History Old original hot rod photo I dug out from my collection.

I don't know much about it. It's an 8×10. I have a lot of historical original photos that I would like to share from my collection.
-germ

 

Veddy cool.

—louis

 

Looks clean and finished, nice.

 

I remember seeing that roadster in the little rod magazines years ago, don’t remember much about it.


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Built by a guy in the Navy in San Diego and had a ton of chrome if I recall. Such a great bit of work. The rear detail is perfect.


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His name is Bob Smith. He is still a San Diego Prowler, but the car is long gone.

 

That is awesome Germ. That is the Bob Smith roadster, was on the March 1958 HRM cover & for me probably one of the top 5 Hot Rod mag covers. Car had a long history before Bob, ran in the 40s at the Dry Lakes as a RPU by Chuck Gibson (Bob or Carl Burnett turned it into its famous roadster incarnation). Prowlers of San Diego has history relating to the car.

 

Sdroadster beat me to the punch

 

I don't know if he still has it but Prowlers ***ociate member ---> John LaBarre <--- owned the car.

 

Thanks dude. I knew nothing about it..

 

Another photo. HRP

 

As I recall from a previous post the car was built by a guy named Hoot and the car p***ed through a few of the club members hands. HRP

 

Hoot was Chuck Gibson's nickname. The 4 club member's owning it is probably why it survives as it has, not sure when those most recent shots were taken though.

 

Thanks for sharing that @Germ and all the additional history added fellow Hambers...

 

I bet it was a ***** to get into when those pipes were hot!

 

Jumping keeps ya young......oh and no footprints on the seats please...

 

The exposed shock is unique after rear was m***aged. Makes you look hard and actually like it. Different

 

I remember this car so well, especially the color, it was called Hawaiian blue in the HRM article. A REAL hot rod.