History Early day Chevy hot rods

My old '35 Master Deluxe in '86, had a hot 283 and glide... was a bunch of fun.

 

now my pic post abilities are limited so somebody please put up a picture of lee chapel's '24 chevy modified that ran 111 in 1930 was chev banger with olds 3port head and all the fixings ,he started lees speed shop in the office of a junkyard he worked at in 1930 ands is recognized as Americas first speed shop selling and trading new and used speed equipment
fabricator john
miss you dad

 

I was overwhelmed by all the tributes to Pat Ganahl to add a comment but I had to include this.

 

That's rad! Thanks for including the issue info, I found a copy of eBay. I'm super excited to read the article. Still looking for inspiration on my 1930.

 

Would love to read the article on this Ganahl build, I’ll look around for it. Thanks for posting this!

 

How early? There’s a thread with more of what Jimmy and Robert are posting somewhere here on the HAMB. Search “three springer”.

 

Lots of Ford hot rods everywhere. But, only a few Chevy Coupes and Sedans were selected to make into cool hot rods during those early years.

Hello,

This was one of our long road trips to Davis, CA. (800+ miles round trip) It was during the time we visited my brother and his family in a new house they were able to afford. It was just a few blocks from the University of Cal at Davis. A nice quiet college campus in a seemingly quiet location. It was just outside of Sacramento, CA and a world apart as far as the aura the campus location gave off to visitors.

We had met the owner of the Chevy sedan in Oakland at the Roadster Show earlier in the year. At the time, he did not have the time to hang around for a photo shoot, while we were visiting the S.F. Bay Area on one of our longer photo shoot vacation trips. We had waited a few weeks until my brother had moved into his new house in that city.

Now, there was a great reason to kill two birds with one stone… a fast roadtrip up the I-5 all through the middle of California and once the photo shoot was over, there was a custom Harley waiting in Santa Cruz for our arrival in this time period. But, I guess, the resting spot was a new small home in a tract near a college campus for a long awaited visit with my brother.

Jnaki

When we saw the 1935 Chevy at the Oakland Roadster Show, we talked to the owner. At the time, only Model A Fords and 32 Fords were the popular hot rod builds and any other makes/models were hard sells to the public and finicky editors.