Projects Building My First Roadster in San Francisco

@BigJoeArt is Joey’s hamb handle

 

When planning road trips don't overlook America's first coast to coast road the Lincoln Highway in 1919. It started in New York & ended up in San Francisco. It has a great history but gets over shadowed by 66. When you do that road trip you'll come right through here. I agree with 97, you and your roadster on the road will create and uncover more stories than you'll ever be able to write. One contact will lead to a dozen. The history and the present of hot rodding is a blend. It is living history with the past still in the oral tradition of the living. Few of us will ever write it down because we can't or don't see where our part fits and in some cases because there isn't time to write and continue building.

 

Tom Cotter's book about going coast-to-coast in a Model T along the Lincoln Highway is a good road trip story and tells a lot of the history of the Lincoln Highway.

 

A lot of history and politics in the different alignments of the Lincoln Highway. Sadly it is not as easy to find and follow many of the early segments or to sort out what modern highways were part of it. It pretty much started as a bunch of red, white,& blue signs showing which wagon track to take to the next town.

 

Truth. During the school year, I drive to work on a short remnant (about 9 miles) of the LH every day. When the grandpa car doesn't look so much like a derelict, I'm gonna park it in front of the few signs.

These folks make it easier to figure out where the bits and pieces are: https://lincolnhighwayassoc.org

 

A few yers ago a whole box of unused LH signs were found in an old building here. I failed to snag one.
There are a lot of accessible pieces in Northern CA. We'll get Joey to make a run.

 

The Lincoln highway runs adjacent to I-80 between Omaha and Lincoln...known as state highway 6. I usually take it when I'm going to Lincoln...it's in great condition and there are plenty of small towns to drive through.....even a factory outlet for [I think} Bakers chocolate!

 

Love that plan!

 

Immediately made me think if this adventure from fuel tank tv.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9JFuR-FulRRCqbgq6gqvNu7eT--Khp0v

- that links to the playlist of episodes on you tube ya gotta click it

they build a model A into an early style hotrod and then road trip it to a big model A event.



Episode one

 

Joey, did you take any more detailed pictures of his headers? I have a 324 Olds and I really like that style, with the two outside ports sweeping into the large center pipe.

 

You could look at that thing all day! Never noticed the not uncommon headlight stands polished up and connected with a bar. Haven’t ever seen that done before but it looks great!

 

I hope this thread has a moratorium on speculation regarding TRJ... Congratulations on the new position Joey! That's pretty exciting and will be a great opportunity to build your skills and relationships, all while travelling the country!

 

I couldn’t find any photos that really showed them all that well but belond made/ makes headers in that style. If you search that name I’m sure you’d get some workable results

 

Good luck with your new job! I know you will do them proud. Love that coupe. When '59 Chevys came out I thought they were the ugliest car I'd ever seen. I was 14 what did I know? Now I can't get enough of them especially El Caminos. My friend has a nice stock one with a 283.

 

My father had a beautiful '59 convertible that I'll have to return to this spot & post a picture of later. Love '59's !!!

 

Lets not forget that fantastic spread in the new hop up book!

saving the rest of that one for tonight, the further you get into this roadster the better and better your journalism work gets. I’ll have to give you a holler when my feature car is ready to shoot haha

 

Makes me want to paint a random door yellow lol

 

Congrats on the new job!
I’m looking forward to more of your work!

 

Don't study it too much and put too many of those "details" into your roadster Joey, keep it simple , a hot rod has the bare bones of necessity .......that coupe doesn't really do it for me. Its way overcooked for my palate, too many"perfect must haves" on one car, which IMO makes it a show car. A few unique details, subtly and tastefully added does more for your car than 100 perfect parts from 1-800-streetrod!
For what it's worth I hate the headlight position , and the combination of those mounts and that stupid looking bar! Then the number plate is mounted in a square edged box on the spreader bar !
To me , this is an example of cars built to gain the attention of magazines and show promotors, which led to the death of hot rods as they became the overkill and excess from the late 60s and 70s and slid in to the pastel street rods of the 90s and beyond. It has the elements of a real traditional hot rod but they are overshadowed by too much attention to volume and perfection !

 

One door on Joey's roadster?

 

Look at the picture in post #1465

 

"Its way overcooked for my palate, too many"perfect must haves" on one car, which IMO makes it a show car. A few unique details, subtly and tastefully added does more for your car than 100 perfect parts from 1-800-streetrod!"
Maybe not this one but "Show cars" are what made me quit going to car shows in the late '60s. When it evolved into bathtubs, coffins, phone booths, off centered one eyed ..............