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Bert's Model A still has a Ford 6 in the photos. Note the underhead valve finned head ... manifolds on wrong side ...
I think that Modified was on the cover of one of the magazines back in the day...super zoomed-in shot...you couldn't really see the car. It might've been one of the little books. One of my dad's favorite cars. I'll try to find the mag.
The owner was Stanley Weisbard. His son still has the engine. The little modified was on the cover of the 1957 Hot Rod Annual. The modified was in the Harrah Automobile Collection until the early 1980s, when it was auctioned off, along with many hot rods, including a few Ed Roth cars.
Hello, Nice write up of the cars shown in the old National Guard Armory Hall back then. Our dad took us to most of the car shows in the Los Angeles area as he was a fanatic to see the latest cars and what was coming down the line for the consumer. We tagged along as we also liked cars, but were neophytes at the time. I was 10 and my brother was 12. It was a fun event and the thing I remember was my brother and I got in trouble running around the show. So, when the whole tour was finished for us, we all headed to the big Buick sedan. Our dad had promised to take us to the drive-in restaurant across Figueroa Street from the Exposition Hall and the nearby Coliseum Stadium. It was one of the earliest drive-in restaurants and had the best hamburgers in L.A. So, we drove over there. Somehow my brother and I got in trouble and I got the blame. Our dad was mad, so he did promise a nice lunch and we were in the parking lot. Plus, the aroma floating around when we drove into the lot was amazing... Yum! The waitress came to his window and our dad started ordering. A sandwich for my mom, a burger for him and one for my brother. He did something with his hands, but all I could hear was “nothing for the other son…” What??? This is my punishment for messing around at a car show and then getting into a shoving battle with my brother? What about him? All this was inside my head. I remember this incident clearly as it was one of the first drive-in restaurants, other than the one near our Westside of Long Beach house. Jnaki So, the food arrived and everyone got their aluminum window trays full of stuff, including drinks. My dad reached back and gave me a Coke in a glass and said, “Here you go…” Well, something is better than nothing… I was no longer holding my sad inner upset feelings inward. As I sat there quietly, my dad finally leaned back and gave me a bag of fries and a huge cheeseburger. My mom later told me I had the happiest face in the history of our family… happier than any Christmas morning. It was a trick my dad played on me and I never forgot it, ever. It is as clear as if it happened yesterday, but it happened in 1954 in a two toned 4 door Buick Sedan in Los Angeles, across the street from the Exposition Hall and the huge Los Angeles Coliseum. YRMV
And even in middle age I still like both. I was going say something way more foul but I will reluctantly keep it to myself.
I meet Stan Weisbard in the mid 1970's nice guy that had a some what larger than normal early sprint car he was working on. Check with Bobby Green to see if it is the same car he has run at Bonneville. Does Stan's son still have the red T modified with Buffalo wire wheels? Stan restored pipe organs and had a walnut tree next to the garage, I always remember the unusual things. Bob
1957HRA I finally found the magazine this was in. 1957 Hot Rod Annual. The description: "the exceptionally immaculate modified "B" Ford Dragster shown on the cover is owned by Stan Weisbard of Van Nuys, California, and was photographed by Bob D'Olivo. Gleaming pwer plan has Cragar head, two Winfield model S carburetors with George Wight manifold, high dome pop-up pistons and split pipes. Transfer tube cooling system eliminated the use of a radiator. Special fiberglass body by Victress." The car doesn't appear in any of the articles inside, for whatever reason. The book is fabulous, by the way. All the great cars from that year, plus the last third of it is all tips and tricks.
And here it is from the Harrah's Auction catalog (September, 1984). Sorry for the low quality...the actual image in the catalog is tiny.
I believe this is the car today: https://www.museumofamericanspeed.org/haldrylakesroadster.html The different engine would track with the story that the family still has the original powerplant.
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