Retired electrical contractor Royce Glader of Fort Collins, Colorado brought home the 2005 Goodguys/Eagle One Street Rod of the Year award with his 1929 Ford roadster pickup named Loaded Gladers story begins a few years back when he found a wildly exaggerated cartoon of a roadster pickup which left an almost obsessive, indelible impression. From that point on he embarked on a two year mission to bring the cartoon to life. So far in 2005 the loaded roadster has brought home the Chip Foose Award of Design Excellence at the Grand National Roadster show, the big $20,000 grander at Darryl Starbirds Tulsa show, the CASI Cup at the Detroit Autorama, the Washington Cup at the Spokane Auto Speed & Boat show and to top off the season, the coveted Goodguys/Eagle One Street Rod of the Year.
That is an "AWESOME" truck...! Didn't someone post the build on this board??? Could somebody find that post?
Saw it at Detroit,it wasn't up for the Ridler,but it is outstanding!The guy that built it is pretty cool Eric from Pinkies Rod shop in Colo.
The owner had to wipe the slobber off it after I looked at it on saturday. The creativity, detail and handwork knocked me out.
WOW....A trophy update for all of those who care! They ruined a beautiful hot rod when they painted it.
Not interested in who won any trophy. I only appreciate quality work ..and shiny paint doesn't play a part of that in my eyes. PJ
It's a little over the top for my taste (read: Too nice and too much $$) but I'd take it if they gave it to me . The craftsmanship and ideas though are just too cool. I really like the headlight/speedo dash and keeping all of the mechanicals out in the open. Who wouldn't like a hand hammered copper trunk, or the kick-*** wood floor!
Denise (hotrodladycruiser) posted some killer pics here back in Sept. 26 2004. Do a search under "pics of royce". Larry
How did you get that picture? Everytime we got close to that truck there was a crowd around it 3 people deep.
Yes indeed, Brock is one of the most level headed younger hotrodders I know. His dad is a hotrodder from way back. That model A is soooo right.
Eric (Peratt) OWNS Pinkee's Rod Shop in Ft. Collins...he's about 35 years old...and this is not the first car he's built...he built a Ford shotgun-motored '50 Ford "station wagon" (built out of a tudor sedan) a few years ago for the GM of Phil Long Ford here in ColoRODo...it also won a ton of awards and kudos...this "roadster" is his fourth or fifth major build...he is talented, surrounds himself with talented people and builds cars for those that feel money is made for spending.... R-
Common courtesy dictates that if your going to lift words and photos from another site that you should at least give credit where credit is due. Streetrodder website A nice shot of Rudy's roadster was found there so I thought I'd share.
Am I the only one that thinks that RPU is out of proportion? It just looks to cartoony to me. The work is amazing though. Rudy's car still rules. There's also a pic of it in the new Goodguys Gazzette.
Yes Denise, but we are dealing with the CutNpaste king of the internet here! He is so good at clipping that maybe he could show you his s****book skils, naw he would have to show originality!
Common courtesy ... Those words are out of my dictionary. sorry didn't take a camera.... my oh my t-man you need a piece........it'll make you more loving picturestealin'pete
Its supposed to look cartoony and out of proportion... that's the look he was going for! Its not too far off the concept drawing. I think he nailed it. ...but what do I know???
I saw it at the So-Cal open house a few weeks ago... everyone was WHISPERING around it... I guess that's real AWE when folks whisper around a hot rod. I thought it was beautiful. Not my style but still gorgeous. How many of "Gracie level" cars could I have for the money spent on that ONE? Holy Moly!
I thought it was more incredible in person than any pics. And what's better is that saturday evening, there was a brief thunderstorm in Columbus, and that RPU sat out in it at a local food joint. I cruised by there during the storm in my trusty shoptruck, and couldn't believe my eyes. That made my weekend.
I'm always amazed at the people who ***** and complain about the amount of money spent on nice cars. You know ANYONE could build that car to that level for a lot less money, Sure if you did it yourself it would be just the cost of the parts plus chrome. All You have to do is practice all of the different talents it takes to build that car until your craftsmanship is to that level. Oh yeah don't forget about the experience it takes also. Until then you will have to s**** alot of work. Or you could ask someone to help you with the work that has some skills, But most people with talents don't work for free. So at some point you have to pay the piper or learn the skills, or just be happy with what you can do. But why do you have to bag on the skills that someone else has. When you rag on some one about how much money is in that car all you show is how little you really know about how long it really takes to build a car like that from scratch. Just imagine how long it takes to build some of those parts and pieces on that car. When I drove through colorado a week before the La Roadster show, I saw The owner and eric working on the car. The owner was dirtier than eric and I heard stories about the owner doin a large percentage of the work, It might have been skilled work or just s****ing and grinding but he was in there doin his part. Then you have the guys that are better off not even scaping under coating out of a fender, That have million dollar cars. My issuse with guys comes when they tell people they built the car, but that issuse has nothin to do with the car and a lot to do with the owner. OK I'm done, I'm off the soap box. Rodger
When I talked to the owner I got the impression that he was perfectly happy with how it turned out and is looking forward to many miles (smiles). Yes it was a lot of money, but it was HIS money and the only one that has to be happy with the results and money spent. END OF STORY Frank
Personally, I'm a little bored with all the bare metal rods. The paint on Royce's rpu is beautiful. WWS
I like it, gave me ideas for my own rod build. I do have 1 question about it though. I was reading the article in RnC about how the wheels were made, and the thought crossed my mind "How in the HELL do they bolt to the truck?"
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