I have this thing for Odd Balls..... Something different, not following the norm, not the same path of others. Be different......conversation about something else. Yea.... have had quite a few of those non Traditional "Odd Balls" of different types, brands and remember them well.
BTW - The car the started it all for me on the H.A.M.B. 28 Dodge 3 Window Coupe. The Corn Cob Coupe body was found buried in a Corn Cob Crib. The only picture I have of it that @Rocky took of it when he came to my place to buy my 354 Race Hemi motor I had with straight 4 carb set up. Man those were the days of the H.A.M.B. beginning.
This picture shows the perfect stance and lines of the car. I like the way the roof was chopped with a laid-back windshield, and the front axle being pushed forward creates the correct proportions with the '32 Ford grille and half-fender style. Definitely a beautiful car in its day!
I like the older version better. It looks more H.A.M.B. friendly. The newer version looks too modern in my opinion.
I dig it either way. It really does have great lines. One of those that kinda sticks with you. There must have been some work in that nose. A mid-30s Dodge is wider than a 32 cowl. That was the transition period, when nose up changed to nose down. Tires, transmissions and all were refined to hook better and suspension followed to allow the weight shift without having it way up in front. It's really one of the breaks that to my mind is part of the HAMB cutoff, although it happened a bit later.
I'm pretty open to the big picture in Hotrod Custom and like many here it's pretty diverse and has been there since it's inception...that Coupe was a real challenge as some have eluded and I agree it made the cut in my opinion... Thanks for sharing @J.Ukrop
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