Thanks for that. I requested to follow as I want to see this bitchin’ lil car’s journey back to the road!
It looks a lot like the 31 roadster that I started with a few years ago although I ended up building a 32 frame Z'd in the rear and I used a flathead. Now it's my Avatar.
Hello, Nice drawing of a future roadster. It reminded me of being in college 400 miles away and wanting to be home in Long Beach to do the normal stuff I had been doing as a teenager/20 something, hot rods, drag racing and surfing. But, to get my own mind off of the hectic college environment, I started to draw again. 1965 between classes and relaxing moments at the art drawing notebook. 1965 So, my first artwork in 1965 was done in an empty apartment. It was the 1940 Willys A/Gas truck that would have been our next build with a bigger motor and all of the goodies that we did not have on our 1940 Willys C/Gas Coupe. It is not an “up in the air” front end from just sitting and big suspension. But, it was drawn with the nose up in the air, as the horsepower surge makes it rise up and move along from a full blast at the starting line. (smoke and spinning wheels was not my cup of tea) At this time period, there were some Gas Coupes and Sedans that began to show up with the nose in the air, just sitting in the pits. Not that it made the car go faster, but it was just a theory that made cars look funny. Think of the air blockage going down the dragstrip, instead of the smooth flow overhead and around the smooth curves. Jnaki That was the first one, using some ideas my brother and I had discussed over the phone in our weekly long distance calls. (He was in college in Los Angeles.) It took a while and those architectural circles and shape design, plastic patterns helped. Then, after a trip up the freeway to Fremont Dragstrip, I came home with a different attitude and got enthusiastic, again. The drawing shows the El Camino coming off of the starting line with the surge of power pushing the front end up. Yes, this time, the 65 El Camino did have a modified 396 motor, 4 speed, Positraction and bucket seats, things I could not order in a new Chevelle El Camino, although they were in all parts departments. And to think, 12 months later, the same set up I wanted came stock in a 66 El Camino. Go figure… Note: If I could or would build a roadster, it could look like this Model A roadster. Especially in time for the Thanksgiving color palette from the orange drawing scrap paper at the top of the story. The latest 29 Model A Roadster.
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