Technical 29 roadster survivor being brought back to life

Went to a friends house to check out his new roadster. The car was built in 1950 it was his uncles.his uncle did not build it but traded it for a 36 and drove it throught out the 50s then parked it.his uncle promiesd it to him when he was young.well my friend is the one who has the car now and he is is in his 50s and he asked me to help him with it.we hope to have this car back on the road soon.heres the specs on the car.29 roadster body 32 frame all stock it has juice brakes 39 tran with zephry gears,59 ab 3/8 x 3/8 stroker .dome pistons, cam, wieand heads eldebrock manifold with chrome 97s and a funky duel coil igntion with light bulbs on top of the coils anyone know what these are? And everything was chromed on this car. It was black laqured painted.cool old hot rod hope to make it live again. Will keep you posted. Billy

 

Oh man, sounds like a really cool old Hot Rod!

I'll be the first to ask - any photos?!

Malcolm

 

I had one of those coils back in the day. If I remember correctly they were made by Mallory and there was a finned aluminum cap that screwed into the top of the coil to protect the light bulb. I never did figure out what the light bulbs were for but it sure looked cool.

 

The coil is an ECHLIN, sold by NAPA back in the day.I have several NOS ones , told by the old rodders that they would leave the caps off at night for a little bling........Z.D.

 

Few more pics this car has a 32 grille shell and 40 hudson tail lights and a pressure tank . Billy

 

oh man, that's rad!

 

a funky duel coil igntion with light bulbs on top of the coils anyone know what these are?

That is a Kong dual coil distributor with the Echlin coils. It should have a cable attached to it for manual advance and retard. This is a very valuable ignition system.......Z.D.

 

Super-cool! Can't wait to see it rolling again. Thanks.

 

I think the light bulbs act like resisters in the circuit to lower the voltage to below 6 volts for points
then maybe I am full of it too
Ken

 

Yes the cable is there. How cool is that. Thats the first kong igition i have seen.

 

That's what its all about right there...man that is nice!
Tim
MBL

 

Very cool. We need more pics. Keep us updated.

 

Killer, glad to hear it is going back to what it was....

 

Doesn't look half bad. Keep us posted.

 

Sold on eBay........ # 200257285292.....the same ignition system but an Eddie Meyer..........Z.D.

 

How much did it go for? Dose anyone rebuild these?

 

Sold for $710 on sept 29 this year.I had a shop redo 3 H&C twin coils for me 5 years ago , cost $200+ each and they were worse when I got them back.I'm sure someone in LA area could do it but I don't know who.........Z.D.

 

Maybe someone will know

 

Thats the kind of story I like to hear.

 

Geeze, that is a cool car. Good luck to your buddy getting it back on the road!

And to you with yours as well.

Mike

 

that is very cool that it is mostly complete. I would love to find one like that and rebuild the mechanicals to get it on the road.

 

heres a better shot of the ignition. billy

 

Nice to see these cars just as they were back then - gives us a great point of reference.
With all those original speed parts - I wonder how she performed back in the day...
Please keep us posted

 

That is a bad*** roadster.

 

This car is great! I love it when you find an original car with all the preriod parts, it is too often that the cars are re-done in the 70's with a whole bunch of hokey ****.

 

I bought a old track T roadster from Portland Oregon area that had a dual coil ignition with dual echlin coils like the ones in the pics. I looked up the part # and it was a 28or 29 studebaker distributor from what I remember it had been converted for a early flathead. I was told there was a old timer in portland named blackie blackburn that did this. That is a Neat A roadster there.

 

This guy used to specialize in Ford Distributors. I don't know if he still does or not. Used to work for Ed Stewart in San Diego ,years ago.
Everett L Koger
525 Pinerose Ct
Roseville CA 95747
USA

traderjack

 

that car is to coool , hope theres more photos posted as its worked on