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yea post a pic! I just picked up an old 28/29 roadster race car body to do the same. When my 34 truck is done , this one’s next. Plan is heavy set...
This probably sounds rather specific, but looking for any pictures of drag or land speed roadsters that ran around the so cal area in the mid to...
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Bump - anyone recognize the roadster being built in this old pic?
Lightened up the picture. Looks like a chrome bell axle, massive engine set back (sbc?), roll cage, land speed tires? Rear tires potentially...
Update: I got in contact with Jim Miller at SCTA and he sent me this 1974 polaroid from Jerry (Gerald) Silverstein. This is an in progress build...
Interesting, however the gold color is surface rust over bare metal/really thin white paint that looks to have been stripped prior. Glendale...
I’ve been stripping the body and found 3 holes in a triangle pattern on both cowl sides. Seen some sort of brace or something ran from one side to...
yea very good point. Among the few details ther conflict with the theory. I don’t believe it’s that body
@jnaki was there a specific class designation for location of the driver in the “regular” driver side car center steer? I continue to find this...
Its very possible, it seems the roll bad was cut later as it is rusted around the cut and no new paint in that area. Funny you posted the yeakel...
wow that’s rad! The engine setback and firewall construction looks very similar to what I have. Any idea if the roadster in the first few pics is...
Thanks @jnaki . Those roll bar examples look close, however what keeps throwing me off is the location. Almost all that I’ve come across with a...
thank you, this has been helpful. Mike acquired the body from Jerry’s estate sale around 2007, somewhere in central CA. The history I’ve been able...
Bump, still hunting!
I recently acquired an old 28/29 A roadster body that was owned by Jerry Silverstein until 2007. From what I have found, he was part of the...
I just learned that Jerry Silverstein was part of the Sidewinders Car Club out of Glendale. Anyone know if any members are still around? Curious...
Bump - anyone else?
That's quite possible. The lack of snaps on the side of doors and quarters makes me think it didn't run a tonneau.
It doesn't need to be anything. But if it was, would be cool to see what it was back in the day. Would be neat to see how the inside was setup,...
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One detail that I find as potentially one of most unique is what it lacks: there are no signs of having snaps for a tonneau on the doors/quarter...
Yea I've read his thread on the 555 body. Very neat, ashame the restored version used a brookeville. I'll likely build this how I want but if it's...
The body is all I have. I felt quite the opposite, there is a ton of uniqueness here if anyone recognizes it. While much of this may have been...
Just became the new care taker of this roadster. Was previously owned by Mike Spacek in CA, he got it from Jerry Silverstein in 2007. It is...
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