Although I appreciate this car because of it's lineage and place in the panoply of Hot Rod History, it never appealed to me then and still doesn't.
Man I’d try to get the 1956 red roadster survivor - also with hemi- that was at the roc last year, and the red roadster from 1956 from independence missouri all in one shot! ….and then I’d call @Ryan and put it on the jalopy auction house It ain’t for me but it’s a fantastic artifact for certain
I’d drive it. The builder obviously didn’t have the experts here to flame him or tell him what he was doing wrong. I dig it
There are elements of it that I really like...but I'd have to get all of the headlights pointing in the same direction or is it just me that thinks it has a lazy eye
You asked what I'd do to it . . . . 1) I'd redo the frame and suspension . . . just can't get into the coil-sprung front end. 2) I'd redo the interior - the current one would drive me nuts. 3) Redo the front headlight setup . . . too much going on for my taste From the little of everything else we can see - that would be where I'd start.
“Can’t argue with that. More than half a century later, the car appeared on Bring a Trailer where it failed to meet reserve at $30,000. Although that is a large sum, it is a bargain for a running, driving, Hemi-powered piece of hot rod history. If I had the chance to buy it, I’d drive it every day exactly as is. What would you do?” —Joey Ukrop The side profile is not too bad with the top up and resting. The 33-34 body has cool front opening doors that allow anyone to get in and out of the seating area with much better access. The whole 33-34 line was designed as the best looking early Ford style, not boxy or tall/squarish. Hello, Nice find of an nice looking build, with a few exceptions. I saw it too on the BAT and just looked and glossed over it to the next car. The color red and the original side view with the top is the best look in my eye. But, the first thing would be to take out the 32 grille and dual quad headlights. With that removed, now a nice stock red 33 grille could be put back in place. If the show quality knobs on the grille is necessary, then the matching red painted 33 grille is ready to show them off. Those front coil springs need to go away. For some car builds, they are acceptable, but for this roadster, they look out of place. Now with the front end cleaned up, the headers now need to be routed down and out to the back in smooth bends. Either ending in individual baffled pipes or into a collector. It is a street legal car so, those individual pipes need to go. Jnaki Now, before all of you preservationists go bananas for the changes, think about it. Why didn’t anyone buy the “historic” roadster? First of all, it has to be the red/white upholstery. That makes the design of the red 33 roadster look too garish. So, since that if the first thing everyone sees, that was the major hindrance to selling the roadster. Once a nice all white, all black or all tan leather upholstery is in place, then it becomes more attractive with the forementioned modifications. For those that like preserving history, this may be historic or obviously the “no sale” told the tale, it is not anyone’s “cup of tea.” The nice white top makes the design rather cool looking. But, one has to have some idea of whether the constant glare of red/white pattern is not going to knock your brain for a “toozy” in the road trips. YRMV For me, I like 1933-34 Ford roadsters, coupes, and other car/truck models. But this one needed some modifications to make it much nicer. Some of the best early cruising was done in a black 34 coupe with a big Oldsmobile motor for me. A friend had built one to be a dual street/strip hot rod and it was fast. The idea of a sleek looking all black 34 coupe was nicely done, but the ride plus sound of the big Oldsmobile motor was what hot rodding at the time was. A teenager with an after school job, saves enough to buy and build a hot rod for his daily cruiser. Then on the weekends, enters and wins in the A/Gas class at the local dragstrip. So, I have been partial to 33-34 styling from the Ford Factory. The coupe looked fast sitting still with the swept back styling and stance. Our friend's coupe was on a lowered rake that added to the attitude of a fast, cool looking hot rod. The red roadster had one thing positive going for it, the 33-34 styling. It just needed to go back to the stock appearance and change some necessary items. Sure, there were people that had new custom interiors, but for the times, it was usually all Black or all White tuck and roll, yes, even for daily use. Daily cleaning was a must with the blue Levis making their presence known on the White version. What would you do?
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We looked at the car when it was for sale by the original builder. It's amazing that it was unchanged all those years. The owner had all the trophys and could talk about it all day. It had some neat parts on it and craftsmanship was good for its time . I want my friend to get it Chris but someone got to it first. I hope he did end up with it as this is the first time I see it in years. It's a very small cockpit with the deep channel and recessed firewall . You would have to be 5 foot 6 to drive it . Cool but not my cup of tea
wicked cool interior and ton of work. The original owner said he changed it up from time to time by adding stuff
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