Hot Rods Tired of homogenized hotrods

This was Hamber @OLLIN's Hotrod but its a 28/9 where the other is 30/31...I can't recall the one in the auction that was a late Hamber's collection aided by another Hamber but when I find it I will share it...it was done more often than we'd imagine as I've seen quite a few...and yes just part of the Culture of Hotrod really...

 

Again, I'll bet it was inspired by an old pic of a Hotrod the builder saw...it has a highly traditional presence right down to the tires...I've shared 36 fords with 32 shells so I'd like to know the story...

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...932-ford-roadster-find.1279058/#post-14674505

...This Hotrod like mine spent time both in the US where it was built and Canada. Where it differs from mine is it went back south again in what is really quite the story well worth reading...in the end it was reunited with a man that as a young'un just developed a love for it but it was his Uncles and many moons ago he sent it Northward instead of keeping it in the family...but again it ended up where it should have and the now grown up Cousin I believe he would be is enjoying the revived Hotrod to the fullest. What is very fortunately coincidental is the man who bought it from his uncle basically revived the vintage Hotrod as it was back in the day as true to its original configuration as he could which was what his Uncle was always asked to do but never got around to it...

...a great little story...the only downside is the Uncle has never seen the restored Hotrod since its departure many moons ago...Family can sometimes be like that...maybe it'll all smooth out just like the body free of so many original seams and gaps from it's past visit with Leadsville...




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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1926-rpu.1326439/

...Hamber @Bondo Slinger's parting with this but man he did a standup job on it...

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...adster-show-car-built-by-bob-mcadams.1327316/

...Another stunner with provenance...up for grabs...


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I agree nothing beats a good imagination

 

Really nice. Love the Olds hubcaps. Where is the front spring or springs?

 

underslung...

 

Agreed, welcome to the Hamb...Share a pic or two of your Showrod that see's road duty therefore a Hotrod/Custom of sorts...

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1932-5w-richard-dickie-roys-coupe.1329799/#post-15478378

...Dayuum...Look what has just been Unearthed...Canadian Bacon...and it's went South to a fantastically deserving Hamber...Congrats @59sedandelivery...

2025...YAHOOO!!!!

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...guess who...

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Never got into the cabinet knob grill thing. These may be the after market cabinet knobs you could get at the speed shop instead of the hardware department at Montgomery Wards.

 

That Coupe has went through a LOT of Facelifts...I'm okay with the wild nose...It goes with the back which is complimentary a sprinkle of the Jetsons...Cosmic Man

 

Thank you for the nice post. I am Ron's nephew and now own the roadster. It will never leave the family again!!! I was blessed to find the car again at Hershey!!

 

Your welcome Ron...yes that was quite the story...every ride you have in that Hotrod will take you back to another time in such a changed world...I really enjoy that with mine being I was too young to experience 1963 in a Hotrod...

 

...this looks like something @JimSibley would create...that it reminds me of that Coupe Bugaro was working on...



https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/poor-mans-three-window.1099029/page-13#post-13028083

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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Wow! I'm certainly stupid but I don't understand what's going on around headers. What is the 5th?

 

Agree with Dubonet ^^^. What with headers? A guess: zoom in looks like valve cover reads “Cadillac”; center single exhaust port splits into two; then with fabricated intake put another exhaust pipe from exhaust crossover normally used to heat intake; normal pipe from end of head 2 exhaust - result in five pipes each side. Strange. Also confused by long thing under valve cover - holds spark plug wires?

 

Long thing under valve cover...header flange?
The wires are above that flange coming in from the ends of the head. The extra pipe is as you describe a crossover thats vented into the exhaust exits to perhaps be carried away with those gases...

 

Hello,

Back in 1958, going to the drags through the front gate was awesome. For years, my friends had been walking across the farmer’s fields from our junior high school baseball field. Sitting on the railroad tracks coming from the harbors to the west was our perch to view the sounds we heard while playing football or baseball on the fields just adjacent to the elevated railroad tracks. But, making the trek across the dirt fields was, well dirty. We had to walk like a ballerina and not kick up a lot of dust. That alerted the security force at the dragstrip.

Our goal was to stand on the farmer’s field and almost able to touch the return road racers, on their way to pick up the timing slips. As long as we stood on the dirt field, no one could touch us or make us go away. Sometimes the security cars would drive by and tell us to go away. Other times, they just gave us mean looks and parked right in front of us to block our view. Then, when we moved a few steps left or right, they moved on down the road to the tower.


The first time we actually drove into the front entrance, I was taking a film of the 58 Impala, while my brother was paying for our entrance.


Jnaki

When we drove into the pit area, we found a nice spot to set up and get ready. As we took our stuff out of the trunk and back seat, I had time to wander around and take some films. The first car I saw was not a competitor. It still had the full custom hubcaps and looked like the owner just got out and walked away or to the competition car sitting a few steps away in the vast pit area.

We already knew our friend had his 34 Ford 5 window coupe at the drags, racing in the A/Gas class. But, this 34 coupe had modified fenders and full hubcaps. That would have made him not in a Gas Coupe/Sedan Class. The modified fenders would have put him in an Altered Class. So, the light blue coupe was probably a friend or part of the pit crew.

Something to note was that the modified fender style was rare in our So Cal area. Coupes and sedans, yes they were there on the streets. But a coupe/sedan without full fenders was a rare one and perhaps from another area of So Cal tagging along with the pit crew for the drags. YRMV