It can be yous for 100 grand. HRP 1929 Ford Roadster · Driven 13,452 miles West coast hot rod with lots of history real original 50's hotrod . Hotrod cover car 1953 McDermitt 29 roadster body on 32 frame Flathead powered painted by The Barris brothers
Yeah, I left my $100,000 in my other pants. So I thought maybe one of you guys... Actually just a point of interest. I remember the car.
I have found that if you use "only" in the sentence just before the price, it doesn't take your breath away so fast. Quoting HRP as an example; " It can be yous for only 100 grand," See, that didn't hurt a bit, did it?
Unless the last set of pictures posted by HRP wildly mis-represent the car, I'm sure there's some gold chainer, Hot Rod owner wannabe that will pay the 100K (or more).
I'd be asking for a warranty job on the paint. 13,452 miles and it looks shabby. Hard to get quality these days.
Even at half the price I don’t see it. Awesome car, amazing survivor, I would love to have it… but it isn’t THAT prolific.
Someone has been watching too many TV auctions. Of course the worn out "Barris" paint job adds lots of value.
I also think the price is too high. I'm not into patina but I can appreciate the fact that it was built when I was six years old. The body looks pretty good but what happened to the frame? Do you think it wasn't prepped right?
$100K..hmm that could be three $33K cars, or two $50K cars, I know which route I'd take. Sure, it's got worth, not near that much to me though.
This morning I watched six hours of recorded Barrett Jackson in 34 minutes. That was a waste of time. Those folks got waaay too much disposable income.
Cool hotrod, but not 100.000$ cool. At least not too me, even if I had that kind of money to spend on a car.
The basic visual condition shows you how much the former owners valued it and there's probably an untold reason it only has 13,452 miles on it. I'm out
The paint flaking is a little bit too severe for my tastes. There is a difference between aging paint and it flaking off or scraped off of a significant location on the frame rail.
Some later history The car was sold to Elwood "Woody" Brougher of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1954 or 1955 for a total cost of $ 900. Woody owned a speedshop in Pittsburghand made winter trips to California to buy speed parts for his shop and his racecars which he raced at the local dirt-track. The car was towed to Pennsylvania, and would never hit the road until it's recent restoration. the flathead was sold and a Chevrolet V8 was installed, which evebntually got sold as well. As the time passed by, Gary Brougher, Woody's grandson inherited the car. Gary sold the car to Bill Ruffner of Delmont, Pennsylvania on October 2 2004. By the time of the purchase, the car was missing its engine, radiator, wheels and a few other miscellanceos parts. However, Jack's old roadster is still around, Bill decided to restore it back to how it appeared on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine December 1953.[2]
It’s a bummer that a pretty damn cool Hotrod has been overshadowed by the crazy number that was on it. very cool hot rod
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