Agreed on the lights. Some colors you think wouldn’t work and end up they do. I’m an East Coast channeled and rake guy and this one rules.
Same. I even had AI take a crack at cleaning these up and didn't get very far. Surely there are more shots out there, but I haven't been able to find any...
In case you weren't aware @Tuck is working on a clone of sorts and has some other pictures in his thread: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/32-3-window-build-cinderella”.1321859/
^ beat me to the punch! There’s quite a few photos of the car out there. I notice it way more often now that Tuck got hung up on it
I like the car. Hate the color. Sure it "works" and maybe it was the victim of some tricky photo edits to make it pink just for the issue. You have taught us that in other features here cap'n. I learned in my teens I couldn't trust the text either. They'd say it has the double-throw-down-wazzoo part here or there but a good exam and moderate part knowledge said different. But you bought the book, right? This may be one of those idioms of print media since you can't find any other shots in, yeah you said it, Titty Pink. Sorry man. Hate to drop a logical exam on a cool blog feature, just sayin. I'll shut up now...
I've seen a lot of old showcars photographed in that spot. Does anyone recognize the location? Maybe Cobo hall??
Everyone is different, I'd be happier if the pink were a metallic and a little warmer. Just my vision, otherwise pink is fine on a car, just not my clothes Thanks Ryan, for the view.
I'm sure the car is the a cats ass and it does have the look, I love the look but at my age if I got waded up like the young man in the photo the rescue squad would have to field day trying to extract me and the caraprachters would have a constant source of income for the next few years. I have heard many times in my life that hot rods are a young man's game, comfort wasn't high on the list. My old Deuce sedan and I have been together a long time, it's comfortable, I finally have a interior, heat & air and ample leg room. HRP
I don't remember what delinquent movie this is from...but the line was something like "they is pink Orville, pink as bubble gum" ...this proclamation came from the young fellow in the back seat as he leaned forward to look over the shoulder and down the blouse of the young lady sitting in the front seat. Oh yeah, the 3 window is cool too...but I share HRP's concern about the ergonomics...it hurts just thinking about getting in and out of there.
I've always thought it was Cobo hall, but I've never been able to pinpoint the exact location. I’ve always been a sucker for pale, pale pinks—the kind that barely whisper their hue... Warmer, louder pinks? Not so much. But hey, different strokes, right? There’s just something about taking a car that already looks like it wants to punch its way through a brick wall and dressing it in a shade so delicate it feels like a dare. It’s like naming your kid Sue and handing him a switchblade. That soft blush isn’t weakness—it’s bait. Go ahead, make a snide remark… and get your teeth kicked in by a color you didn’t see coming. For me, comfort’s one of the first things on the chopping block when it comes to chasing clarity in a hot rod. If shedding a little padding means gaining a little precision—less weight, tighter handling, more bite—I’ll toss the cush in a heartbeat. Strangely enough, the older I get, the less I give a damn about riding comfortably. Maybe it’s because I’ve lost all desire to drive my coupe from Texas to California ever again. These days, it’s all about the Hill Country backroads and how much rubber I can leave on em... etc...
According to @Eightydeuce the pictures were taken for the 1963 Ram Rods show which was held at the National Guard Armory in Wash. D.C. This recent picture seems to line up with building layout, 2-story, and window configuration .
Very well could be, I got these images as hires scans from a guy named Rich Boyton in 2017. He said they were taken in Dallas, but that's all I got... I know I've seen this backdrop many times before...
Well, the HAMB's got more Pink threads than an early Elvis suit! Similar style vibes, though a more passionate pink, coming from John Weston Roadster that J.Ukrop posted a while back: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/pink-roadster-perplexity.1263945/
That pink teeters right on the edge for me—bold enough to make me raise an eyebrow, but not enough to push me off the cliff. Close though. I can live with it. Personally, I like my pinks a little more elusive. Either ghostly pale... or drowned in floppy flake—so much so that the tone shifts with every angle and every light source.... Jerry Sprague’s ’32 nails that second camp perfectly. It doesn’t announce itself with a megaphone, but it doesn’t have to. It shimmers its way into your brain and stays there.
Welp. That’s it. Legacy locked, loaded, and spray-painted on the side of a burning strip club. Whatever comes next, they’ll have to reckon with that.
Similar metallic pink shade to the one used on this 'Lincoln' themed 32 3 window built, if memory serves me right, by Brizio's a few years back.
These hyper-polished, ultra-finished showpieces aren’t really my thing. But damn if I don’t love staring at ’em. There’s something about a car so dialed-in, so obsessively executed, that you can’t help but respect it. Saw this one in the flesh and it’s flat-out surgical in its precision. Wild craftsmanship.
This sweet ride is so perfectly done, with its Lincoln finned valve covers to its Lincoln hub caps, it is amazing!
I'm in the same boat as hotrod primer and could not drive the car. I had a friend with a severely channeled '32 and it left zero left leg leverage for the clutch pedal. Seated on a flat floor and as many times as I tried I could not push the pedal in. The car pictured was not built for long range driving!
That's nowhere around Cobo that I recall. I'm a Motown lifer and been all-over that place. I don't recognize a single brick. Seriously, concerts, too many Autoramas to recall, I launched the Classic Car USPS stamps from there, we did an SAE gig there too. If it's Cobo it's nowhere I've ever seen past or present.
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