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Using that logic, Doane Spencer's (a teenager and a high school dropout) roadster would have been another good choice for Milner's ride. Ron

 

Sometimes you have to look at the impression it makes, not the car itself.

While Doane Spencer's roadster is well known in the Hot Rod world it is not well known to many other parts of the automotive lifestyle and completely unknown to the general public.

However, muscle car guys, oval trackers, drag racers know Milner's coupe as does the general public, and because of American Graffiti many people became interested in hot rods and immersed themselves in the history and learned about people like Doane Spencer

You also have to remember Doane Spencer's car was already a hot rod when he bought it, with a filled the grille shaved deck lid and a Dvall windshield and it evolved over time as he picked up skills to the car as we know it today.

Although I appreciate them for what they are I find nothing appealing about the Doane Spencer or Bob McGee roadsters, I am not a fan of the West coast Hi Boy style.

When you look at old photos of the average guy built cars there were a lot of cars that were awkward grills and cowls that don't line up, door gaps that aren't perfect etc....

 

Some cars, like other forms of art, are only famous because of their faults and damage. I walked all over the louvre to take a picture of the Venus De Milo, a statue that "may" represent Aphrodite (but no one knows for sure), from somewhere around 150 BC, all busted up and buried on the island of Melos until a farmer digs it up 200 years ago and now it's art. Go figure. I buried a cracked SBC behind my shop years ago, someday it may be dug up and placed in a museum, but I wouldn't bet and arm (or two ) on it.

 

This is a bit odd. I have always liked this car and pose. Issue one, volume one of Speed Mechanics,Jan 1953. 25 cents.

 

I like this one a lot! A lot of people don't like when the tires don't follow the wheel well line, but I do. It looks more aggressive to me.

 

I admit to liking the bobbed rear fenders on Milner's coupe

 

I'm easy, any 3 or 5 window that's chopped and channeled and fender less, that's powered by anything but a sbc or flathead! extra points if it has a caddy in it