Though I'm not really a T - Guy or RPU Guy, the cropped rag top on this one kind of gives it a hoodlum look.
I see they went from a flat windshield to a slight "V" at some point. I kinda like the flat one better.
Remarkable there’s so many shots of it. Kinda neat, it’s different. Reminds me of the early days of the hamb
Ryan, thanks for the thought provoking week day thread, and thanks for this palate cleansing work of art. The transition over the pictures from a stock banger roadster to the fully swapped, modified and dressed RPU shows talent, vision and attention to detail.
The top is cool looking, but I have a '26 and I sit head and shoulders over a similarly chopped windshield. I'd have to be more than a foot shorter to fit into that car with the top up. The integrated box is pretty slick for a 40's era build, and I wonder if the grille surround was custom made to hold the Packard grille? Some very nice sheetmetal work done here.
I remember this vintage example of the cultures diversity back in the day...well do***ented visual journey to...and he got it painted too...it had nice lines and even got the girl to boot... He was a pretty young man on that fateful day...hope he wasn't to badly injured...nothing but hard steel and no roll bar either...seat belts maybe... Maybe that Roadster filled the void of the loss...
Maybe he was crafty enough to get that floor nestled down between the frame...the lady might have rubbed her curly hair on the top but she looks in it to some degree...
Thank You Ryan. This is the type of creation that peaked my interest, many moons ago. Great that we can see the developemt of changes, over time. Truly a stand alone exibit. Once, I drove with a steering wheel like his. Need to be alert handling it
Normally the high-mounted headlights look goofy...not this one. They really lok cool with the Packard grill. Really nice looking hot rod.
I like it - but: I think the proportions are a little off. The nose is really out there maybe gives more driver space. Biggest change I think needed, center rear end on small pickup bed. Move it forward few inches. Anybody want to photo shop & move rear? Remember, don’t kill the messenger, we all en***led to our opinions
Ryan expressed he had some issues on its look I believe too...I appreciate they did what they did and someone had a camera... Remember that he wasn't Frank Kurtis, just a young man with a vision and a pretty good mechanical hand...
Thankfully he did it against all the pressures from the m***es...and that look was pretty popular...so much in Hotrod is visually off...I embrace it... With the magazines and carshows coming on strong in the early 50s getting pretty was evolving...but money was probably tight for many of these hoodlums...not that that would have made this ride have a different outcome...
We have had a 100 years too obsess over the proportions of these cars.we recreate, Its sleek for a truck ,upgraded with the high end grille,long n low and hauled ***,The bloke had it in spades.j ohnny
One interesting thing to me is that the builder installed model a style top iron mounts. The T top iron mounts and rest are big and klunky jobbers sticking out of the 1/4's. I made the A kind for my t roadster in anticipation of a top, kind of a big job. Looks like it has a 32 front axle and maybe spindles as well. Killer journal entry.
I have one of those inserts... wouldve never guessed id see one on something from the 20s, always struck me as more of a 30s treatment, neat!
The Jalopy Journal
