An interesting little car. Pic taken at Visalia's annual downtown car show yesterday. The show, loaded with late pickups and many late Corvettes which makes for a quick walk-by has more than a few interesting cars. Some hot rods, a few customs and a little bit of history. This one, a nice little bit of history. Even so, if we're doing historical and foreign, I'll take a Jaguar XK-120 please.
Figured Brootal would enjoy this Rambler. Not often you see one restored, let alone hot rodded. It's not always wheels and lowering that make it a hot rod, but it's a good start. The Piece De Resistance follows....
Serious Rambler power - a 200 CID Ford six mit turbocharger. Not too shabby and a nicely done bit of engineering.
I like the Morgan. You think wood to strengthen a body is a problem after time...the early Morgans used wood to strengthen their frames. Don't wanna go over too many railroad tracks with the doors open.
Neat. Thanks! Saw a '57 Morgan at the car show at HONDA of AMERICA Friday, along side a 48 MGTC a 54 MGTD a GT40 and A SAAB SonnetIII a**** about 50 other cars. That flat black '69 Impala with the roof cut off and doors completely welded up and smoothed over with Cragers that some one posted here a while back was there, and a Hemi powered Deuce Roadster the owner's had since '62. My "wish I owned" was the red with tan leather '64 XK-E series I Jaguar. I know they didn't but I swear they put some kind of wood in that car! Car people. Some guy was questioning the "caliper covers" on the Deuce. as people snickered I told him they were drilled backing plates for the drum brakes, no calipers here. He realized his foopah and got red faced and the snickering increased. Evil hearted designers laughing at their ***ociate... all fun!
Thanks for thinking of me C9. They are pretty funky looking things those early Ramblers. Interesting choice of motor, that's for sure. Would've been good to see a turbo'd AMC 6 in there though. Apparently they were great for tubocharging. Was it Carillo or someone that did it??? BTW, that Chevy motor is WAY nicer.
[ QUOTE ] I like the Morgan. You think wood to strengthen a body is a problem after time... [/ QUOTE ] Provided it hasn't been exposed to moisture and started to rot, no. My '33 still has all it's original wood (Aussie Fords had wooden frames until 1935) and even without any interior it has no rattles unless you drive it down a really ****py road, but even then the doors only rattle because I haven't installed the dovetails yet. [ QUOTE ] the early Morgans used wood to strengthen their frames. Don't wanna go over too many railroad tracks with the doors open. [/ QUOTE ] No problem really, if the doors are closed hen you hit the tracks, they'll be open soon enough afterwards
[ QUOTE ] My "wish I owned" was the red with tan leather '64 XK-E series I Jaguar. I know they didn't but I swear they put some kind of wood in that car! [/ QUOTE ] Hey Doc, I think they used wood for the dash in that model. However, unlike the other less sporting models where the ply panels were finished with a polished walnut laminate, the E Types used aluminium and vynil for the surface finish. And of course the series one models had a wood rimmed steering wheel.
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] My "wish I owned" was the red with tan leather '64 XK-E series I Jaguar. I know they didn't but I swear they put some kind of wood in that car! [/ QUOTE ] Hey Doc, I think they used wood for the dash in that model. However, unlike the other less sporting models where the ply panels were finished with a polished walnut laminate, the E Types used aluminium and vynil for the surface finish. And of course the series one models had a wood rimmed steering wheel. [/ QUOTE ] Actually, I was hinting at the increased Testosterone activity kind of wood that occurs when close to one...
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