Usually by now there's some advance pictures of the AMBR & Slonaker entries for 2025. Kind of quiet this year?
https://blacktopmagazine.com/hot-ro...r-stage-at-75th-grand-national-roadster-show/ "This year’s contenders include a T-bucket, two Model As, three ’36 Fords and five ‘32 Fords." No more info there. From my understanding, they have a rule/agreement to keep things under wraps until it's open. In the past, there have been 'leaks' and acknowledgements that some are competing, but most are pretty quiet. I can speculate that Piero @Evel is the T, but no word on that, just that he's entering the show. I'd also guess that a number of them will require hall passes from the moderation team just to be posted here. Past winner on display https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...bute-memorial-build-and-info-ambr-1955.415187 Someone knows of one, but no leak. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/bad-voltage-regulators.1329683/#post-15479786
As mentioned picture of the finished cars are not allowed before they show up at the venue for prejudging. Usually don't see anything until load in. Pretty sure the RadRides hand built fenderless '36 is one of the cars.
Having followed the build on Instagram it would be a worthy winner. Some stunning work being done on it.
I'll be filming Friday morning We are headed to the Petersen on Thursday, and then hopefully Mooneyes on the way back out to our hotel.
Move-in is Wednesday and Thursday, so photos won't show up till then. We move in on Wednesday between 4-8 pm in Suede Palace.
The 'Rad Rides' refined roadster makes one wonder why the many decades of 28-34 highboy trend didn't carry on through the 35-36 model years, while a totally different venue the East coast cut down modified oval track coupes were perhaps partly inspirational in that regard.
Looking forward to seeing lots of photos, can't get there this year. Hope everyone has a good time. That fenderless '36 looks great, Back to Back winner with a different car would be a first wouldn't it? Bob
Probably because this car has been so heavily reproportioned it's not really the same as an actual '36. They had a '36 roadster body to start with and abandoned it to scratch build the body because it was easier than making all the changes to the actual '36 body.
I asked permission from the builder to post a few pics but haven’t gotten permission yet. I will if he gives the okey-dokey.
The Rad Rides 36 was the subject of a series of articles appearing in Modern Rodding magazine last year. The amount of fabrication and “one off” pieces for this car is overwhelming along with the details of construction.
I agree, massaging the bulky bodies by slicing & dicing & trimming the fat so to speak, would be much more involved for the back yard enthusiast back in the day, where as a couple buddies could transition a 28-29 to a 32 chassis in an afternoon.
I saw a pic on instagram of a Chevy six long block that said it was going to be going into a car there so that could be interesting, can’t find it now though.
I think that might be a Slonaker car. Roseville Rod and Custom is building a "'32 GMC coupe" with a straight 6 that they are not really showing everything of.
Just a hint, the Colorado Springs entry is a 32 Ford but it's a RPU. Very HAMB friendly and a beautiful truck.
Found the car I was talking about. Someone we know. It’s bloody fabulous!! https://www.instagram.com/p/DFbFIJrzlOG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Lets be honest, unless it's an historical "saving" it's an "ick" from me! And the P/U not feeling it! Again, JMO! Critiquing is kinda fun!
The RPU is amazingly detailed. Love the gloss black ceramic coat headers and the fuel tank paint job. But why go to the work of polishing the head, side cover, fantastic pipes... and using Nycop lines and brass fittings? It would look far nicer and detailing to match the rest of what I see if they had used SS and ran it across the buffer. IMO.
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