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New here and haven’t posted anything , I acquired my 32 roadster from my uncle Jim. He had owned it 40 years and never drove it. It was a friend of his dad’s car that he had gotten in 1951 from some young guys trying to make a hotrod . My uncle and his friend bill threw in a flathead and did burnouts up the street and cops were called on the teens and told to never touch it again. This was around 1964. I got the car in 23 so it had only been out 1 time since 1951. It was just a body shell and a rolling chassis with drivetrain. 5 months of hard work I got it roadworthy and drove it all summer , now I’m installing the early quick change my uncle had bought years ago. Hope you guys enjoy it!

 

Welcome to the HAMB from Illinois.

This sounds like a great project. Congratulations on your progress so far.

 

Welcome to the hamb.
Hope you don’t mind, but a car as cool as this and so perfectly fitting to the hamb, deserves a full size photo………
(when you post, just touch on full image for each photo)
and feel free to post up more photos of this ‘Time Machine’. …….

 

Your are a lucky fella, and maybe it was YOUR good luck that your uncle got in trouble and parked it

 

Wow, nice one, keep us posted on your progress.

 

Yea, that is cool! Welcome to the HAMB! Where are you from? Assumimg maybe somewhere in Tennessee considering the license plate?

 

Did they channel it and not touch the original steering column ?
Nice !

 

Nice and welcome.

 

Very cool....seems to be a lot of this going on around here lately.

 

we definitely need more pictures. click full image

 

Congrats & welcome...you've already taken it to a level your uncle only dreamed of...

Look forward to more history...any pics that your Uncle might have saved to share...

 

Yes it’s channeled about 8”. Stock steering column.

 

A few pics of when I got it from uncle Jim and when I got it roadworthy I took it to him to let him drive it

 

Yes central TN. The car came from Ohio

 

Well played, Brian. That must have been a great thrill for Uncle Jim, no doubt it brought back a few memories.

 

A few more for you guys.

 

That middle picture at the scenic overlook with the driver looking out there, is a future heirloom. Great photography.

 

A really cool story, you really made your uncle proud, many great miles with the 32. Greetings Harald

 

WOW!! Great Family story. Have fun with your Roadster.

 

I wrote up the story how Uncle Jim told it to me. I always put it on the windshield when I go somewhere. I also made the local paper here I thought was cool also

 

Cleaning up the unknown quick change. Looks to be an early shop built unit. It has no markings on it at all

 

DAMN THATS COOL...I KNOW these OLD timers are leaving their cars THEY put up 50 years ago for the younger generations to take care of...We have to honor that ...

 

Neat! I especially like the tread pattern of the rear tires in the "as found" pics. You don't see stuff like that anymore!

 

Agreed. Very cool. Enjoy it!

 

The tires are date coded 1944 on the rear and 1949 on the front. They are wall art now. They still held air but rode like bricks!

 

Wow, Very cool car, a time machine..
It looks like a lot of fun!

 

What brand are they?

 

Man, them must've been some scary-ass cops! I usually listen to them for as long as it takes the next guy/gal to relieve them from their shift.....awesome car, awesome story.