In the judging field sat the Walker-Morrison Deuce, built, I believe, by Doane Spencer. It qualified for the show because it had run at El Mirage back in the day. It has also been shown at Pebble Beach. A great looking car, but I'd have rather have seen it restored to it's dry lakes days. The second set of photos is a 1936 all stainless Ford. Six were built,4 remain, only this one is privately owned. The owner was very upset it was sitting in the grass/mud. The third car was my favorite of the day-a 1930 Willys-Knight. Dig the plaid doors. Finally, I found that the more an owner had participated in the actual reconstruction/restoration of his car, the more proud he was of it and the more willing to talk about it. Guys who only wrote checks to own a trophy were quite a bit more pompous. So here's a final photo of a typical Hershey scene. Hope you appreciate the irony.
Not sure-no one was paying attention to it. The green car on the other side was,I think, a Kaiser-Darrin.
Got to see this Roadster last fall in St. Louis shop of Jack Stirnemann. The WM car is perfect in everyway. I believe it placed second behind Orosco Coupe at Pebble. Many people felt it should have won. Jack and his brother build some of most flawless cars on the planet, and they are into traditional. Bob
Have you seen the pictures from the Hop Up feature? This was one of the nicest roadster around in '52, everything was chromed and nicely finished, It's only natural a restoration 57 years later is going to be above and beyond anything in '52. & it isn't like they found a grungy looking lakes roadster and made it a show piece.
I heart that roadster! The owner was super nice. I talked to him for quite a while about the car and the history and restoration and Flatties in general. He was really surprised and happy with the reaction it received at the Round Up last spring. Here are a couple pics I snapped: No such thing as over restored in my book!
I don't think the original 36's were that polished.More like a DeLorean They also did some square birds that way too.
The Green roadster I think you are referring to was the Ray Brown roadster owned by Bruce Meyer. Seeing Tony Nancy 22Jr's (both flathead & nailhead powered versions) was awesome as well. Believe it not, T. Calletta's (sp.?) Bounty Hunter was there one year as well. You should have heard that beast fire up. WOW!
The 36 stainless was parked at the end of it's class... not sure which one it was but there were some amazing coach built cars in it... the next class was what I'll call one of the mustang classes... so that's why you see those two cars parked together... my father and I helped to guide in cars that were showing in the 1970-1980 Hi-Po classes 3 to 4 rows over... volunteering to park show cars is fun! When that 36 rolled in, wwe couldn't belive how shiney it was... Crazy that people complain about parking on an of GOLF COURSE! isn't that where all the good shows are? haha
the 36 is owned by leo gephardt.he started out in the dayton, ohio area buying and selling classic cars.made a bundle,then moved to arizona,doing the same thing,only on higher end cars.he hadn't been to hershey in 7-8 yrs,but he went this time,because he had a buyer for that 36...don't know if he sold it or not though
If that's the right car, he was doing laps in the rain in the stadium on Friday... beautifully restored, but NOT a trailer queen
Well, I am willing to be corrected. Just seemed to be too nice, but I didn't talk to the male owner, just told his wife it was a nice car.
You have to see the car. It is beautiful, amazing, to be able to restore a classic like that with all the history. For all of us to get to see what it looked like back then. "INCREDIBLE"
This is what the stainless '36 looked like in the summer of 08. It had just been pulled from storage and the new owner brought it to the Early Ford V8 National meet in Dearborn MI. Supposedly he paid $250k for it in this condition. All these stainless cars were driven into the ground by Ford people, usually had over 200K miles on each car. Funny thing was the body was pretty solid but the rest of the car was falling apart.
Thanks for posting the pics.First,I have to say,the 32 is perfect.Secondly,why in the hell,did the owner of the 36,polish the dog piss out of it.That is just wrong!It wasn't built shiny!.The Willys I have seen before.I like the plaid doors.
That Roadster was flawless, and I really enjoyed talking with the owner and his wife, she is as into the hobby as much he is. I really hope the AACA sees fit to award that car an Annual Award at the Annual Meeting in February, it has been a long time since the Tony Nancy 22JR with the Buick won the Award. Just reread the feature on the car in The Rodders Journal #40, really great story on the cars history.
I had a long conversation with her as well, a lovely lady. There is a YouTube of the car runing down the Pacific Coast Highway at speed on the Pebble Beach weekend. If that is your idea of a Trailer Queen we all need one.
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