Featured History FOUND: Spalding bros. Track T roadster

The Spalding bros. Track T roadster has been found!

Back track, last couple days Hudson Joe has been posting on IG old images of the Spalding car. Joe & I have been messaging back and forth since, turns out Joe has found and purchased the body, he is trying to track down the chassis.

From @hudsonjoe49

The holy grail of track roadsters


From Joe's roadtrip to Arizona Saturday.






This car has not been seen since the mid 50s after the White bros. ran at drags strips like Pomona, Paradise Mesa with a Ford Flathead V8. Turns out it has been in Az




We both share a passion for HOT ROD HISTORY. I appreciate Joe letting me post his discovery on the HAMB

Collage Joe did for IG story, Pat would love the Spalding T roadster has finally been found


I will post vintage Pics in other posts

 

Almost 2:30AM here, I came downstairs to take a heartburn pill and just saw this post, freakin’ amazing!
Wow, I never expected heartburn to be a good thing.

 

@Marty Strode

 

Outstanding, Never Give Up!!

 

Cool find!

 

Wow!

Wow!

Best of luck on tracking down the chassis.

 

Outstanding and to the right person way to go Joe.

 

HELL YES!

 

Holy Shit

 

Ooh, here we go!

 

I’d drive it

 

Awesome!

 

Of all the people who could have found it Joe is 100% the right guy

 

That's so awesome!! That car had an incredible level of detail. Reminds me of the 22jr car by Tony Nancy. Congrats!

 

That's quite a find, Pat would have certainly enjoyed the news. Wishing good luck finding the chassis, as there are some rare pieces to come up with. It took some digging to build the close copy we put together.

 

@Marty Strode my second thought after “holy shit!” Was that they are going to have such a huge leg up with your thread of building the clone. The insane amount of effort and research you guys put in gives the rebirth of the original such a massive advantage.

 

just an amazing find 4 sure

 

Hudson Joe finds all the cool stuff......

 

Thanks Tim, It was a lot of searching and work. That's what made the original very special !

 

Holy hell that's cool. Hard to believe it didn't get scrapped by someone who didn't have a clue what it was.

 

Very cool find these days even if it was not famous.
Id have bought it not knowing the history.

 

Let's see....uhm....

Joe has the body....? Marty has the clone chassis.....?....

Could this be a match made in heaven? One of those "hey you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!" moments??

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Trade the body to Pat Ganahl’s son to fit onto the recreation chassis. Then build a similar car for the body that Marty assembled. Maybe put a Ford in it so you could have Ford vs. Chevy battles.

 

Yep, in the right place at the right time. looking forward to build/rebuild pics

 

Great find!

 

Wow.

 

Excellent intro and article @Jimmy B I wanted you to give the good news first! To the fellow HAMB community. You also have a library of photos to share with your amazing expertise and research. @Marty Strode dedicated a lot to this chapter and showed everyone here how it was done by the Spalding Bros. Yes we also all wish Pat was here to see the find of a lifetime. 1950s HRM cover cars are almost impossible to find these days.

 

Man, I hope you can find more of it.