It's a 30-31. I did a lot of the work on it, in the 80's when John Slaughter made all of the changes. Like the twin turbos, with stainless headers, pie-cut the cowl, and host of things. That's a great picture of John Corno and Russ Meeks the builder, both friends of mine.
A quick Google, it's John Corno's radical Olds-powered, rear-engined '31 Model A Roadster that won AMBR at the Oakland Roadster Show in '72. Tilt up body, 4130 chrome-moly tube frame, built by Russ Meeks. It looks to be an Oldsmobile Toronado transaxle combination going by that angled rear cover?
It is. That is a TH425 from the front of an Olds Toronado, or Cadillac Eldorado (or GMC motorhome). I have two on the bench right now.
As Negative a review as this generates it was still period relevant more than many presented and I suppose George began his career in the Hamb Zone and went perhaps Post 65 Commercial rather than sticking with the more admired Hotrod/Custom revered around here and to be said this is truly one of the reasons why Ryan cut it off at 65...many things post shared here...even with the cutoff some hearkened back much didn't I took an artistic spin on Georges Chrisman Overwrite...I like it in many ways and The Period Indian Style Front kind of compliments the Cycle/Drag wheels up front... I understand they were a problem to float behind the wheel and were removed...is that true? Credit to All That Inspired this
Notice the many changes, Fuel tank moved inside the frame rails, that are now stainless, and the smoothed off cowl and doors. There was so much flex in the body, when tilted, I convinced the owner to let me fully weld the deck lid shut. It was in my shop, around 1983, and I don't think I took a single picture of it.
...Period Bling...I can Dig it... Already Shared, perhaps a another angle... Credit to Photographer, Owner
Show and Go...Nose Up when the Tree is Lit... Such a Bold Statement... There was an Evolution of Showcar...The GNRS helped fuel it but the Excitement of Hotrod/Custom and polish in between Racing was certainly Happening Postwar...perhaps in conjunction with Prints first dabs at the scene, wasn't that 1948... Credit to Photographer, Owner
This is a great thread!!! Showrods are still alive and well as I and many others are keeping it going.
I've always loved the show rods. In fact show rods were responsible for my very first introduction to hot rods when, at the age of 6, I saw Tom Daniel's box art for the Tijuana Taxi in a toy store window in Italy. I've since made Tom's acquaintance on social media: really nice guy. I'd drawn more than a few designs for show rods as a child. At 5 I'd seen Wacky Races on British TV and had grown familiar with the eleven cars, but had quite forgotten the name of the show for many years. TV came late to South Africa, because the apartheid-era powers-that-were took so long to debate whether to prohibit it or make it compulsory. As a result I had little exposure to a lot of mass media for many years. I'd sporadically drawn my own versions of the Wacky Races cars several times and in various different ways before belatedly rediscovering the show. A few years ago I returned to the theme, with the benefit of decades developing my techniques: "Primordian" "Ominous Bus" "The Better Mousetrap" "Flying Machine" "Tart Kart" "Big Shot" "The Family Car" "Varmint" "Entire T" "Timber Truck" "Fleabarrow"
One genre of show rods I haven't worked in is the "hat car." The Red Baron is probably the definitive type. The concept is basically, regard the T-bucket body and the implicit greenhouse above it as a human head, give it a hat, and take it from there. Some hat cars didn't quite hang together. Others were overshadowed by promotional considerations. Some, like the Red Baron, were strong, simple artistic expressions. A few were just gloriously surreal, like the Depth Charger: Image courtesy of Dave's Show Rod Rally, on whose discussion forum, the Coffin Corner, I've made some good friends. I haven't looked in in years, though.
You should go talk to Mike At Hot Rod Express in Blue springs, I have known Mike since he started "Wild Woodys" and He has been around forever and he Done some cool sedans with removeable Carson style hard tops in the 80's I remember a yellow model A sedan with the white removable hard top and a Black 34 that had a hand made Vicky type back and Carson style top that he would drive around. He probably has old pics. Being from the area If you went to the "Cowtown Nationals" You have probably seen some of Mikes work. As far as Show rods go, Man don't get me started! It's funny how as a teenager I would Joke about how most of the Show rods were too nice and could never be driven, Now since Our "world of wheels" Show has turned into a Joke and full of C10 pickups and 78 Buick Regals, I sure wish someone would Bring the old Themed Hand built, Candy colored, Chrome pistion Show Rods back!
Hijacking the thread a bit, Mike Winfrey's heavily chopped '34 coupe, with BBC and wild Hooker Corvette-style side exhaust, was a huge influence on me and was one of the reasons I joined the Rod-Tiques back in the '70s. HRE used to be in Independence on US-40 and was a regular Saturday cruising stop. To get it back on topic, how about the Cosma Ray... Yeah, it used to be a 'Vette...
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