John's 32 at WOT (Car of The Night)

Congrats John on your ride. It sure did attract a lot of attention last night.
It was great to see it picked as car of the night. I like all of the details that you have added.

I has to be fun to be out doing the cruises as well as your trip to York.

Tom

 

Well, I'm sure that John will give you a ride. The interesting thing about the car is the history. It is a great story.

 

Thank you Tom,those are great pictures.I will take Mark for a ride,I told him I would.I was suprised on the attention the car got,it was great.So thank you again for the grat pictures of my car,and I will see u at the next one,I'm hoping Woody brings his car to.

 

YA GONNA fill us in or has it been posted here already??

 

Mmm, that interior is tasty, compliments that orange color just right. (sorry, just an observation from a son-of-an-upholsterer.)

Anyways, I'm with the others... whats the story on this thing? We're dyin to hear it.

 

Ok there's not much of a story,but here it is,on the car,and me.My dad bought the body 30 years ago at new england speed,he paid 200 dollors for it,trust me thats all it was worth,it had no floor,no wood,no door jams,nothing it was a race car body.So when I turned 7 he gave me the body,and I started collecting parts.By the time We were ready to mess with the body,I had to make a floor,steel frame work,I found a steel firewall,to stiffen the body,I fiber glassed everything,I even had to cut to passenger door,cause it stuck out 2 inches in the bottom.The frame was built at Chick Brignolo Chassis,with american stamping frame rails and a 32 ford rear buggy spring.we made lots of stuff,someone gave me a 4 1/2 inch dropped model A More dropped axle,already cromed plated,it was under a channels A roadster in the 50's.The wheels,tires,dash,steering colume,motors with heads and steel crank,was donated.The car was built at The Old car Shop in Norwood,my dads shop,the color is Fleet Red.It took my dad and I 5 years to build,for under 15 grand,with paint and interior,and I'm 24 now.Thats all not much of a story,plus I***** at telling stories,if anyone has any thing to ask,go for it.

 

John,

I was glad to post the pics. I think that it is a great story, a father and son project. What could be better. That is the way the sport is going to survive long after the ones who were there in the 40s, 50s and 60s are gone. And it is a way for all of us, young and old alike, to pass down talents, values and memories to our kids and grand kids as well as spend quality time together.

I am not sure that the color of the car came out right. For some reason there seems to be a problem with shades of red. I do have a setting for red and I am going to experiment with it some day.

Tom

 

Thanks again Tom,I hope lots of people on here get to see them,and your right,This build being a father and son project was great.We both had a blast.

 

I guess the story*****ed,or was boring,nobody responded.

 

Story was fine...the car is just plain******in'! I'm too damn tired to read a long story tonight anyway

 

great story, great looking car and a real survivor, thanks to you and your dad. All three of you deserve all the attention and congratulations that come your way. Thanks for sharing.

 

that's an awesome car...

i'll try to modify your story to suit present day tastes:


dad (who is almost a carbon copy of michael douglas) bought the car in 1975 for $200, which he won in a dingy poker club playing no-limit texas hold'em against a guy that looked a lot like matt damon. as he was leaving to get the car he picked up a scantily clad girl that looked incredibly similar to catherine zeta-jones, and they had fantastic**** in soft-focus, in the back of the car, where i was conceived.

we then built the car over a 5 year period, condensed into 25 seconds of screen time because actually doing something is far too boring for the average audience, and i developed from a geeky looking kid with braces into ben affleck.

then i got in the car, did a lap of the block and ended up in bed with jennifer love-hewitt, who was paid an extra 3.5 million to show her breasts for 2.1 seconds.

we'll see if more people respond now that it's worded that way...

 

have been following your build, a mate of mine and I played a bit of a joke on some Aussie rodders on one of our forums , as your car looks quite similar to my roadster.


Peddro told everyone that he had helped me change my flathead over to a chev ( not something I would ever do) and that now I was going to be known as "chevoz" quite a few took the bait, was a bit of fun. so I have been following your car for a while. I reckon you need to lean your windscreen back a bit, gives a roadster a "racey" salt lake look.

it muchly improved the look of mine, made it look more hotrod. just had to elongate the mounting holes in the cowl, but you reach a point where the curves dont match.

just my opinion.

bet your enjoying finally having your ride finished tho.