Featured History 35-36 Ford car that does it for you!

Hello,

We should all be so lucky as to live to 93. He was born when the 1932 Ford was on the showroom. That goes back a long ways…

Ed Pink was well known in the drag racing world. His early endeavors involved a Tahitian Red modified 36 Ford coupe. The painted shape on the rear quarter panel was/is a tribute to his dad’s Paint shop "Pink's Paint" from the early days.

Ed Pink was well known in the drag racing world. His early endeavors involved a Tahitian Red modified 36 Ford coupe. The painted shape on the rear quarter panel was/is a tribute to his dad’s Paint shop "Pink's Paint" from the early days.

Two versions of old artwork showing street use and competition use.

The total rebuild and present day version:


Jnaki

The sightings of Ed Pink Engines and history in drag racing are one of those engines we see and wish we had them sitting in our own hot rods. This 36 Ford was a portion of his hot rod life that most have not associated with the name and involvement. YRMV

NOTE:

The Tahitian Red/Candy Apple Paint photo reminded me of this 36 Ford coupe that was an inspiration for an old Friday Art post I did a while back.
Manuel Reyes
The story on Manuel Reyes’ 3 window coupe got me to thinking of various versions of the 35-36 Ford 3 window coupes. The chop looked well done and did not look like someone dropped a piano on top. The proportions looked good.
On the Jalopy Journal , @J.Ukrop did an article on Manuel Reyes’ Coupe.



Here are some of the old hot rods I liked and tried to draw for a Friday Art post.
Manuel Reyes
car show version
mild chop + rake version

Bonneville speed trials or El Mirage races, plus the push truck/van. Even to a radical chopped coupe set up for the vintage hot rod division of the El Mirage Dry Lake Races and/or Bonneville when it is not flooded.

Not only did I go a little overboard with a different design, I made a custom RPU for those that did not just like Model A RPU builds. This one had an extended bed and cab that would fit two teenagers comfortably.

But, they are all hot rods and nothing else. No labels, no categories other than a “mod” here and there to accommodate the builder/driver(s) YRMV

an early scallop paint job with outlined pinstriping…

A new top design so as not to feel closed in and give a much better side views when driving. No blind spots with the top up or on, if it is a one piece California Top. Plus, the sides would be easier to cover if inclement weather popped up on the Westcoast.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1314374/#post-15420713

lowered for those folks with very low ideas and styling. Still with a 292 SBC motor + 671 GMC supercharger.
A Halloween version of the RPU always makes the moment.

A “Thanksgiving” version for those fleeting moments between Halloween festivities and massive Christmas… YRMV
“la pava loca”

AND…For those that are already making plans for “over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house…”

 

I like this phantom roadster pickup

 

My 3-window. Over 15,000 miles in bare metal. Getting closer to paint.

 

That was the first time I drove my car into town. No windshield yet and just days before I drove it at my wedding

 

My chopped ‘36 five window, this does it for me. I always liked Ed Pink’s chopped ‘36 and wanted one so I built one!

 

YESSSSSSS

 

just rewatched this Sunday “Chinatown”


another good old flick “Paper Moon”. Peter Bogdanovich apparently like how car sounds add to the atmosphere, lots in this and “Last Picture Show”.

 

Not bad for a former stock car body.

 

this is some friends of my parents around 1954 in Oakland Ca. (pre 1956 with the black 1947 plates.) my dad was no kind of Hot Rod guy, and I got my mechanical aptitude from my Mom. no clue who the owner was.
has many similarities to the Jack Calori coupe. chopped, lowered headlights, 2 rows of louvers on the hood sides, horn grilles filled, fender and inner pieces welded together, later bumpers (not the same as Calori's) and most interesting is the one piece hood. how many 36's have a one piece hood? wonder if it ever got smacked and a stock grill installed?

 

I'm a truck guy I miss my '35 had to sell for new knees.big copays

 

I like this one. Of course I'm kinda biased as ZZ Top is the best band ever.

 

sweet color too!