History Resurrected Dream Rod in Rod & Custom

There's a great article in the latest Rod and Custom about Mr. Moriarity's amazing resurrection of the Car Craft Dream Rod. One of my favorite cars of all time. He truely performed automotive alchemy on that car.
It had been transformed into the Tiger Shark a few years after the original build. A lot of the original car had been discarded. I have the AMT/MPC 1/25 scale reissue of the Tiger Shark and was comparing the model with the pictures of the restored Dream Rod. It would be a major undertaking just to bring the model back to it's Dream Rod glory let alone do it in 1:1 scale.

Mark did a stellar of job saving the car from dusty obscurity. A monster tip of the hat to Mark and his dedication to preserving these great time pieces.

Seesko

 

I want to be Mark Moriarity when I grow up.

 

Yeah, The lucky bastage. (hard working too)

 

I heard he's got it made!!-MIKE

 

It's BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

I do believe he has it made.

 

i wish i had 1/4 of the talent mark has!

 

I'm greedy, I'll take the other 3/4. He can have it back after I get my collection on par with his.

Frank

 

Plus a hell of a nice guy!

 

Hey Mark,

Kongrats on the article, but I wanted a lot more. I enjoyed listening to you at
the Starbird show, You were telling about all of the research that it took to get
it back to "the way it was." How long did it take you to find out what the hinges
were off of? Do you have any build pictures or anything else. I bet guys on the
HAMB would love to see it. Thank you for going the extra mile to restore such Kool
history.

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

I just read the article and I thought it was great..Very well written.

 

They should do an article on that trike back there. It reminds me of the
Little Gas powered Cox trike my brother had growing up. That was G.I. Joe's
other ride...

Congrats on the beautiful build and the great press.

 

Hey Mark real cool
the shark gonna make it down to the Minnetonka Drive In next year

 

So COOL! NUTS.

 

Not one of the prettier customs in existence but boy what a restoration.

 

He's so dreamy

 

Good question. I personally like Harry Bradley's version better but it's not my car.

 

whats best for the car

 

Moriarity's got it made!

 

Good write up here:

Clicky Here!

 

I followed the original build in Car Craft back when and Mark's rebuild and all I can say is that it he nailed it. Maybe better now than the original.
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I agree the article was well written and I didn't know anything about the Dream Rod until
pictures started pop'n up on the HAMB. I enjoyed reading about all of the history. I'm a
big fan of build pictures and its kool to see what ya had to go through to get back to the real Dream Rod condition. Love to hear about your dedication to get it right.

Happy Trails,

Mick

 

Thanks for preserving some more History.

 

I bet this is the hardest part of restoring/recreating these old customs... the builders just used what fit, or what was laying around the shop, and now 40+ years later you have to figure out what it was , and then try and find it!

 

Mark Moriarity = Awesome!

 

Are talking about the Tiger shark that you returned to the Dream Rod or your old suburban that you turned into your RG dually or little trailer that you turned into your RG featherlite or your extra garage that you turned into your RG 2 story warehouse complete with the Custom Auto Parts dragsterupstairs. I am confused, but to the casual observer it appears you might have it made.