Hot Rods Omaha Nebraska Hot Rod History

The fish was farm raised so they didn't taste like ****. Joe Tess Place is still open on south 24th street where it has been for decades.

 

Wow! I have a couple of photos you guys might find interesting! Circa 1981, we were at the MSRA Tri-State Campout weekend in Pipestone MN. This deuce 3-window showed up and I about went nuts over it. As I recall, the story at that time was that it was a survivor that had been rescued from storage which matches what you posted. A few changes must have been made somewhere along the line (including the South Dakota license plates!) but it sure looks like the same car to me.
These pics were copied from 35mm slides I took; I may have a couple others. I'll have to look.
We attended a lot of weekenders in the eastern SD area back in those days but that's the only time I ever saw that car. Thanks for posting the article- very cool!

 

Very Cool. To say the least. @Malcolm More scans to come.

 

The Chevy on the R&C cover with the coupe used to sit outside a small auto repair shop in Boone Iowa in probably the late 80's early 90's. By the time I figured out that I should probably look into it, it wasn't there anymore. I always wondered if it was still around.

 

Thanks, looking forward to seeing more. I did find another pic - thought I might have one of the interior too but no luck. If you look closely enough you can see part of the pleated headliner through the window?



A scan of the article on that Chevy on the cover might be cool to see too!

 

Page 1 and 2 of the articles .

 

Some simularities for sure, however the under side was all chrome, as were rear frame horn covers, fender welt was white. diffrent headlights etc. anything is possible as old show cars envolve with time & ownership.

 

Went thru there in 1972 on way to the Detroit NSRA Nats with Tom Medley & Bud Bryan.

 

It`s got the same bumpers and it`s got the same spare tire cover. Is that the same sticker in the lower right-hand corner of the rear window?

 

Didn't notice a decal, also sometime back photo's were posted where it at the time was stored & the family had inquired but not for sale, as I recall it did very much appear as the example posted here, down graded for sure but still well preserved, check the hamb posting Aug. 5, 2013

 

Let`s hope it is still unchanged and locked up in Omaha.

 

Sure would be neat to know where it is now. If it was indeed the same car I snapped the photos of in 1981, at that time it was licensed in Minnehaha county South Dakota which is the Sioux Falls area. There's been plenty of rodding activity in that region over the years - in fact the NSRA held their Mid-America Nationals there a couple of times. So if it's still around that part of the country I'm betting somebody knows where it is.
But a lot could have happened since then too, it was 40 damn years ago... !

 

Any idea how a person could find that post? Can you search by date? I'm gonna try....

*** Found the thread! Hope the link works... this is beyond cool!
I found an old Bud Holcomb show car | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)

 

Just punch it up by name & discription google wiil find that very article

 

Yep, just edited my first reply - thanks for bringing that up. Super cool pics in that thread!
Here's a link to the thread:
I found an old Bud Holcomb show car | The H.A.M.B. (jalopyjournal.com)

 

Soo, from the other thread. From 1967= the car has only been driven twice. And you have pics of it at an outdoor show. Very cool. @TerrytheK

 

At first, I didn't think it was the same car as the one in the magazine features. It just seemed to have too many changes done to it, no cowl lights, no louvered hood, different stance, different seat pleating, different door panels, no chrome on rear frame covers, different intake manifold, firewall accessories rearranged, not much chrome underneath. You could say it was the same car if you looked at only the bumpers, but the deciding factor for me was that steering wheel! Am I right or am I wrong? It would be neat to hear more of the story from 1967 till it ended up in the museum. 60 Special

 

I think you're right. I'd like to hear more of the story from 1967 until now as well. That museum isn't that far away from me, maybe it's time for some investigating?

 

Guess you could call that being in the right place at the right time.
I can still remember how cool it was to see it. Back then, there weren't many people in my area that were real concerned about preserving survivor hotrods. Even with the changes that have been mentioned, it's still pretty amazing that it's remained as it has for this long. It's had good caretakers.

 

That Chevy still had a ton of chrome under the hood and inside when I saw it. The super long shifter handle was there too. Dang I shoulda tried to buy it.

 

The Beaudin Chevy sat on a corner gas station 2 blocks from from my parents home in the mid 60's with a for sale sign, believe it was $750. & yes I know pocket change, later as I recall a local Cacillac dealer featured it in their show room for a time where I believe it was traded in on a new Cadillac. I'm not sure who did the metal work on the tailites etc. but do recall John Earnest working out of his Omaha back alley garage frenching head & tailights, nose & deck sort of work. Recall him finishing up a 49-50 Chevy he grafted 55 Plymouth tailights in the rear fenders, for some reason just ***umed he might have played a roll in the Beaudin car as well.

 

Next up.

 

As a kid a neighbor Mr. miller, 2 blocks from our home who also happened to be on a partial paper route I delivered, was a favorite hang-out to see what he was building in his back-alley garage, seemed he was always poking an Olds engine in some non-descript make or model & was constantly overwhelmed with engine swaps. His son had a new Supercharged 57 Hawk that ruled Railroad Ave. where the last south bound stop light in Omaha's Douglas county set the stage for doing battle, the only close rivalry to Millers Hawk as I recall was Al Robinsons 58 Biscayne, saw them on several match-ups & were banging gears by the time they stormed by my parents corner property that happened to be a short city block from that aforementioned light & the proverbial front row seat so to speak. I'm not sure what Al was hiding under the hood but was never afraid to bust a transmission with his power shifts & he beat the snot out of that 58. Not sure what became of either of those two cars, I know Al is no longer with us & as for the Miller family, they moved elsewhere & lost track over the years. The Vo****a's 66 service station was on the same R.R. Ave. alley corner where he plied his craft to the #8 32 Ford dirt car & later the #8 57 210 tudor, will need to quiz him as to their whereabouts. stay tuned..................

 

And furthermore.......while those many years of past eventful memories are flooding in..... eventful back then in barely a teenager's mind at least, I feel it needs to be put to print before the C.R.S. gets really serious, strange to recall 50 years heretofore yet can't recall where I laid my last bolt/nut or the wrench for which it's use was intended. I can move from a project to the work bench & back a distance of 10 feet or so & misplace my mind, my wife (always with a positive outlook) says I've too many projects... (can't disagree) but it doesn't aid the situation in the immediate moment. "Thanks anyway" I tell her, & she says some kind of prayer to St Christopher (wrong saint perhaps) but you get the idea! .. Now,.. where was I........

 

Supposedly, St. Anthony is the patron saint of Lost Things.
I say “supposedly” as I have no proof.
St Christopher was the patron saint of Travelers, but got demoted by Pope Paul VI. Perhaps he wasn’t carrying his weight.
Difficult to understand.