History Grandpas el mirage roadster recreation p.r.c

Hey Kev you've been a big part of this with all the phone time back and forth. And us meeting up for a roadster ride to lunch. You've help me out with a lot of my ?????s as always thank you.

 

I did think it could be a 33-36 but the area after the king pins look thicker than the other 33-36 axels iv seen dropped. Also has the same stamping of my stock axel. But I'm not an expert YET!!!!!!

 

You're welcome Can't wait to see your Gramps and hear his Hot Rod Stories. (PS. I changed my avatar to better fit this thread) . We'll talk soon.
CK.

 

Off with the old in with the new. Hub puller ✅

 

Love the shot with the PRC plaque!

 

Get a front support on that engine stand, or the bell housing will break. I've seen
this happen more then once.......Just sayin.

 

This was our 1st gathering as a club at the City of Pasadena Car Show in March 2002 since the reboot.
We did our reunion in Oct 2002 and most of the guys that we've read about showed up to it.
I only wish that I'd known both you and Mike as there were even more original PRC club members alive then.
Perhaps they'd connected and bench raced there as well.
Keep up the progress, you're doing a great job!!!!

 

It's ok that's a 3-1/16 bore block. It has two pistons melted in the cylinder walls. Just gonna take the valves from the good holes. The heads had so many cracks I don't no how it got that hot to do what it did. It was a free motor. The cam gear is a 4 bolt so I take that too. The block is nice but I don't build motors with sleeves. I will have it x rayed to see if there's enough meat in the walls to bore but I got a good one that's stock 3-3/16. So I build that one.this is not my first rodeo just the most important one.

 

What a great opportunity you have with a genuine hot rodder in your family and such a great gesture in remaking his roadster.

Let all us Hambers know what you are looking for - if we don't have it we probably know someone who does!

Steve

 

Looking forward to the updates

 

What a great opportunity to honor a veteran lakes racer, genuine hot rodder and he's your grandfather as well. This is a real home run. Watching patiently for the finished product. Hopefully you will be able to fit the car and gramp's smile into the same photo (I think his smile may fill the whole frame, mine sure would.)

 

Hello Bruce;
Really glad to see you are finally making some good "headway" on your build. I [along with many others on here] would really love to see you get it finished to be enjoyed by you and your Grandfather. Probably not too many can say they have shared similar events with their Grandfather. I'm sure that would be a fantastic feeling for both of you. Hope he is doing well, and if there is anything I can do for him, let me know. As you know I only live 15/20 minutes away. Give him my best, and as others have said.....patiently waiting for the updates.

Mike

 

Easiest way to tell is the 32 (heavy ) axle will have 2 machined surfaces, the distance between the surfaces will be less than the web thickness. Forming a slight step down while 33-36 axles the distance between the machined surfaces is greater than the web thickness, creating a slight step up to the machined surface.


top axle is 33-36
bottom axle is 32
see the difference in where the machined areas are? The 2 axles are interchangeable, no difference other than the 32 weighs (about 2lbs) more and looks more substantial under the car. the thickness between the machined surfaces are the same. the 32 axle is from a heavier forging.

 

great job in putting a car together to honor gramps and his accomplishments.

 

Super stoked about this thread! Keep up the great work!

 

Trans is done and ready. One more check✅ I love that you can just throw around an early ford transmission with out bustin a ball.

 

She's pretty all say.! Wish I had a radiator. All in due time.

 

funny....just like my uncle in the early 90's I went out for a visit....already had a 32 chassie and flat head and was looking for a roadster body....when we were talking 'bout what I was doing...my Aunt Betty said to my uncle - show me the old roadster pictures....he flat towed to BVille and than El Mirage from there in 1950.....so glad you got to talk with your grandpa about his fun....subscribed !

 

Awsome Story!!!!! Great Family History!!! Thank You for sharing with all of us. Keep up the good work!!!

 

Great story, thank you for sharing... Will definitely be watching.....

Lynn W

 

Great story! I'll be following along.

 

what a story! I love going to El Mirage because you never know who your going to meet and it's like the pages of a hot rod magazine has come to life. you need to contact George Callaway he probably has info on your grandfathers car and he lives on the west end of the lake bed! awesome dude!

 

Great Story. I can´t wait new updates.

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ho lee shit

 

Wasn't that a name of a character in deuce of spades?

 

Bruce... Amazing story. Like: going to LA Roadsters swap for 20 years, 'Dedicated Camaro Pilot' (grin) resenting the Street Rod route...
Now you are an important torch carrier in the HOT ROD ranks, not to mention running in the company of Pasadena Roadster members...
Amazing part is how you discovered your Gramps and his history, (quite by accident!)
I want to say it's young guys like you that 'get it'! Wish there were more of you to go around.

Rooting for you to get that '32 Roadster body. You have inspired us all.

 

Thanks Atwater. I use to do a ton of paint touch up on street rods and I did some touch up work on a 34 and 36 for a guy and they were flatty powered. The 36 was all original motor and all and when he fired it up and the sound of a tractor came out the tail pipes I was like wow. Then he fired up the 34 and said jump in let's ride. The 34 was a build flatty and sounded so much different than anything I ever heard before that. I was hooked we talked old hotrods the hole time I was doing the paint work. I left his house and never looked at a billet streetrod again. I'm one for craftsmanship so I don't talk smack it's just not my thing. I would walk 10 miles passed street rods to look at a car like my grandpa had. That's why I have always stayed in the swapmeet area of L.A. Roadster show. Me and my buddy always camp there and are favorite thing to do Saturday morning is watch all the street rods come in and we are like red,red,red,yellow,black,black,red,blackoh purple red,red,red,orange,red,red,black, lol you get the point. Then in the swapmeet area it's all real hotrods. I know their are a few in the show but I'm a swapmeet junkie so I stay where I fit it.

 

Thanks mike,
I would never be this far along with out ever meeting you. The pictures you had and the timing programs is what made me tell myself, his car I must recreate. Up till the day of the P.R.C. Picnic I just thought I was cool because my grandpa was a real dry lakes racer and he still had his timing tags and plaque and trophy. Then when I met you and you had all the pictures and programs I was like woooo. The times that your mom penciled in that matched my grandpas timing tags In the programs was unreal. Just the fact that your parents kept all that history and my grandpa kept his stuff is crazy in it's self. I can't find stuff I had a year ago let alone 65plus years ago. I really feel blessed that we can say are family was there. They lived it. We can only dream about it. They say everthing happens for a reason and now I'm a believer it that. Thank you again.

 

Gee Bruce,
I think that I had 2 of the black ones and one of the purple roadsters that drove past you .
I will say that there nothing like the sound of a cool running flatty. You've been in mine with straight pipes just the way they ran em in the 40's, I can say it was a pleasure taking you around in it. Im so glad to see this progress and glad that Mike added his comments, You, Mike and Elmer made our day at the Picnic as well. I'm glad that you all met and hope that we can all get together at another sometime in the future.

 

The last name is correct, but Johnny was the first. George's last name was put in there as a nod to his hospitality/friendship. My name was represented in a way altered form in the character "Fresno",
Faith based the guys on people who she actually met and formed relationships with.
Much of that movie was based on real experience I believe that she had encountered.

I'm glad that it was Zip though who drove my 34 vs Tony "Fresno" Crosiotto. I'd of hated to see my 34 flipped & go up in flames like that. Now Back to Paintslinger 805's post. .