Really a nice car and finally one that resembles a hotrod. Didn't Don Thelan do a car many years ago called Mirror Image that looked a lot like this years winner?
Ya, '86 or '87 or so. That's the one I thought of when I first saw this one, too. Frank Macnamera owned it? Maybe? I made a post earlier about the last AMBR winner that didn't suck, but I forgot to add one more to the list. '88 or '89, Irmee Imerso's Ardun headed Deuce... That's got to be the last AMBR car that didn't suck! Almost forgot that one. Funny enough, on e of the magazines heralded it as a "Return to normality at Oakland" that year. Musta' been kind of like an eclips or something - normality every twenty years or so!
Awesome car and I am glad it won. I dont even remember seeing it in the building. I dont remember seeing most of the cars in the building. Wait. I dont even remember the building. What show was this?
yup this'un here....makes me wonder if 'tradition' is morphing ...ie the Don Thelen built Mere Image was considered slicker than a jar of Brylcream and yet this years winner (which seems to me to bear a strong resemblance) is being considered pretty traditional...just makes me wonder is all...
I liked to car very much. The fit and finish was great wheel combo looked great with the stance. All around great car. I would love to have it and drive the dog shit out of it. Some of the winners over the past 10 years have been just nasty looking. I hope the judges for the Ridler will pull there heads out of there asses and start to pick better cars. I was told by a judge that a straight axle car will never win the Ridler again
They're right there. Doug, the owner AND the judges thought it would be cool to display it WITHOUT the HLs. I kinda like them ON, but anyway, here's another pic of the car WITH 'em.....
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