Story behind this Detroit car?

Please tell me this isn't a glass body. The faux paint is a bit much but damn I love the stance and that grille and light combo. I wonder how long till I'd get pull over driving that. Really sweet design.

 

The sign on it at the show said all steel. It really is a neat car. Great proportions.

 

It looks like what's left of a '37 chevy. Grill, hood cowl.

 

Originally,it was a Coupe,eventually it became a drag car that someone removed the lid,gutted,and "welded" the doors closed.

The hood is Model A,the side panels and grill opening are '37(?) Chevy,
and the body is 31 Ford.All metal finished.

All new chassis and running gear.

Not finished,but he's already been invited to several
high profile west coast shows.

 

THat's what I like to hear. "The real thing"

 

We spent some time talking to Jason,who built the car,
and admiring all the details.

I'll see if I can post some pics later.

 

One of the Rod magazines had a article recently = "so all you have is a ratty 4 door and you want a rod" This is identical to one of the concept drawings in the article. And bitchin' in the 3D world

 

I know Jason and his partners and they have built some cool ass cars and trucks.The artist in the mag might possibly be one of there friends who designs cars and does alot of concept drawings.They had some of this persons art work on display but his name escapes me right now.This car is the cats ass alot of innovations and i am 6'1" and could drive this car anywhre.If someone needs some more info or wants to contact them let me know and I can get you in touch with them.

Shoe

 

The concept drawing of Denny and Matt Leskys RPU is in the background of the first shot. I believe the dudes name was Stinger or soemthing like that???

 

I think Gary Constable (aka Mutant)
was sharing the booth space with Jason.

 

Whoaw, I like the concept. Does anyone have any more pics?

 

I think i got some pics I will see if I can postem up tonight.Still tired from the trip last night as I left the autorama and drove 2 hours north to the Hatch's House of Triumphs to pick up a bike.


Shoe

 

more clean pics would be nice, thanks.

 

A few pics

 

2 more

 

last 2

 

Thanks Unkl. And thanks to you too Mr. Grimes.

 

I actually LIKE the paint; doesn't look 'patinaed' or whatever but sorta like a well worn pair of oxblood boots

 

man awsome looking car,but the paint has to go.

 

The fake patina was so gay I couldn't bring myself to go look at it!

But then Plowboy asked me if I had seen it, and proceded to tell me how cool the chassis was. So sunday I took the time to have a look.

Man! what a sweet ride. I still can't stand the stupid paint? job. But the engineering on the car is real nice.

Unkl Ian's pic show what you could see, and it was nice. I do think the nose and hood were what was left of a one piece glass front end from a 37 chev but it looked good on the car.

Guess in the future I shouldn't be so quick to judge a book by it's cover

 

paint ruins it for me too. Killer proportions, very creative car, I like the layout a lot. Shiny black would do wonders for that car.

 

Yeah, I guess I'll jump in too. I posted the damn thread so yes, I really dig the car. With that said, the paint is way too obvious, the pointed bolts are much too "wanna-be-rat-rod" and the dog collar straps are a dead give away. Is God in the details? Not always, but here the details give it away where otherwise it would have been authentic.
It's like having a Mooneyes license plate frame on a car without any Mooneyes parts.

 

The shape is awesome. Reminds me of some of the way-cool tractor front-end concept sketches that were circulating on here two or three months ago.

It's great to see that there is still room to be creative in hot rod design after all of these decades of experimentation.

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