Im thinking this one has changed a bit since 1957...

I read the details about the car, the R&C issue must have been before the AMBR. Not much to report back, the car cost $900 and 8 months to build. The body was bashed in at the trunk lid, A frame rails with a 40 X member scabbed in and the 96 inch wheel base dictated the body's size.
R&C also said that he was going to build a rear engine 3 wheeler.
After looking at the photos in R&C, and compairing them to egay, it looks like the owner tried to update the thing.
I think it looked much better in 57.

 

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What the hell is fish plated? Is it covered with haddock or something? later plmczy

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LOL, I said the same thing when I read that. Maybe the plates are cut out in the shape of a fish or a Carvel"Fudgie the Whale" ice cream cake.

Billy

 

Merc50 - the famous T-bucket with dual read tires was Norm Grabowski's trend setting T from 77 Sunset Strip. After he sold it to a guy that owned the Golden Sahara the guy put on four rear tires, four headlights, two blowers and other assorted stuff to make it "right" for the show circuit at the time. Last I heard the guy still has it locked up in Dayton OH. Any Ohio HAMBers got the current word on Norm's T?

 

a fish plate is in the shape of a diamond and placed over a butt weld to reinforce.

 

That car won an award? For what? Looks like a hot rod crashing into a Kragen's stock truck. That's so horrible.

 

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a fish plate is in the shape of a diamond and placed over a butt weld to reinforce.

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Don't mind me, I'm a dork. I've been calling them fitch plates all these years.

Billy

 

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Merc50 - the famous T-bucket with dual read tires was Norm Grabowski's trend setting T from 77 Sunset Strip. After he sold it to a guy that owned the Golden Sahara the guy put on four rear tires, four headlights, two blowers and other assorted stuff to make it "right" for the show circuit at the time. Last I heard the guy still has it locked up in Dayton OH. Any Ohio HAMBers got the current word on Norm's T?

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I was thinking that was it. Ya'll really should buy this book if you have'nt already.

 

Actually, that cover picture on R&C has a few differences. The headlights are single on the cover of R&C, but double in the black and white photo, and the ebay auction.

Also, The dash has changed from the cover car to the ebay auction.

 

i remember reading an article about the 50th anniversary of the gnrs that mentioned the '57 winner was something they wanted to forget or was too ugly to print photos of or something like that. thank's for the pics, as i wondered what the car looked like. the article was right.

 

I don't think that the rice stuff is as bad... oh hell yeah it is- butyat least those turds don't want an arm and a leg for that tupe of crap... then again they most likely think that the fart pipe rice car is some great introduction to the "custom world" whatever this is awful!