History ~The Vintage Photo Roadster Thread~

My Dad's 36 in late 1937.

 

DANG!...There's some seriously cool pictures in this thread!!!....DANG!

 

Some great pics!

 

Great pics. I throw one in.

 

Thanks Marty, did not realise that was the same car. IS it still hemi powered?

 

Looks like I can expand my Roadster photo album!

Thanks for the history on ****s Car... very cool to put a name of the builder/owner to the car.

 

Yes, a Desoto, when **** restored it in the 80's, he ran it at the Nostalgia races at Seattle, he is a good guy with a cool car !

 

Love this one!

 

I don't know who originally built it for the oval track, however a drag racer named Ed Norton, raced it along with someone with a last name of Marion, before it became the Kalivoda / Hamlin roadster. I believe the complete history is available on the NHRA Museum site.

 

Diggin This!!!

 

Great Uncle Thor, 1919 Petaluma Ca.

 

Is that your roadster Tim from back in the day?

 

One more!!!

 

Couple that hurt!

 

and........

 

plus....

 

Franklin Park, IL 1947

 

Here's some from my Dad's old car club photos.

 

Holy **** fella's, I just found this thread, Keep em coming! Those guys were so lucky to have the coolest rides, It must have been great in those days, The world did not spin so fast, and engines were not tuned with laptops, I wonder if they knew just how cool they really were?

Also I do not know who this guy is, But he is my hero!...I love the chains!!....LOL

 

One of the Photo's shows to what length they'd go to for a Roadster!

 

Notice the plates on the race cars?

 

Hank Negley's & Joe Nitti's '32 roadsters.-----ENJOY!!

 

Found some more... sorry for couple of O.T. pix... I don't know how to delete them from the mix.

 

hhhhhhh

 

In post 116,third pic down on right it looks like we see the Mr.Hobbs,Alfred Hitch**** Presents,L***ie roadster again only this time with stock rear fenders and street tires on the rear instead of slicks. Seems like this thing was everywhere for a short time on the late fifties/early sixties. I'd love to know what TV show/movie this pic came from.

Also,in post 104 the roadster in the fourth pic down on the right is being driven by none other than Tommy Bond,Butch from the Little Rascals/Our Gand short films. This pic comes from the movie Hot Rod,1950.

Being a hot rod history and old movie nerd,I love this stuff.

 

These are the greatest roadsters ever made! This thread is perfect, I have a survivor as well, although its currently apart, I have just one picture of it in 1947 wearing a some kustom mods to its 29 body that made it a pretty slippery gow job.
Everytime I see images such as these, it just furthers my desire to restore it to its 1947 configuration and even add to its lineage by being able to swap out its grille shell for a track nose to give it the look of the "Nose Job 3" roadsters.
Thanx for the thread guys .