I'd hope this starts some conversasion(sp) I have some names with these cars/trucks, but for now I'm just going to post the pictures, and hope some stories come.... tonight I scanned 32 pictures...here are some of them...
The coupe with the scallops is for sure the first incarnation of the little deuce coupe. Scalloping by Paul Hatton. Amazing that this car was completely finished here and this must be 1959. Chili Catallo tore this car apart and totally rebuilt it, not once but twice more. Alexander Bros built the nose and added the side fins, and then Catallo moved to California where the guys at Barris chopped it and painted the candy blue. Three total rebuilds in a period of a few years. I don't know for sure who completed this first build. When I left Detroit, we used to hang out at Pete's Custom Collision on Fenkel and that is where Paul Hatton did his work. This first build may have been done at Pete's, because he first put it in white primer when we first started the car. Definitely Paul Hatton did the striping and scalloping. I would love to hear about the California rebuild and who actually did the work. I know that Bill Hines and **** Dean had moved from Detroit and worked at Barris during this time. I heard that Herschel Conway did the paint.
He lives in the Lansing area.. The pictures in the third set are from the 2nd. annual show at the Civic Center in Lansing put on by the Conquer's (sp) Car club, a 6 member club. I only have about 111 pictures left in this album.....I'll post more tonight.
Well, Back in the day I think Chilli Catallo lived in Taylor Mi. the car was in a garage east of Telegraph on Eurica rd., A friend of mine Mike "Gator" Gatose has some early pics of that car. Next time I am in the Detroit area I will see what he has. Keep the scanner going, this is like eye candy to a lot of us guys. and thanks for posting them.
Chili actually lived in Dearborn, but his parents owned a grocery store on Ecorse rd. about 2 miles east of Telegraph. The early part of the coupe was at the Ecorse Monroe Gulf station next to his parents grocery store. His parents bought the grocery store from my parents. I worked at the store and later at the Gulf Station after we sold the grocey store. Would love to see the early pictures of the car. I drove the coupe to high school a couple of times because Chili didn't have his license yet. This was '57. If you look at the picture of the Lil Deuce Coupe with the door open. Chili is standing at the rear of the car with his hand on the pole. We lost him way too early, but he was able to repurchase the car later in life.
Well, I have these left over from last night so here are a few more any other cars ring any bells?? The pick up on the right is Waddill's truck
Thanks guy's.......really kool history and great pic's...........hope there's more to come!!!! Love the fact we have such a wealth of knowledge and history a**** our HAMB ranks!!! Love the way some of you talk about those cars, people and rides like it was yesterday............I certainly tip my hat and say thanks for sharing!!
I recently had my *** verbally kicked for sayin' that the Beach Boys coupe '****ed a possums ***'...I can't believe that anyone would pick the latter rendition over this one...my .02
Well, here's another one that I recognize. The 40 coupe with the flames, I believe is the coupe of Pete's Custom Collision, (can't remember his last name) and it was flamed by Paul Hatton also. I was there the day that Hatton flamed it and stood there and watched in awe. Blended enamel and adjusted the pressure by squeezing the hose as he shot. The next day we took the car to the steam cleaner and had the bottom cleaned and painted it white in preparation for the Autotama of 1958. Hatton then striped the rear end in red.
The flames were done by Von Dutch while he was in Michigan for a moment!! Alright guy's the scanner is running and I should have another thirty pictures or so on by midnight!! Stay Tuned and let me hear what you think HRD
Great pics Matt! I love to see old stuff.That pic of the Green Monster looks like the #5(?)car with the Ranger aircraft engine.
Here is what I have scanned so far... This is a good batch....Rail with six deuced nailhead, a cool T that boosts it was "driven over 3,000 miles a year!!!" and a couple of customs I'll go into more detail if I know anything about them: Mind you, my Dad has a copy of Ollie Hines Photo album, and minutes from meeting of various car clubs, including but not restricted to; PanDraggers, Capitol City Customs (with a C!!! ).....umm Headers C.C. , and other stuff from back in the day..along with many of the old trophy's.... I digress.....
Thanks Ray, guy's... Round two, day two; A sweet as honey, 33/4 coupe, sporting the Herbert Cams logo was driven by a guy with the first name "Wyatt",,,I could look it up, maybe I will later... NextA mild custom and a Killer 5 window with Killer flames, a t-bird that was either really fast and could handle or was just really nice, I like to think it was fast... Paul Shamanski's convert. Charles Hybel's 38 Ford Convert.
Round three and the end for now.....maybe more later or maybe more tomarrow....Alright A 5 winder with a funky bumperet "The Baracuda" with a big thumb in the pic An artsy shot...
alright I had to save these two shots for the end tonight; I love this car and would like to know anything and everything I can about it and the person that built it..Stories of building, racing, getting the gal's or running from them....everything... I love this car
Great pictures, look forward to seeing more. The 1930 Ford roadster pickup in the second to last set of photos was in the Hot Rod 1960 Annual and also in the "Model A Handbook" published about the same time. It states that it was owned by George Weigand of Lansing. The photos in the both books are prior to the flames being painted on the cowl.
Thank you for the name, The truck (at some point) was named "The Baracuda"...still had the spare tire on it...cl***ic
Great stuff Matt, The midwest certianly had it's share of the real deal show cars back in the day. THe reason was mainly because of the long winter months when you couldn't drive them. They were always torn apart and refined and then shown in the big show every winter. THanks again Matt
Morning, Well I found out from my Dad this morning what I thought was true last night, just wanted to make sure.. The roadster was built by Bob Kruger who was a member of the Pan Draggers- a Lansing based car club from 1950-1956, they did some cool stuff: Reliability Runs, Gravel Pit Races and started Lansings "unofficial Drag Strip" (Airport Road), official races at Capitol City Airport, "when red or black steel wheels, gray primer and painted white walls were "in", and flat head was king!" hahaha They had a reunion in 1995 and alot of guys gave taped interviews... Bob was the film guy back in the day and video taped alot of the old races. Here is a later version of the roadster...
This is my Dad sitting in the car probably around 1994, Bob sold the car to Ken Lehnert and Ken has been working on it for a while and he's sure to change a few things...his car now.. For those with an old stack of Hot Rod Mag.'s, this car was in the Feb. 1960 issue...
Haven't added anything in a few day's,,, been having some problems with the computer.... I think all is fixed now, I'll start another thread next year some time...hahaha look for "The Dave Sunderlin Files II" some time soon
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