Ty-Rods 2007 pictures

LeadSledMerc · Oct 22, 2017

Thomas De Lello said: ↑

Here's the heads up on the once lost roadster. It was indeed lost, until 1997. My brother bought Paul's roadster from him in 1963 and ruined it. The last time I saw it with him was in 1970 with the engine apart, the front end parts dis***embled in in the front seat. It had an inch of shop dust on it. He sold it to a guy named Marty. That's all I knew, until I saw an old black and white picture of it in Street Rodder Magazine. I sent an e-mail on it to the editor who published it and that got me in touch with Paul FitzGerald. Paul and I met in Miami on one of his business trips. Paul decided in 1997 to recover the roadster with back page want ads in car magazines. Paul managed to find parts of it ****tered all over New York, New Jersey and Long Island. He was very lucky to recover those mag wheels...! Anyway... He rebuilt his car with both new and original parts and has displayed it at The Concours d'Elegance events. There are three things in the new version of this car that are different than when my brother had it: 1). Painted blue instead of black, 2). The original shop fabricated A-frame front end parts are now from a catalogue and 3). the cab floor pan is dropped an inch or two ( big improvement. ) Paul's roadster had a beautifully fabricated steering wheel that could not be found, but Paul found his old friend who made that alive and well and he made a new one in exact detail from memory and that really adds a nice touch to the finished product. I did visit Paul's garage in Newtown Conn. a few years ago with a dear old friend and I have pictures of my own from that day...
Now you know the rest of the story. (((BIG SMILE)))
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Thanks, Maso...any more pictures you can share?

adam401 · Oct 22, 2017

Wow time warp thread

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