Anyone know the where-abouts of my buddies roadster? Back in 87 or 88 my dad's best friend brought home a channeled 30-31 roadster body that he traded an Mg and $50 for. The roadster was an underconstruction hot rod from the 50's and had been sitting due to the guy that welded the floor in it died from welding galvanized metal. It came out of Sharon, Pa and was finished by Dan Roth in Brookfield Ohio. Dan kept the car a while and then sold it at the canfield swapmeet around 97 or 98.. I guess it went to Springfeild Ohio at some point and I hear that it is in Columbus now.. I would love to find this car or see any photos of it.. Distinct features: Car is channeled over the frame was painted yellow with gloss black on the rails. ran moon discs Had a 348 tri-power in it. Body is welded to the frame frame is z'd in the front floor is all galvnized sheetmetal
I'm surprised I've never seen it, Springfield is close to home.*****in little car, would definately remember it.
"...had been sitting due to the guy that welded the floor in it died from welding galvanized metal...." Sounds jinxed.
I saw one here on the board somewhere that looked alot like that one, yellow with a small block...here within the last 6 months....guy said he just got it and was going to paint it flat black or something...looks alot like that car...
Stephen - Yes. Dan Roth bought/traded the Mg for the rolling ch***is with the floor welded in place and the body welded to the frame around 1989 or 1990. Supposedly the guy that did the floor work, channeled the body and z'd the frame died from the fumes when welding the galvanized floor in place. I wonder if your car is the twin to the one I am looking for.... Lots of similarities....
Man first I ever heard of a guy buy'n it from galvanize fumes, welded galv. years ago, made me nauseous older guy told me to drink milk. Reading this realize how blessed I am. Best of luck with the hunt man, that little big block looks wicked cool
Hmm..........this I did not know. Quick search revealed.... The Effects of Welding Galvanized Metals By Jane Smith, eHow Contributor Galvanized metal contains zinc, which becomes a toxic vapor when it is heated. Zinc gases can cause metal fume fever, which does permanent damage to your lungs. Although it usually resolves itself within 48 hours with no apparent permanent effects, metal fume fever can be fatal within hours of exposure. The effects of zinc vapor poisoning can continue for up to two weeks later, causing extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, muscle pain, nausea and blurred vision. Complications include chemical pneumonia and death when zinc exposure is combined with exposure to other heavy metals such as cadmium oxide. Read more: The Effects of Welding Galvanized Metals | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_5306156_effects-welding-galvanized-metals.html#ixzz1J8EmclOA
Maybe someone did the right thing and blew it apart and built a proper hotrod out of it. Looks like it would have made a good parts car.
True his words may have seemed a bit rude but there is more than a bit of truth to them. A lot of guys would be looking to buy that car because it has most of the pieces that they would like to have in the car they have in the back of their mind but haven't built yet. And it has a decent looking body, interesting engine and clear ***le along with no notable and or long historic value that would bring droves of guys out of the woods to march in protest. Oh there is always that 1.15% who strongly feel that no rod or custom should ever be changed from what the original builder did right down to replacing worn out tires with new Identical appearing tires because the car would loose it's soul or something. Then there are that percentage like yourself who worry that the car that your dad or granddad or uncle Bill might get changed by a future owner and not be the same car you remember from your childhood if it even exists now. I think that is a natural feeling though and don't find fault with it. Then we have the rest of us who while we think the car is cool as it sits we also automatically thinking about what we would change on it. Again, that is called normal. As rodders most of us tend to look for a car that we can make our own along the way even if it is just to change the wheel/tire combo or put in a set of seats that we can sit in for hours rather than minutes at a time and be comfortable. I did exactly that when I looked at a little channeled A roadster with a sbc and other trinkets a while back along with quite dated mural work that was very personalized to the guy who had built the car 30 something years ago. I saw it as a nifty car with great potential but others would see it as _____ _____'s old car which they would feel was a sacrilege to make any real change to.
Cheesman provided me with the VIN a few weeks back. We ran it and it seems that the plates ,may have never been changed over to the new owner.... If anyone has any info, it would be greatly appreciated.
havent seen it, but i can say that i will keep an eye out for any car with an angled channel like that in that year model A. never seen an angled channel on one.
It has a Z'd front and a 4" dropped axle, the channel is flat. the first go around it had the original A axle with juice brakes added and didn't have the rake it shows in the pictures. I believe that the 4" axle was added as the old axle became more worn out.
I read a a thread on here just last week about a car that was bought from a guy"s daughter who had died that lived in Mi. Car had been in storage for a long time, The car was sent to a builder to be built. The pictures looked like this car.
I've lived in Springfield for almost 70 years, have had many roadsters since the late '50's. I have known just about all of the roadsters around the area, and have never seen or heard of this one.
Odds are the car has change hands multiple times and undergone a lot of changes,,it could possibly belong to a hamber and you might see it and never recognize it. HRP
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