Hot Rods COOLEST "A" ROADSTER Ever!?!?! Lambrose/Iacono 99 Jr.

Drag racer and all around nice guy, Neil O'Kane, finished the resto on the 99Jr. car about a year ago (and debuted it at last August's West Coast Nationals), but I'm still so stoked when I see it. I'm not sure if it's my favorite A roadster ever, but it just may be!

He had it at the Goodguys Get-Together this past weekend and I was lucky enough to get to do a feature on it for the August issue of the Gazette.

Here are a few of the outtakes.

 

Love that car....

 

Exquisite, one of my favorite cars these days. Thinking about that Ford 'box between my legs behind a potent Jimmy makes me nervous!

 

You said...box. And Jimmy. And potent.

 

and between my legs! Dirty mind...

 

Beautiful car (and I love the color), beautifully restored, but ever is a real long time.....

 

Great car with great history. Thanks for the pics

 

Hey Kirk, any chance you have pics of the cowl top with the fabric off? I would like to see how the windshield base/cowl top was done. The way the fabric snaps on so smooth, looks *****in.

 

Close to heaven.

 

I don't. We were pretty rushed on this shoot.

I can tell you that it's a ***** to push around a corner with the locker rear end.

 

Yep, very nice, yet not over-restored.

 

Any idea what steering box was used in this car?

 

Here are the specs I have...

Body: 1929 Ford Roadster, tonneau cover, ’32 Ford grille, race form sans windscreen and headlights.

Ch***is: 1932 Ford frame, 4” dropped axle, Hollywood spring, ’40 Ford rear with Cook Machine full floating conversion, ’40 Ford spring, 12” Chevy truck drum brakes (rear only).

Power: 301cu. in. GMC six cylinder, Horning 12-port head, Hilborn fuel injection, Vertex Magneto, NOS Venolia pistons, Chet Herbert roller cam, 1939 Ford trans, 11” clutch.

Rolling Stock: Ford wheels on Firestones up front, Merc wheels with Bruces slicks out back.

Interior: Aluminum firewall (no dash) Stewart Warner wings gauges, aircraft bucket seat and lap belt, Moon gas pedal, three spoke steering wheel with custom horn ring made from a 1947 Schwinn sprocket.

 

yeah.. that is prety bad ***!

 

Do you know what times that thang ran??

 

301 cubic inches was a decent sized mill in those days. The overhead cam, 12 valve Horning head made great use of a rack of Stromberg 97s before the switch to one of the earliest of Hilborn’s injection systems, and it ran strong and solid on 60-70% doses of Nitro. Venolia pistons were used along with a Vertex Magneto and a fuel pump sourced from an aircraft. With a curb weight of 1,400lbs, it easily reached speeds of 130.

 

My favorite

 

ditto, That ***le Kirk is spot on....

Cheers, and thanks,

Drewfus

P.S. surely you have a few more photo's...c'mon, don't be shy....

 

From back in the day:

 

You come through with the goods yet again. Thanks!

 

What a pretty little buggy.
DAYUM!!!
It's gotta be in the top 5 of coolest at least.
Great photos

 

Right click, save. Right click, save. Right click, save.

Thanks - best thing since sliced bread.

BTW the adapter bellhousing is a cyclone product. One sold on that auction site a while ago for $280.

 

would love to hear what one of those GMCs sounds like.

 

Huh!!!

there was one DOHC produced, but it never went into production.

my car will be powered by dual overhead foxtails ....... just ****tin ya!!!

 

Hey Kirk,
Not to push things, but any mention of the Push Truck in the same colors?
Great bit of FAST history .
thanks -41-

 

WW!!!!! the more and more i spend on this site, the deeper i fall in love with these cars.

 

Neil has a '52(?) Chevy with a L6 that he uses for towing. I'll have to ask if there are plans to recreate the old one.

 

I always wonder what that thing is on the steering wheel... looks like an old bicycle chain ring with the "points" ground off.

seen it a couple times but never heard it run... does it run?

 

Real friggin cool.