Flashback '57 Chevy

You know,Pat Ganahl is on here......pgan.
I/M him and ask him if he knows?
Maybe he can shed some light on the car?
I think he's shy,he's only posted about his book and his son Bill's hot rod shop?

 

couldn't believe the story of the goof ball who won the car.
It later sold at BJ.

 

Now that's freakin' beautiful!!!!....
Here's one I snapped at the Woodward Cruise a couple of years ago.....

 

That was the only Supernats that I ever attended. Still have the tee shirt with Flashback 57 on it.

 

That's just to kool. I work for a tier one supplier, so I've got a real respect for that. Car looks awesome.

 

Which one??? The black one or the flashback car?

 

I was referring to the black car he mentioned.
Here it is at BJ
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=967&aid=221&pop=0

 

There was a special edition mag with all the build articles put out and I read the Sh*t out of that thing (it's tattered remains are in the house somewhere). I owned a couple of '57s in high school (86-88) and absolutely lusted after that Orange 210.

That article series and one from I think Motor Cyclists circa 1990 covering a fella in Japan making clones of the Eddie Lawson Kawasaki kz1000j Super Bike class race bike, have burned a permanent place in my brain. I suspect after I succumb to dementia in my old age I'll be mumbling about old air cooled Kawasaki race bikes and orange 57 Chevy's.

 

Still sucks.... Some people are all about the $$$, not the iron.

 

OK ... On the black 57 that sold at barrett jackson ... The guy that won the car was not a car guy ... He sold it two weeks later for $60,000 ... Then that guy kep it a couple of years then sold it and I lost track of it ... Next thing I knew I was watching barrett jackson and there it was ... I had a blast working on that car in the GM plant ... I even gave them a transmission to rebuild for it ... They tried to save $2 dollars on a pilot bearing and made one out of steel in the plant ... It froze up and we like to never got the transmission back out ... Oh one more thing ... The same guys that put the glass in , in 1957 put it back in, in 1990 and the same thing with the cromb down both sides ... My name and every body else name is in the door panell ...

 

That's really kool. Love hearing stuff like that.

 

Wow. You guys have been looking for the Flashback '57 almost as long as I have. I actually knew where it was for several years, but the owner wouldn't let me see it. Well, I just finished writing Lost Hot Rods II last week, and the Flashback '57 was the last car I found and photographed for it. Yes, I finally found it, and it will be in the book. It's in surprisingly original condition, considering.

Since I just turned the copy and photos in a week ago, it will be a few months before the book is put together by the publisher, printed, and put on sale. It could be 4 to 6 months. But watch for it. The Flashback '57 will be the final "Lost Hot Rod" shown. And, no, it's not for sale. I tried that. I'm sure I couldn't afford it if it were. But at least the current owner said he'd give me first dibs if he does decide to sell it.

There will be more info in the book. Glad there's this much interest in this car after all this time. I was glad to be involved in it's design and build.

Pat Ganahl

 

MYSTERY SOLVED!!!

I can't wait to see the new book. A friend of mine was the main story in The Vincent in the Barn book, and stories of car and bikes that were lost and found makes for great reading. It's good to know that the Flashback car wasn't lost to some outdated fad, parted out, or crashed.

Thanks (again), Pat!

 

Come On Pat, post up a picture of it! We all want to see it.

 

I've read this magazine article about 1,000 times in the last few months while building my 57.
One thing that I found out was that the spring P/N they used as a reference to have a 2" drop actually ends up raising the front end from stock height. They never mentioned whether they had to end up cutting the springs. (which I'm certain they did)
It's one fine ride either way and I can't wait to see what she looks like now.

 

Sounds like a book for the christmas list!

 

Best news I've had all day!!!!! You are the man pgan!!!!! A huge thank you and supper on me if you're ever in N.E. GA. Thanks again Pat.

 

from the time i first saw the cover shot of the frame with the body beside it i wanted to build a car in the same way (befor i was old enough to own or drive a car) so thats what im doing with my 57 ford it will be cool to see this 57 chevy again

 

Flashback '57 Chevy: For those of you who were following this thread a few months ago, I just want to let you know I got word today that Lost Hod Rods II is available and being shipped. And the Flashback '57 is in it, showing both it's give-away state and how it looks right now, inside, out, and under. The book is available from the publisher at CarTechbooks.com, from Amazon, and is also supposed to be in stock at all Barnes & Noble stores.

This one took a long time to write, and seemingly even longer to get printed, but there's a lot of good stuff in it--some you'll remmeber, some you've never heard of--besides the Flashback '57.

Cheers, Pat Ganahl

 

Thanks for the update, Pat...Flashback was a big influence in my impressionable years!

 

I agree with chopolds..............there are a lot of us that were influenced by that car.

 

I'm elated that the car has survived! Thanks Mr. Ganahl, for the work you've put into this hobby along the years! I have a few of your SR issues in my collection, and on a personal note, I thank you for a letter of mine you published in RnC back in '93!!

 

Hi guys, this is my first post on here. I googled the 57 to see what it said about my dad and I came across this chat room. My dad Steve Crocker from Niles Mi who passed away Feb 18th this year had won this car at the Nationals with his 32 Ford high boy. I remember the car briefly as I was young and he had new cars every other month. I just cleaned out his house last month and found many pictures, many copies of the old magazine etc etc....to the best of my knowledge he sold it to someone in TX, Im going to do some more digging for records as I am interested as well. Thanks

 

Sorry for your loss. Might want to do an intro. Some folks on here might fuss. Would love to see your pics of the flashback car. The car has been a big influence for alot of us and its life after the nats has been a huge mystery. Welcome aboard by the way.

 

Very sorry for your loss.

All of us would love to see some of the pics.

 

Another famous orange '57 admirer here, I've always thought two-door "posts" look cooler than hardtops. More like race cars!

When he was 14, my oldest son and I went shopping for his first car (1992). He wanted something that would "beat the rich kids with new Mustangs and Camaros" at Big Willlie Robinson's $10 runwhatyabrung strip on Terminal Island, and I suggested a '62-'67 Nova for a SB swap.

We lucked into a '63 Chevy II 100 post, a 2400 lb "mailman's car". He got it for $1300 and built it up single-handed over the next five years. I contributed a Chevelle front disc conversion, the 388 sprint car motor from my '64 Corvette, 15 x 4 front and 15 x 7 1/2 rear Torq Thrusts and a fully polished Chevy Z28 manifold. Today it looks like a sleeper gasser and is insured by Hagerty's for $16,500 and climbing each year.

I hope to collect on his promise to help drop a 1970 Cad 500 into the Sting Ray when the last of 4 kids is finished with six years at UC Berkeley.

 

I know where it is! its sitting right in front of me right now.
i'm in the middle of a mechanical freshen up on it. sucks to be me .

It's a bitchin car. I wish the currant owner would restore the paint.
the engines is in good shape, radiator needs rebuilt, one of the mags knock offs was seized and broke. but other than that: brakes and a tune up and it should run down the road good as ever!

 

great; keep us posted!

 

Pictures! I'll show you mine, you show me yours! I have taken some of the mods on "Flashback " and integrated them in mine plus some influence from "Project X" I have always been a "57 Chevy" and Willys fan. Still have the 57 and a few Willys left.

Pat

 

Pictures or it didn't happen!