thank you sir, appreciate the time and effort to share, what is a great series of stories and articles, with awesome cars, quite refreshing. Cheers, Drewfus
For what it's worth, Bill's daughter-Kathy Ridley-has written & published a biography of Bill entitled The Original Hotrodder. It includes the history of the Genesee Gear Grinders which Bill helped found plus many photos of his hot rodding efforts over the years. I don't know if she's sold out or not but give her a try at krandart@comcast.net.
Fantastic idea ! If I had any ambition left at the end of the day (especially when it was 94 degrees in the shop),.... I really should take the "Stinky lil' Treasure Trove" of old magazines and Hot Rod books,.... scan them all and put them up for all to enjoy !!! Here's a link to The STINKY Lil' Treasure Trove !! Unfortunately for you guys,...... I don't have that much ambition ! Great thread Jimmy !!!!!
Thanks so Much Jimmy. You're officially my favorite HAMB member!!! Good to finally see a little more about this '34. I've never knew much about it...
WOW! Jimmy that's a lot of work man! Really appreciate you doing this....a TON of amazing stuff!..........What a treasure trove of info....!....Thanks to the epitome of a HAMB....man!
This should be the thread that is mentioned whenever someone asks "what's traditional hot rods and customs?" or when a FNG starts asking about S-10 swaps. Both thumbs way up!
Wow!! This should be linked to those damn "What's HAMB Friendly?" posts!! Or maybe even a sticky post for required reading for HAMB membership!!
Dale, Thanks for the advertisement. I do have copies of my book "The Original Hot Rodder" available and anyone can email me or go to www.theoriginalhotrodder.com for more details. Thanks! Kathy
Just FYI, if you aren't also looking here... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=675051&highlight=sports+road+racers&page=6 From my post 103... I'm not sure why, but I got to poking around on ebay awhile back looking for info on 50s hot rods and sports rods, and I'm happy to say I've found some interesting old periodicals. I'm not sure if I need more of them, but this group is really satisfying my interest and got me stoked - full of ideas for my next project. As you'd expect, the pages are yellow and there is a distinct aroma of vintage spores and / or amoebas. I'm keeping them in the garage until I can determine how to "safe" them from the rest of my stuff. The earliest ones are titled Sports Cars and Hot Rods, published by Mechanix Illustrated. I got the October and December 1953 issues. These are standard sized mags. The range of cars, builds, suspension types, brakes, drive trains, etc. is amazing. Neater, too, is that there's no us versus them going on - the sports cars and sports rods are all seen in favorable light. Another "Sports Cars and Hot Rods" pub (I can't find a publishing date but it has to be in the early-mid 50's range) is a very cool, and thick, mag in the little pages format by Fawcett simply called Pub 109. This puppy has 140+ pages! About 2/3 are about sports cars, OEM and home-built, the rest on rods. Since most cars are covered in two pages, there are a LOT of vehicles covered in this rag. An October 53 Hot Rod has the article on the Tatum Special and a July 66 hot rod is the famous Oval track special issue. I also got a Sports Car Illustrated from Sep 56 that features the famous old "Stovebolt Special." Lastly, some R&C rags. Jan 73 is a special track roadster issue and the Feb / Jun 71 issues have info on revamping the Niekamp roadster. I'm sure some of you have collections far larger than mine, but I've never had any of these kinds of pubs and they sure are fascinating reads. Gary <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
The pictures that Jimmy posted of Trends Book 102 are starting to disappear. Anyone know way this is happening?
Wow!!! I had forgotten about Joe Nitti's absolutely perfect roadster. The gold standard as far as I'm concerned. I was disappointed that there was no patina, rust, or shitty paint being passed off as cool.
Know I an late but just stumbled on it, Thanks for the scan & post!!! Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
What a Gem! Thanks Jimmy!...&..Thanks Hipster for re-posting it so I would find it! I'll print it one day so I can sit o the Lanai and read it with a cold one! Tommy
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