1952 Astra Coupe?

Apologies if this has already been discussed. Fantasy Junction is selling a "piece of hot rod history" with a 303 Olds and a stick ******. All aluminum body. Just don't recall ever seeing it, and I pored over every pocketbook magazine on hot rods, customs and sports cars back 'in the day'. This car ring a bell with anyone?

dj

 

Was covered in R&C a couple years back, told the full story about the car & the builder. Pretty cool car. I'll see if I can find the issue here.

 

I remember seeing it there too.

 

Car was restored back to original by J F Launier of JF Kustoms from Osoyoos BC Canada a few years ago. Its alive and well, not sure if JF still has it or not check out JF's site probably www.jfkustoms.com or try JF TV

 

rod and custom,june of 09. Volume 43,no.6. Very cool car and write-up

 

Thanks to all for the help...I'll start poring over past issues.

dj

 

I always keep a stack of older R@c's in bathroom. Was reading that issue just yesterday in the ****ter, that's how I knew the issue right off the bat.

 

Was at GNRS last year.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67734&highlight=astra

 

Astra also made a Astra GT that looked very much like a Kellison. It came on a early Corvette ch***is with kingpin frt suspension.

 

This car was made by Jay Everett, and later got some Barris modifications.

 

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This car sold at RM Auctions Scottsdale sale in January 2010 for $60,000...


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Saw it at the Detroit Autorama last year (2010)
Very, very nice!

 

Dragging one back from the dead. The Astra is going through Me***'s Monterey auction next weekend...

http://www.me***.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0812-134357&entryRow=482

 

I have an early sixties Car Craft with a Showtime USA article with pics of that car.

 

Not the happiest aspect of an otherwise personable motorcar:

It's sort of what one would expect had Spohn ever done an Aston Martin

 

That's before George Barris got his hands on it...

 

HAMBer Allison owned it for a time.

 

I saw pics of it in Popular Mechanics in the early fifties. It was in an article about custom cars. Don't remember the details, but one of the other cars looked like the Buddy Alcorn Merc with the caption "this car was made very low by an amateur" ha ha.

 

Yes, Jeff Allison (almost cool t-shirts etc.) owned it for a while, sold it and it went up to JF's in Canada for the rebuild. Either of them will have the exact details!

Doh, I didn't see the original date!!! Just posted what has already been said!!! These damn new fangled small screen devices while convenient, sometimes ****!!!!!

 

I was just looking to see if anyone knew how much it sold it for today at the auction, and was amazed to see all of these pictures... where did you get them??? I owned it when these were taken, and actually took the pictures.. I dont remember ever posting them anywhere?

 

Magic Jeff....MAGIC!!!!

 

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The car sold today for $43,000 including fees at Me*** Monterey.
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holy ****... thats less than I sold it for unrestored... what a bargain

 

Here is a shot of it after I stripped it... the body was amazing and it was 99% complete as you could see from those pics on my buddies hauler.

 

Nice seeing it @ the GNRS Then & Now Exhibit.
Slim

 

I'm thinking that 43k was a steal. Maybe we haven't seen the bottom on old car prices.

 

$43k was a steal indeed. Me*** paid considerably more than that for the car. He obviously had good luck on other cars to send this one down the road for that price...