History ~ The Vintage Photo Coupe Tread ~

LOVE this thread.

Here's my 36 in June of 1960 (according to the label on the photo)


SEATS 011 by estranged2, on Flickr

 

I think that this was the former JADO coupe that ran a rear-engine blown flathead at Bonneville (JADO stood for Jim Kamboor and, I think, Don Alderson, later of Milodon??) A father-and-son (Stebbens?) bought the car, put in a blown Pontiac and went drag racing...no clue as to what it turned or what became of it -- would be neat to find it and restore it back to JADO-era

 

Harold Casaurang's coupe, ran both Bonneville and drags, Harold lost control of it in the lights at Vacaville in 1956 and died in the ensuing crash...reportedly the track was pretty rough at the top end (info from "Drag Racing Deaths")

 

I know a guy that’s building one with a front mount blown early Chrysler …. Its body has the same chop and a very similar color old paint on it.

 

Cool pics.Thanks guys

 

Well...it's vintage....it's a coupe.....it's me and my first '31 Dodge coupe. Still got it.

 

How cool is that! ..... How long?

 

I have had the car since I was 13 years old in 1965. I am now 60. Drove it in high school in Michigan and all over the southern Michigan area.

 

Awesome Edgewater Pic!

 

How much chop do you think? I guess 4-1/2"

 

The Jado Special was once owned by Jesse James and now by the Peterson Museum. Here is an earlier thread:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=258270&highlight=jado

 

^^^"Hey! Get offa da fender!"^^^ Nice pic.

 

My first 32 Ford! Bought it in 1974 for $1800. It had a Studebaker V-8 adapted to a 39 Ford trans, 40 Ford rear, white tuck-n-roll interior, rolled rear pan, dropped axle with spindle mounts and no front brakes!

 

One of my favorite non-Fords.

 

^Nice 1928 Dodge Brothers in post #115!!!

 

You thought your chop was heavy..

 

That's what it is? Thanks! I suspected it was a Chevy when I first saw it, but I realized soon after that it wasn't.. Here's another shot I just found in my stash.