Hot Rods Tired of homogenized hotrods

This one is still around, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ still has the chrome frame and clear hood. Last time I saw it was at the Oakland CA. museum. It was still owned by the original builder, but that was many years ago. The Oakland Museum had a great display of historic Hotrods, but that was somewhere around 29 years ago. The Men and Machines of California's Car Culture. is what it was called, and it was outstanding. https://patganahl.com/2019/05/27/quick-pics/

 

https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Hot-Rods-Customs-Fuhrman-Ken-Oakland/1057819882/bd

...Thanks for sharing that @Fat ASS Whitewalls...It did get noticed...there was a book published by him based on that Event at the Museum it seems and he also ran a printing company on top of being known for his mechanical genious. He built the roadster when he was 18... Unfortunately he is not with us anymore but it is always nice to connect the dots and remember them...

The late Hamber @steel rebel knew him well it seems...see link below...

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/anyone-got-a-twin-plug-flattie-v-8.49989/#post-4169289



https://www.lastingmemories.com/memorial/kenneth-a-fuhrman?obituaries

RIP Ken

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https://ahrf.com/

...run whatcha got!! This adventurous Hotrod was quite a standalone in the late 1930s. It looks like a speedster hop up with a sprinkling of Art Deco...
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I went to the show at the Oakland Museum. a great collection of historic hot rods. I was also able to attend the 50th Oakland Roadster Show in San Francisco. That is where I met Marty Strode and he sold my 15 year old son a McCulloch for his Stude wagon. Good times!

 

I too was at the 50th. How I wish I could have made the75th. Being in Missouri and other personal reasons kept that from happening. That will be a regret the rest of my life. We probably bumped into each other in the crowd.

 

If you were in that area from '59-'72 and attended car shows and racing from 1/4 midgets to Drags and flat track we bumped into each other!

 

...I'd rather see that body on your project @Rickybop this looks a modern competitor for that US mail A-Bomb

 

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I like shots like this as it clearly shows low slung was making inroads in the go fast crowd in the later 40s...they were there well before that but here was a group amongst the higher ground and it really makes them stand out...also notable is cut down doors and other forces of power that made for mixed records chipping away at the dominant brands in the winners circle...

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1931-ford-3w-build-marilyn.1039982/

... this is @DylanHill1931's Hotrod take on the one off 3 window Model A from Ford...as the real deal is likely gone long ago...

I really like it...I liked it in Highboy and A Shelled but we all know his newest 32 iterations were and still are reverved...a 1931/Victoria 3 Window Coupe ups a rare find in a barn 3 years ago...

This will be an exciting year for you Dylan...

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...The story went and this may predate WW11, above, this may be the next iteration of the previous post...it's said to be still around... @rbantique, may be part of that story...it's his friend Paul Norman...it went to California apparently...but still here if it is it...these tail fins also appeared perhaps originally on indy cars inspired of course by aviation...



https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...-rochester-nh-old-photos.374210/#post-7848328

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/old-hot-rods-photos.1038554/

...I believe this Hotrod was in one of the late @Rockerhead's pics he shared early in one of his threads and likely shot them...

Quoted...

"This photo is of Al Hawkin's 1927 Chevy phaeton with a '34 Ford grill shell. It had a Ford model B engine with a Winfield head. The important thing here is that Hawkins, in addition to being a Pasadena Roadster Club hot rodder, was a professional photographer. Al took all of the photos here"

You did some really cool stuff...

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Nice one @ratamahata...I wonder if that was a mid engined Drag Coupe? BF/C = Blown Fuel Coupe...I think...

 

...Another Standalone...is that a Crosley in the background...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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Credit to Photographer, Owner
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Tom Sanders is mentioned in the filename...I suspect its the 40 Conv. He owns but that pickup reminds me of Gojo's that's moved on to another Hamber...

Credit to Photographer, Owner

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Consider for a moment that at the time of the photo the vehicle may not have been finished. Just sayin.

 

32 5w heavy wedge chop top...





5w unknown body unchopped




Model A 30-31 with later v8 drilled frame. nailhead v8?

 

Channeled deuce looks Henry steel body

 

5w unknown body unchopped

@ratamahata Curved A pillars and visor say it’s a 31 Chevy, Olds, or Pontiac.

 

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...ines-lets-see-em.1019980/page-4#post-11662080

...Hamber @Ol Deuce's 63 Olds powered Hotrod sporting GM parts by the looks of things...any more pics Deuce? Stogy likes...

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I think this might be BC Canada...and I'd be smiling too...

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...I would have loved to have seen this making its presence known...it reminds me a bit of the Ice Box...that White Wild 34 from the 50s...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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...FB isn't all bad...

Sweet Virginia...



Credit to Photographer, Owner
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...Like the Chrome Deuce Shells...might even be a Coupster...

Credit to Photographer, Owner

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Nice roadster, and thanks for the Stones link.
I dated a girl in college around '64 that said the Stones played at her Senior Ball in Sacramento. Those Limey bands were everywhere around that time. She left toenail marks in the old headliner in my '48 Chevy. Those were the days! My wife's class only got the Turtles.

 

Do you have any additional info @Stogy ?

I’m compiling all I can on this woody on my profile

thank you!!

1932 ford woody wagon - John good by 32FordWoody posted Oct 6, 2022 at 12:32 AM

 

Thanks for the PM...we'd love to see more of it now...You are very fortunate to own this truly wild ride...it sure has done the walk...fast at that...

 

Hello,

When I was researching for a drag racer named Jim Morris, I got two scenarios. We knew Jim Morris as the racer in a fast Buick powered Street Roadster that always gave the Jim Cassidy/Jr. Thompson Street Roadster a run for the money.


1959-60 Jim Morris Street Roadster

But, the other information I was able to gather was that Jim Morris also had a Buick Phaeton with a supercharged Buick motor that was also in the drag racing circles. We do not know if this is the same Jim Morris, although by the time the Getty Images Photo was taken at Lion’s Dragstrip, it was 1965. By then, we were already into our next desert motorcycle racing adventures and surfing all over So Cal/Baja. No more weekly attendance at the drags for the both of the brothers.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/post-pics-of-phaetons-lets-see-the-tubs.443647/page-14#post-13810375

Jnaki

1965 Lion' Dragstrips pits

The distinct headlights of the Jim Morris Buick Phaeton are an exact match (or so close) that I would go out on a limb and say the mystery Phaeton was a 1925 Buick Phaeton.

More Jim Morris 1925 Buick Phaeton 1965 drag racing.


So, the question is, who the heck races a neat Phaeton at the drags? With Buick Skylark wire wheels and a 671 supercharged Buick motor? YRMV