In the late 1960s, I traded letters with Cotton Werksman and bought a girdle from him for the 296" Ardun I was building. Tom Senter was the third leg of that Ardun stool, and we planned a dyno test of our three completed engines. I was with Go Power, making engine dynos at the time. The test never happened. Cotton was building a rear engined roadster with an Ardun; he planned to drive it to Bonneville. Is he still with us, and what has become of the car?
i asked this question a while ago and to my pleasant surprise he is still around . as already said his son is on here....this is a picture of his father that he posted. i am not worthy
I run in to Cotten about once a year. Great guy I really enjoy talking to him. here is a teaser pick of a car he just finished. It is a copy of his famous Ardun powered T bucket. (sorry Matt I couldn't resist)
i think all that have replied to this thread so far know who he is , so i'm saying this for the benefit for you young guys out there. he was one of those guys that we read about in Rod & Custom in the late 60's and early 70's that was building some cutting edge stuff. plus he messed with Ardun stuff when no one else gave a damn. he was one of those guys that carried on the tradition even though the popular trend at the time was going late model. he is one of the many guys we can thank that carried on during the lean years of hot rodding so we can be where we are today just thought you should know
Truth right there. Man should be way better known than he is...but he was too busy doing HIS thing the way HE wanted to worry about getting..."famous". He wasn't Billet...Resto...or even traditional really! Hmmm...what the Hell WAS he!?!? Oh. I got it. A Hot Rodder!!! Man...I LOVE those little spaceframe Modifieds he and his friends built from his dedicated frame jig. Might have even used it again for this new one!!!
Matt, any chance of your dads "T" making it to Joliet Good Guys? If not where is it going to show up..........Pile Up?
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