1954 AMBR '27 roadster

Anyone have pics of the 1954 AMBR winner by Frank Rose? This is all I could find....

 

give me 15 mins

 

HRM article.

 

Thanks Jimmy, You're the best...

 

I'll go through my old Harrah auction catalogs it sold in one of the early ones, looked very nice with a coat of red paint and a black top. Were is it today?

 

I hope it's still around... I am building a '27 for my friend Coco Shinomiya now, but will build one for myself later heavily inspired by the Rose car...

 

Lynne, between you and Jimmy you've got it all covered.

He has the inspirational pictures (aka hot rod mag features) and you build 'em.

way to go!!

 

It was also on the cover of Motor Life in 1954.

 

I was thinking the scallop paint was done by Tommy the Greek but found no mention of him in the articles...Looks like his style...

 

Later version owned by Joe Pasalaqua, lost the scallops.....

 

There is something very special about the look of those fenders. It would be nice to know what they were made out of, the whole car is a work of art and well worth cloning. Just looking at that grill with less bars and I think it is on another magazine cover, just trhe grill and hood in the upper left corner.

 

The fenders were handmade from aluminum by Jack Hageman and the rears were attached with dzus fasteners....Craftmanship....

 

I am always worried that at some point in time we will end up like the Brits, fenders for everything. This car proves they can look cool with fenders. Thanks for posting.

 

He must have been a kid when he built them, right? Stuff like this is what got me to start that "Where Are They Now?" thead a few days ago. You mention a car and all this info pops up, sure I guess a lot is in the magazine features, but you have to get the work out you are looking. This is the HAMB, and someone will report the location and name of the current owner within two days.

 

Jack Hageman? I believe Jack is now in his late 80s or early 90s.

 

Here's another...Fender law in California started Sept 1951 and this is an example of how to add fenders that flow with the car...

 

THANKS! That is a great photo, hope whoever owns it restores to that condition.

 

The time between your posts was exactly 15 minutes - did you wait?

 

Nah, time I got the mag out, scanned the 4 pages, saved & uploaded it was 15mins.

 

Found this thread on a search. I had an idea of building something very similar as I have always liked this car but with Indian Scout-style fenders, wires and a Duvall windshield. Maybe I can get one of the Photoshop guys to come up with something.

 

This car is still eating at me since I have a body and parts to build one...

 

This is how it looked when it won the AMBR. Tommy the Greek scallops...

 

This AMBR car is one of a pair. Both were built at the same time. The mate to it is identical except for the "belly pan"seen on the side, under the body. It was in the Portland area in the '60s. I didn't believe it either untill a friend of mine who once owned it showed me the pictues he took when he owned it. It was in eastern Oregon in the '60s when he last saw it. If you built one, it would be a clone, or a clone of a clone, depending on which of the original two were built first.
Stan

 

Lynn, Did you ever finish the car for Coco ? Don't think Iv'e ever seen pictures of it.

 

Something about that car and fenders that I think is cool.

 

I would like to build an inspired version with some changes...

Cocos car is rolling and being finished by Kyle Phillips....

 

Think I have a pic that hasn't been posted somewhere.

 

cool pictures

 

Very cool