I love to see real Hot Rods like that one. By the way, I've heard there is an Herb that can help Dad with his Glaucoma.
Very interesting indeed....I'm happy to read the story, and that you can save a piece of HotRodding History.
super cool man. great story. its amazing that its still in your family. im sure your very proud. now thats what i call a family heirloom.
This is a cool read, and I'm glad that you have a tangible as well as physical link to the past. Both with the car, AND with your Pops! It's really kool that you can work on this with him, cause he was with the car when it was recreated to begin with. I'm pretty sure that Pops will have or come back to some fond memories while working on this. Cherish every minute that you have with both of these reminders of our past, bubba! Thanks for posting this and sharing a little bit o'history!
Great story, great history, great legacy Chris. It had me grinnin' all the way through. Appreciate the "how-they-did-it" photos, too. Good luck with it.
Wow, amazing story and a very cool car. Thanks for sharing, Chris ! Good luck and please keep us updated. It's not my car, but if ... I wouldn't update it to much. You've got so much history there and if its to much updated it's gonna end up like on of today's fine builds. I'd keep as much as possible, but then agin...that's just my thoughts. Your dad and his cousine are a piece of the history books, and you will continue the saga of this one, luck you. / primerkid
Great read! Good luck to you, that is an awesome piece of history - and its still in the family - even better. Mike
First, I have that diecast car,and it's one of my favorites. Cool that now I know some history behind the car. Second, I grew up in Bell. My best friends dad,Rich LeNarz, worked at Bell Auto Parts,and might have known your dad and Pyle. He always told us about all the Hotrodders and Custom guys who were in our area when he was a kid. He is in many of the old Hotrod magazines. Last year I met the new owner of the Berodinni(spelling?)Bros. 32 Roadster,at the GNRS,and told him that my friends dad worked on the car when it raced. My friend has some great old photos of his dad and the Coupe,that have never been published. Great story Chris. When you get it running,you need to bring it to the Anti-donut Breakfast.
Malcolm, You can't be more right. I am blessed beyond measure. My dad and I have always had a great connection with cars and I am having the time of my life working with him again. We worked together for many years installing ceramic tile. Although I no longer install tile, I'll never forget what he's taught me. Thanks for the support, Chris
Wow, awesome story and car. It really is worth preserving as is. I am only 20 minutes away (when I am stateside), would be more than happy to give you a hand with anything if needed. '22
I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of support. Besides the shear beauty of a cars, I dig the fellowship that cars can bring and you've brought a lot my way. I appreciate it. I can tell you that it is a shot in the arm and I feel energized by the all the well wishes. My dad has a lot life long friends because of cars. He's also had a quite a few cars in his day. I'll post some of pics of these when I can dig through the photo albums. I've got a lot more roadster photos and stories to share as I've been working on the car. I'll keep the string going with updates on how I'm doing on the roadster. To put some minds at ease, my intention is to leave the car as is. I'm literally just cleaning the dirt and grease off of everything so I can work on it. I have a set of hydraulic brakes that are period pieces and what they'd have used at the time. I'd hate to get it put back together and then ram into something because of brakes. Throughout the years it was very tempting to go with the IFS/IRS, disc brake, power steering, small block stuff that's out there. One thing the Hot Rod industry has done is given us all alot of choices. By the way, none of that stuff will touch this car. I'm afraid you guys might lynch me! For those of you that have stressed the temptation of selling the car, that'll never happen. My dad has even made my wife promise to never sell the car. HA! Thanks again and I'll keep you posted, Chris
You guys are a Godsend. I'll keep that in mind as I am in the process of the build. Thanks a ton, Chris
Chris, Man you got to feel like you won the lottery. Super sweet car. Thanks for sharing with us. Clay
Chris, Welcome to the HAMB, and thank you for bringing such a great piece of hot rodding history with you....The car, the story, all too groovy man. I know most of us are far from you, but if you need help with anything, just let us know...this is a great community and we are always willing to help out a fellow hot rodder. Please keep us posted on the progress of your build.
It's amazing that there are still cars out there in this kind of untouched, original (well, original for a hot rod) state. Good luck with this. -Dave
Chris, I can appreciate your car and the story. We still have my Dad's 31 Roadster he built in the 50's in our family. Intact and original!
How cool is this. I am sure you feel proud to work on this car. And it stayed in the family, that is just something you can't buy!
How amazing that your dad could keep the car all these years. You are in the best company anyone could want with the HAMBer community. There is no better source of info and tech anywhere. Best of luck with your project. Ryan, would it be outa' line to ask you to hook this guy up with the Tardel's? Sounds like he could use some TLC on this and what a neat project for the "Ranch" to nurture.
Kool doesn't quite say it. Your car and it's history are fantastic. It sounds like your the perfect man for the job.
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