Features 1940's period correct hot rods

I was just in the right place at the right time. It was taken at Laporte, IN airport this year.

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You fabbed up one great ol hot rod!

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/since-we-are-talking-vintage-aviation.1108170/



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It was lots of fun dragging all of these parts out of their hiding spots and mocking up a ‘32 Roadster! Now that I know what I have and what I need, I can search for a few more parts while a few other projects get finished up first.

It’s an original frame with a used Brookville body. It looks nearly ready to go which is motivating, it needs everything!!

 

Here is a video with a walk around!

 

Looking Good!

 

Now that is a cool stash! I thought I had an impressive pile.

 

Looks like you're off to a great start; will be true to the decade! Nice pair of deuces.

Good luck with the project!

 

What a bitchin car.

 

Great to see that Nick's roadster body is turning into a new hotrod so quickly! Do you have a build thread going on?

 

Nick’s body was the piece I was missing for the puzzle. It’s mocked up and a list made. I have a few things to do before I can focus on this one. I’m going to rebuild the transmission in that 4 door, restore a 1962 Avion T-20 camper, then likely this Roadster! Family first!

 

Perfect

 

Giving this old thread a bump. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/harper-dry-lake-1941.1258413/

 

This thread doesn't get a lot of bumps these days. Hopefully someone finds this thread and looks at it for the first time today and gets inspired. It keeps me up at night.... I wish I could live in these pictures. Hear these cars run. Touch them. Smell them. Race them.

 

Not exactly 40s as the drivetrain is 53 but early inspired going together right now. Will get brush painted as per customer request as I talked him out of the fake patina.

 

I thought I would bump this oldie but a goodie of a thread with some 40s Dry Lake photos, more to come this arvo

1949

 

Ah, yeah ok a few more until this arvo.

 

Listen...
... you can almost hear the distant song of a high winding high compression flathead Ford.

 

Doane Spencer deuce roadster



This is the axle that is now under Don Orosco's black '32 roadster with Riley OHV converted flathead V8

 

Those headlights look like 30's Studebakers

 

1946, Kenny Lindley modified. Car became the Dietrich/Thomas streamliner 1947-48, won S.C.T.A. championship (joint) 1947. Was first car to ever make a pass at Bonneville speed trials (1949). Survives in the Lattin Collection.


1948

 

Jim Travers A-V8 later owned by Fred Larsen. Beck bros. once ran this with Stu Hilborn's '34 V8 that would power Stu's Streamliner to the record 150mph run


Early 50s

 

Pics of John Athans A-V8 arguably the very 1st A-V8 (a.k.a. 1st A on Deuce frame '36-'37) Well known as the 'Elvis roadster' having been used in the 1956 movie "Loving You"

I have seen this photo in a number of collections, it seemed to have been copied a few times, The Nairn bros had a copy this particular copy was from Mark Cravens a friend of Isky and John Athans. Perviously when I had seen this photo it looked like Isky had the Maxi heads on John's A-V8 but in reality they just placed the valve covers on John's engine

 

While Isky was at war in the Pacific Mark Cravens seems to have been the caretaker of 'La Cucaracha'

 

What's the story with that axle @Jimmy B looks like a Chrysler middle with Ford ends??

 

From what I understand it is a Mopar double dip middle welded to Ford dropped ends

 

Facinating, I have one of those Mopar axles waiting it's turn

 

and I have an axle like that FOR SALE