Ron Stetter's been mentioned a few times on this board but this video speaks specifically to this thread about 50's cars. <object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TmhHFq1AqJ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TmhHFq1AqJ4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object> http://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanRodandCustom
I kinda used this car as inspiration when we re-built my car, it's from 1949..... from Don Montgomery's Hot Rod Memories "Relived Again" book......I have the hood just haven't put it on yet.....
A friend just told me a story about riding in this truck in high school. One them Harvey's Broiler days or Bob's ??? 50-55 mph. on the highway and the guy stomps on it. Said was instantly loose and sideways, nothing but power. The most scared he has ever been in a car.
heres my gpa toms truck 1932 ford chopped channeled dagoed it was powered by a 392 hemi. truck was aparently lowered too much, cause it got stuck on the rail road tracks and then got plowed by the train... the two folks in the picture are my Grandpa and Grandma late 50's probably maybe early 60's I know my dad was born in 62' and this is what he got brought home in.... too kool IMO..
Looks just like the RPU that's in the latest copy of Hot Rod Deluxe. Still looks the same today. Yup that's it, just checked out my mag and on page 30 in color same rpu same license plate number. Too COOL!
Last night I was reading about the RPU above in an older issue of Rolls and Pleats. Said it had been stored from '65 'till the mid 90s.
Puny images, but the only camera we had then 1. First car - 1950 2. 2nd car - 1953 3. I built in 1954/55
Man, this thread is SO cool. Keep it going! I thought for sure I had posted a pic of my A roadster in here, but I after browsing the whole thing, I guess I never did. State of the art for 1951!
looks 40´s to me...except for the flatty...sweet as hell though!....gotta love that trim on the cowl...
If it walks the line, then my mission has been accomplished. My intent was to build it as a transitional car, if you will. Early '50s power, but with the uncluttered look that a lot of the late '40s roadsters had. As if an older brother handed down his old engine-less roadster to little brother who promptly stuffed a new flathead in there in 1950-53.
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