Repop them?? Those are earned not bought off the shelf! Repopping them would be like fake aged paint, fake patina, fake rust and all the other fake BS today. I have to go out. Where did I put that spray can of bad *** street racer?
this reminds me of an idea my grampa used to talk about called a dumb *** ticket. were cetain people were issued dart guns to shoot at cars of dumb *** drivers. when there were three on a car a cop could stop them and issue a dumb *** ticket.
with my luck the next cop would pull me over and give me a ticket for the obsruction of my view on my windshield
I guess we are the only 2 paying attention to the power plant.. Look at the location of the carbs.. notice the offset pulley. looks like a blower.. So this is a real hot rod.. As far as the workmanship. most cars built in back yards with little in the way of tools .As for the battery location that was where most of the low budget cars had them mounted. plus a lot of power loss from long cables.. they more than likely gave him the tickets some time after he out ran the police cars.. Back then they could do anything they wanted..
The radiator "pic" is Charles Manson! The guy looks like he's about to bust out laughing as the cop applies the sticker. It did'nt work in 47', it surely would'nt work now. There are a few "sticker guys" here on the HAMB that could make these up; and could'nt keep them in stock. I wonder if the guy is actually a member here; if not, he should be. Butch/56sedandelivery.
As for the mounting of the battery...its up where it belongs and it is what was available to the kid. You build your first car with what you have and what you know. Then you get wised up and change a few things and make it better, or not. My old T bucket roadster had the 3EE 12V version of that old Buick/Pontiac etc. style long narrow battery mounted sideways on the rear frame member close to the "tailgate". Worked fine and easy to service. Still available at WalMart and Sears too I think.
The HAMB is awesome..........where else on the internet can you find Jesus, Charles Manson, Barry Gibb, Hot Rod traffic violators & Eddie Haskell all mentioned in the same thread? The driver looks like he is ready to crack up laughing. He probably spent that evening celebrating his achievement with a Three Musketeers a pint of Old Harper and some beef jerky. Nothing can top this plate though, I'm guessing you were king of the mountain if you ran one of these:
LOL! It's Larry Mondello! Didn't he get involved in the racing business? A lot of years ago I had lunch one time with Charles Manson in this little diner. About half way thru thru the meal Charlie looks across the table at me and says, "Is it hot in here, or am I crazy?"
I think you earn a set of bracelets LONG before you earn a jacket. I've also heard that the jacket sleeves are WAY too long....
Hot rods didn't all look like the ones in the magazines back then. The kid behind the wheel looks like a teenager to me,and he probably didn't give a **** how the car looked. He probably just wanted to haul ***. And with a flathead v8 with two carbs and what looks like a blower, he probably had the fastest car in town. To me,this car is the definition of a hot rod.
That's a long & skinny tractor/forklift battery, my little '47 Clark Trukloader takes the same one under it's little hood, with a long & skinny 2 gal gas tank on the other side, and a lot of '60's Farmall Diesel tractors used two in series hung on both sides to make 12V
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