!! Friends were upset, as it was sucking the attention from thier cars--yuk-yuk!
I can't fiqure out the trick for listing pictures, as everytime I tried to list them, they came back invalid! So heres the links--enjoy--Thanks, BPK!!
http://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/snoballs
http://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/nsrashow1
http://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/lilmonsternsra2

 

here ya go...

 

Thanks Jim--hope all is well!! BPK!!

 

Bringing this one back from the dead. Looks like Mr. Keating is going to pass this along to another lucky owner.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD...7191148?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c302abb6c

 

I hope whomever buys this car, They keep it the way it is. find more history and display that,.. take it for a spin once in a while, and enjoy it. Its a great story and a great car.
Parking em sucks, Drivin em and enjoying em, Its good for the soul

 

very cool i wish i had some extra dough.

 

Now this is what it's all about.

 

amazing

 

I just found this site, absolutely great that someone got this car. I drove past it for years on business and wanted to buy it so bad! That sign kept me away however. I thought I would post the pictures I took when I first saw it way back when....Pretty nice Riviera and Baja he had also.

 

Geeeezzzzz........crazy.

 

Where is the Coupe at now?

 

What he said

 

Welcome to the HAMB, please repost your photos so we can see them. Bob

 

Dunno if you'll get a reply. His post was from Aug. 23. 2013. . And according to his profile: . "
"THECARBGUY WAS LAST SEEN: Sep 14, 2013"

 

When I was a very young boy, this idiot and his father, parked this car and a piece of shit trailer in my mother's front yard. They pulled this car into her garage and padlocked it and their trailer shut. I once snuck in and got my head stuck in the chopped window. Everyone that I am related to is a moron, and I would love to make an offer on this car. Can anyone out there help me find it?

 

I remember the idiot used to swap stuff between this car and a P.O.S. Ford Ranchero, but I don't understand the wheels and tires. The cheaters that I remember were twice as wide and half as tall. The radiator almost hit the floor.