Hot Rods The Tom Peterson Roadster

I'm wondering if the craftsman who built the nose might have been influenced by the Studebaker Hawk grill. If the car was finished in '59, the Lowey design could have easily pointed the design in that direction.

 

i dont have anythin to add to what youve mentioned but it has been a favorite since i first got andy's book

 

That car sure has an "East Coast " look to it.

 

neat little roadster; wouldn't those fenders act as four small parachutes? must've had some really strong braces holding them.

 

Looks kinda like an Arkley SS to me.

 

@Ryan,

In one of my phone conversations with Andy, he mentioned that he had been contacted by someone claiming to have Tom Peterson's channeled '32 Roadster.

Shortly after that conversation, I remember reading a post on the H.A.M.B. regarding the car (with that same Andy Southard Jr. color photo attached).

EDIT: Yep ... entered "Tom+Peterson+Southard" into the handy-dandy H.A.M.B. search tool and found @bscottstudio's post in your "All Time Roadsters" thread ... just click HERE.

 

I don't remember much about the car except, it was in one of the little pages, Car Speed and Style, I think.

 

Its got that cool / sporty Allard feel.

 

56-57 hawks had that grille aleady, the 62 Hawk GT was just a progression.
It look more the little duece coupe

 

9 years? Good, I don't feel so bad now.

 

Neat roadster........

 

Hey Ryan, You made my day! Would you believe the roadster in question is owned and driven by one of your own alliance members?
I have been the one mentioned above talking to Andy Southard about the history of this roadster. We have been gathering info and pics for a post someday about the evolution of a duece roadster.
I have been around this roadster since it came to Kansas in 1968. It has never been sold. It has been traded and gifted among friends. I am the lucky owner at this time.
The car has gone through transformations through the years. But I am happy to report that every piece that was on it has been meticulously stored and kept with the car. I do mean everything kinmonts, SW Gauges, custom built wheels with P-59 propeller cone hubcaps, and real Auburn dash, and even the original upholstery is good. I could go on and on about the cool pieces. But I will save that for the post on the evoulution of this roadster. Or maybe turn it over to a gifted writer like yourself to do it up right.
For a little current history on the car it is being driven and enjoyed by four generations roadster pilots.
One of its most current trips was to the Texas thaw in February. 810 Miles in the cold. It has always had a chopped and raked top that was never pictured and heater.
Okay I rambling, but here is some current pics. If you want to chat about it come see me across the road from your booth at Lone Star Round Up. Roadster Pilot booth.

Thanks again, B-Scott

 

Holy crap... that's frickin' cool!!!

 

I'll probally take heat for saying this but I Like the after pic. way better than the before...

 

B-Scott ... I wondered how long it would take you to find this thread ... glad you did! ... oh, and feel free to keep "rambling" and/or posting more pics!



P.S. You might also want to checkout the Seen at the NSRA OKC event thread (just click HERE) ... a fellow HAMBer is looking for info on your company's handywork (featured on the dash of your Bitchin' '32 Tudor).

 

This is the only one that I have, it was taking at last years Stray Kat 500.....



One of the reasons that it is soo Kool, they drive it like it is their daily driver.

Very Kool!!

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

Thanks HEMI32 for keeping an eye out fer me. The studio gets real busy and can't check Hamb everyday. By the way Tom Peterson lived in Mountain View , Ca. when he built the roadster. Andy told me that the day he photgraphed the car at their home because it would'nt start. The day was Wednesday February 10, 1965. He shot 48 pictures black & white and 12 color. The article appeared in July issue 1965 Rod & Custom. He laughed, as R&C paid him 65.00 dollars for the article, and his records show that his expenses for the shoot were $25.69. So his profit was $39.31 for the roughly 6 1/2 hours spent driving, shooting,darkroom time and printing and writing! Not much profit even then but he said he loved doing it. He also gave me Tom"s wife address and phone # because she still lives in the house that is in the back ground. The family is looking for old pics of the car for me. More to come some day.
I have pics back to 68 when it was still channeled and was painted super dark blue. It is the same color now. It was unchanneled in 1985 and front horns put back on. It looks close to the pics I posted (more in my Album).
We plan to put front axle and kinmonts back on the car soon. But the key in the car is to drive and enjoy.
Hey send me a PM and I'll send you one of the new shirt designs for your trouble.

All for now, the art room is calling. B-Scott

 

B-Scott ... Andy's the best (and quite the talker! ) ... no need to send me a "new shirt design for my trouble" ... there was absolutely no trouble ... I love these "Whatever happened to _________?" threads ... and it sounds like you already understand what really matters in this hobby of ours (i.e., "the key in the car is to drive and enjoy") ... so the pleasure is all mine!

 

Nice to here those words time to get back to the drawing board, next up NSRA Golden State Art work for 2010, one from your area. Thanks B-Scott

 

unchanneled? I hate that word. that was a neat historic hot rod

 

only if they channel it again !

 

Okay I knew this debate would come up. The neat thing about this car was when it was channeled they only removed the cross sill plates. They kicked and bobbed frame then slid it in through firewall and bolted original sub rails to bottom of frame. So unchanneling was just an act of un bolting and rebolting to top of frame.The front horns were reattached and cross sills put back. You had to be there when my friend pondered this transformation for two years as to make the car his own and enjoy. His need to drive this car was fore most in his mind. The car was originaly just a show car. I myself could not fit in it at 6'2" nor could my friend Owen. But our friend Don Steinbrink drove the car many miles from 1968 to 1979 when he started to freshen it up. But that everything was kept for history and returnable for the next short slim owner is very kool.
I love your channeled 5W Casey and the way you drove 100 passes or so at the Texas Thaw was way cool. Should have introduced myself to ya. The car was there on the back row.
Well I need to stop with all this because there a lot of info I think we should save for an article.

 

It's a smaller world thanks to the HAMB! Awesome how so many of these stories connect on here.

 

thanks , wish I would have met ya, I don't think I even saw the car ?
I was kinda busy
I fit in a channeled 32 just fine put me on the next owner list and it will
be re channeled in a new york minute...

 

This is one of the reasons I can't justify missing even one day on the HAMB. Where else but here could a story like this develope and find so much information in such a short time. Thanks to all involved.

Frank

 

Just a bump of this 15+ year old thread . . .

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Thanks to @Trent Sherrill for this video featuring @AndySS’s photography

 

. . . and here's that article:

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