History 12-Second Street Pickup

That is a sweet little truck. I agree with you on the rear fenders and toning down the interior.

 

cool. wonder what color it was?

 

Id leave it as it was, and drive the wheels off it.

 

Unless you have a time machine, there's not much you can do. Nice little RPU though and I love those Prehistoric Rat Motors.

 

I have always dug this rod. I am sure it had some subliminal influence on me when I built my old T.

 

i dont know. but i like to close my eyes and pretend its a dark green.

 

Purple for me.

 

Me too!

 

Cool pickup. 12 second 1/4's with skinny bias plys?

 

"12 second 1/4's with skinny bias plys?"
I do that in my roadster...
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Raven you're from Missouri and I am originally from Missouri so "SHOW ME". Traction would seem to be a problem.

 

Yea, that look is kinda dated...

 

one of the few W-motor rods out there. Cool truck.

 

Actually there were quite a few back then that got featured in HRM. I did a count out of two Annuals 61 and 62 I believe and posted it here years ago with the breakdowns. SBC, W, flatty etc. Pretty interesting data.

 

Maybe he will bring it to the HAMB drags this year again.

 

i,d like to see it runin at track and i bet it does 12's, smokin em off all the way down the track

 

Man that thing is boss. It must sound wicked kool.

 

Funny thing is, when I looked at it, the first thing I thought was "hey, that needs some cycle fenders on the front."

 

Yeah, im wondering if this car use to have a small block, ive seen pics of the car before but dont remember the W motor.

I actually really dig the rear fenders, and the candy cane tuck and roll but im a little more of a flamboyant 50s hot rod type guy. but can say with out the fenders and a more simple interior it would be as killer.

There are a few of these early hot rod feature cars that ive thought about cloning, this is one of them.

JEFF

 

For me the color is 57 Chevy copper (or bronze) and the interior has copper vinyl pleats mixed with off white. Sorry kids the rear fenders need to stay but I'd change em to a bobbed Model A version and maybe cycle fenders on the front. The front does look really mean without fenders though so it's not a deal breaker.

Made you giggle? You're right about the gas...

 

If it makes enough ponies he could be leavin in 2nd or short shiftin it just right to hit a 12 in the 1/4

 

I think I have a Hot Rod article on the car you are talking about. It could be an earlier incarnation of the same car. I will see if I can find it.

 

So, 12s on skinny bias-ply tires is a possibility. I wish I hadn't read that.

I think my project just got a little more expensive.

 

"I have a thing for roadster pickups and W-motors."
Me too and this one's bitchen.

 

Slipping the clutch just right to keep traction one could easily dip into the 12s. Not to mention we don't have a full et/mph slip to go by either. 12.99 is "in the 12s", right?


Back to changes, especially since our fearless leader brought some changes up, I used the 3rd pic in the blog as a reference to my fender changes. However, when I went back to look at it again it needs more. The box needs to be either lowered in the rear or raised in the front, perhaps a combination of both. So, level the box to the "mean angle" of the truck as a whole, start the rear fender at the frame, finish the rear fender at say "10:30" instead of "9:00 o'clock" where it's at now. Round the leading surface of the fender at the outside, flare the rear just a bit more, perhaps even add a partial peak to the rear from the edge to about 2/3 of the way forward just to give it some additional character as well as prevent it from flopping around as it travels the streets looking for "victims". The more I look at it, the less I want to add front fenders. 2 different ideals worked into one car and he pulled it off nicely. And yes, still a copper or bronze color with a coordinated interior. What a kool truck...

 

That thing has a 32 frame. Don't really care for the proportions. Those rear wheels would be sticking out from the bed quite a bit without the fenders to fill the space. Still don't care for the style of fenders on that. Admire the speed.

 

OK, lets put this 12s thing into perspective. My touring had almost the same setup engine wise. I ran it at Mokan the year they redid the track and finished the day before the drags. No traction or compound on the track. Car spun em 300 feet and was running 14 flat. GV still runs it there, not as hard I don't believe since I built it and was not afraid of what might happen, no foul to George but he is still in that range. I would love to try and run it again, I know that car with some tweaking can be low 13s maybe dipping under that. So yes, I trust that the 12 could have happened.