Event Coverage AMBR 2024 winner

Here it is boys, this years winner!!!

 

I’d drive it

 

I bet she won't

 

Cool

 

Once it comes off the show circuit I'd bet it gets driven.

 

I gotta admit I'm not a huge fan of the wheels, but everything else pushes my buttons. And, oh those flames!

 

Not a roadster

 

I like it. Total hotrod! And not the same old recipe.

 

I’m not sure if it deserves a moon type tank, but I am still learning.

 

Roadster?

 

Ah, no!

 

Agree, will stand the test of time. Better than many past winners.

 

@Jim Bouchard

Hello,

Nice capture of the this year’s winner. A lot of time and effort went into that particular build. We all know how much it takes to do a ground up build, especially the detailing it takes to show the car to everyone who is a critic of the designs or how it looks to the world.

The Grand National Roadster Show has been going on for a long time and we have seen those early versions up in San Francisco and Oakland for years. It is nice to have it in So Cal as it seems to be the easy access to all shops and customers of hot rod circles.

This year’s winner as photographed, looks like one we have all seen over the years of the popular version of what most think is a “hot rod.” Tom McMullen’s nice 1932 flamed roadster.

Tom McMullen’s ’32 was “the most identifiable hot rod of all time.” so, goes the history…

Jnaki

The winner of this year’s award seems to be a memory of those design techniques of the popular 1932 roadster from our history in So Cal hot rod circles. Even though the gas tank, if real, is an insurance nightmare… nice new look and hard work… YRMV

 

An AMBR roadster is whatever the AMBR says a roadster is.

 

Very Well Done And Earned With Lots Of Time/Work And Investment....Enjoy...

 

Nice, you can park it in my garage.

Thanks for the winner's photo.

 

The LA Roadsters have always included 1937 and earlier roadsters as well as other 'open' models with removable windshields such as Phaetons.

 

AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER AWARD GUIDELINES AND RULES

• Open to 1937 and older U.S. Production based roadsters, roadster pickups, Phaetons and touring s cars including designer roadsters that resemble 1937 or older U.S. built roadsters. Cars cannot have roll up side windows.
• The vehicle must be making its debut in finished form at the Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS). Non-competition display of the unfinished vehicle, or any part of the vehicle (i.e. frame, engine or body) at another indoor or outdoor show (as well as online) is accepted for the purpose of promoting the entities/people involved in vehicle construction.
• Print, digital magazine, and social media build coverage is allowed as long as the vehicle is not shown in its finished state.
• No photos or video may be published of the vehicle in its finished form until after the car has been unveiled at GNRS.
• Artist conceptual renderings are allowed for sponsor proposals and builder promotions.
• The vehicle must prove to be functional. It must start, stop, move forward and backward, turn left and right under its own power before judging begins.
• The AMBR competition is a special class with outstanding awards for Engine, Interior, Paint, Detail, Undercarriage, Engineering and Display.
• AMBR entries will not be eligible for any other awards including class judging and special awards. AMBR entries will still be eligible for “pick” awards.

 

Looks like a big Hot Wheels toy. I like that.

 

Congrats, hope it gets used in the future.

 

The very reason I'm not a fan but hey, different strokes and all that......

 

Cool

 

My opinion does not count. I don't think exposed hinges should be chrome plated. See 2023 AMBR. This 28 they go un-noticed. Longer suicide doors.

 

Another example. Painted hinges

 

Of all the options, they could have picked worse. I like most things about this.

 

I have to give credit where credit is due. All of the AMBR contestants look lots better than what I'm driving.

 

Painted hinges Pshhh... Go toot your own horn and bump your own threads AGAIN.

It's a cool ride. It was my pick out of the contenders.

 

Hinges. Chrome em if you got em!

 

Chrome hinges are a Brizio thing.

 

It’s certainly nicer than anything I could build. I have a hard time finding fault with something of this build quality. It is beautiful.