Hot Rods So I may have found the guy who originally built my 40 as a hot rod in 1958.

Wow, what a cool read, and youve also had it a long time. There was a point there at the beginning I thought it was not going to happen, but there was another 3 pages to go through, so it had to! Fantastic, love this post.

 

Very cool history, just reread this thread.
Gary, @40ragtopdown , when I see your avatar in posts here, I always wonder, did we cruise together some 20+/- years ago? Maybe Americruise?
I was driving this '31 Vicky at that time:


Phil Prather,
Illinois

 

Hi Rob. I loved this car since I was a kid to hell I was only 17 when I bought it. As far as any tricks to putting an olds in it it has been Chevy powered since 1972. I do know they moved the steering box over about an inch and a half to clear the starter. That olds motor threw a rod just before we were going to go-to Detroit in 72. Didn't get to go to Detroit but the following weekend I had it up and running again with a 283 a power glide and a 62 Chevy rear end. Ain't youth a wonderful thing. Now it takes me 7 days just to think about doing something.

 

Haven't been on amercruise. But I remember that car. Did you go to Kalamazoo or may have seen it at one of the n.s.r.a nats up until the pandemic we had been to all of them since 1977.

 

Saw your thread again.
So glad you and Mr Yug hooked up.

 

Yes it was.

 

Was a cool location just too small. They just moved ours from ***ans stadium to Nashville Speedway. So much bigger there. We are hitting Frog Follies this month and Midwest 40 show next month

 

What a cool story !
OBrien Truckers has the pattern for that club plaque. You need one. https://www.obrientruckers.com/pub/media/plaques/02812.jpg

 

"Haven't been on amercruise. But I remember that car. Did you go to Kalamazoo or may have seen it at one of the n.s.r.a nats up until the pandemic we had been to all of them since 1977."

I've had that rod many times at Kalamazoo and Nat's.

Also cruised the GG cruise from Des Moines to Columbus a couple times.

 

Gene Tiny Webb?

 

This is such a great post! It's just fantastic you were able to find Yug, talk with him and give him a ride. Really great! Thanks for sharing.

 

Gene tiny Webb is the guy who bought the dash at the swap meet. He p***ed in 2021. I got the dash back from his son little Gene a couple of years ago. Tiny Webb was a hot rodder to the core. Here's a few pictures of his cars though the years. The one with him in the roadster pickup he was around Seventeen years old. The one on the bike was a couple years before he p***ed. Dearly missed by all of us.

 

I had not seen the 40's history before, great story.

 

I was showing my father in law pictures of the guy that built your car and he asked me if it was Tiny. He also said your brother had about 10 1940 Ford vehicles. I showed pictures from the thread on your brother.

I remember the Sedan of Tiny’s when I lived there. Ken is living down here with my middle daughter. We all just took the hot rods down to Alabama last weekend. All of my crew hit CTC. We are going next year though

 

Great story. A good example of why it's so important to keep a written history of your car with photos if at all possible and keep it in your car for the next owner.

 

Gary, Love your story and all the comments that have made this thread. I remember your car and thinking as others, when will he paint this? I had a primered trunk lid on my beige 40 sedan for many years. Got tired of hearing that comment about my car and left it that way for a long time. Thanks for sharing!

 

His bike was my kind of bike, really neat how some guys did the hot rodding all their lives. Good story