I have a customer who is trying to out trick himself.I want to show him that a clean simple 32 roadster is the way to go.Post your favorite pic's please.....THANKS!
Look for this at the LA Roadster Show next month.It will be in the swap area as the paint isn't shinny enough for the show. I had to turn down a chance to travel with the owner to LA with this roadster. Too many commitments to be gone for two weeks. I know I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life. I plan to travel with them to Bonnieville next year when they race it.
[ QUOTE ] Look for this at the LA Roadster Show next month.It will be in the swap area as the paint isn't shinny enough for the show. [/ QUOTE ] I have seen spray bomb paint jobs at the LA Roadsters show. As a matter of fact...the last time I was there with my 32 Roadster........some fellows from Texas were spraying a primered hood with a spray bomb....so they could get it in......runs and all. I submit a photo of my 32..........with fenders. I noticed all previous 32's were without them. My old car is plain, simple and ole timey..........just how I like them
[ QUOTE ] The definitive Deuce highboy . . . [/ QUOTE ] Whose car was that? It is indeed a cl***ic. Another favorite of mine was Hank Negley's...
this picture alone will keep you working for a lifetime. The car is almost done and it will make us all forget another roadster was ever built. only one man can be behind a car like this.
Neal -- The car was built and owned by Bruce Townley, from SLC, in the '50s. The pictures are from a September 1958 HRM feature. The car was a runner as well as a looker, posting 122 mph on the Salt. OFOF tells me the car is still in the SLC area but long gone from Townley's hands. To my tastes, there's never been a better looking post-war Deuce highboy roadster, nor one that embodies most of the more-popular characteristics of the time. Note that front-to-rear tire size difference is not extreme. Axle drop is no more than 2-1/2 or 3 inches. The big-eyed Deuce headlamps have been replaced with a more-reasonably sized pair of Guides, set at a reasonable -- read lawful -- height. The '46-'48 Ford "racetrack" taillights are right at home. And the white canvas top is as nicely done as has been any Deuce folder, this one modified to accommodate a 3-inch -- not the more-common 2-inch -- windshield chop. This subtle bit of difference, all by itself, gives this Deuece, with its top up, more character, more visual energy than the great majority of Deuce roadsters have running *******. This is a very cl***y Deuce.
I rode to dinner in this last weekend. Roger's Deuce. They didn't all lose their fenders in the 50's. It's got a flatty and three on the tree!
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