A new t-shirt design for one of my VW racin' buddies. Both of these cars run 5s in the eighth mile. Bad mamma jammas!
Just in time for the 4th of July… Hello, Sometimes an idea gets stuck in the head and can’t go forward. I was thinking of the time the Bill Stroppe Shop was at the top of the old Model T Signal Hill Roadway for their yearly contests. The hill climb was famous locally and every teenager tried it with their cars at one time or another. At times, it was hilarious to see a hot rod start up the hill with a full load of teenagers and everyone scooting forward to make it go faster up the hill. The more powerful cars had no problem, the 283 dual quad, 4 speed, 57 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop flew off the top at a high rate of speed and many times, it was a slight “air” at the time when the car touched the level street at the top. The 58 Impala was a fast one, too and many times, it too went fast enough to get a little higher than the other cars. But, the landing was not as nice. A big heavy car touching down, even if it was slight, made an awful sound. Then there was a flathead 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery with a whopping 80 hp and it could make it up and over with just me and the passenger. Faster if the passenger was a 90 pound girl… ha! But, in all fun, when the teenage bodies were rolling around the empty cave in the back, it barely made enough power to get half way up without having to down shift to 2nd … then immediately down shift to first, if we wanted to go over and not have to back down the steep hill climb. Yikes! But, at the top of that particular hill, was the home of Bill Stroppe. It was a very distinct place and made quite a name for Ford at the time. Holman Moody came along later and joined for a while. The Stroppe-Holman Moody identification was the idea that popped up for this 4th of July. Jnaki From stock height to low and sleek styling… But, one can not let well enough alone and a chopped top came into the picture. Now, the proportions look a little bit better for streamlining, yet still have enough head room for long distance coastal cruising. But, in a similar color palette… YRMV
Since this is off topic, and somewhat engine related, Here are some robot heads the I make from small two-stroke engine cylinders:
Going through some of Dad’s books from his diesel school days at OSU 1958-60 . I found some doodles he did
starting with this design, can a sedan be changed over to a station wagon? Hello, In looking at various models of the 1940 Ford coupes, sedans, trucks and sedan deliveries, there was one version that was not available. It was a standard or custom station wagon that was not a woody. My version of the station wagon would have the full windows for better viewing and still be able to take the family to the beach, mountains for camping and sit comfortably in the seats, as well as cruising around. I drove a two door small station wagon during our new family era. The two doors were fine, even for access to the back seating positions, including, a toddler car seat arrangement. At least, there was no worry about a door accidently opening while driving. Safe and secure for the young family. Jnaki But, who says an old 1940 Ford Sedan could not be modified to a Nomad style build status with some work and styling. A one of a kind daily driver and family car all rolled into one. The lowered rake status gives the family station wagon some attitude for the daily drives to “mommy and me” classes and to elementary school later. No need to have a lowered stance in the back. All of the “stuff” for the young toddler takes its spot in back and sometimes gives the “oh, so, lowered look…” YRMV
It's Friday so I can complain about the location of the Friday Art Show . I know, I'm like a dog with a bone!
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