Hot Rods Pre-49 Gathering at Arnie Chupp's Place Today 2024

WOW, Some nice stuff. That green Roadster Pickup needs to lose those wheels. It looked really good with the original wheels.

 

That is a sad story, I saw it on the street in the later 70's when it looked just like the magazine article. It had a 394 Olds with dual 4's, Spalding Flamethrower and Cad-Lasalle trans. I met the owner who had a great car collection, thought about buying it. He sold it to his brother, who removed the Olds, and put in a Chevy, and those horrible wheels. Other than that, it's a real time capsule, with the metal flake Red and silver interior.

 

Well, did you drive or trailer out to the get together. No clue where the place is but I would have run co-pilot/navigator

 

Chris and I trailered the roadster to Jack Slawik's place, unloaded and followed him to Arnie's. I got to see the chassis table he is giving me, Jack built 35 Funny Cars and Dragsters on that table, including Ed McCulloch's Revelloution Dodge, and Twig Zigler's as well.

 

I see the Leedom cars made it out. I actually helped put the red primer 34 Roadster together. That had to be 30 years ago.

 

Yeah, cool car and great guy !

 

I actually helped put the Red primer 34 Roadster together. That was 30 some years ago. I see the wire wheels are gone. That's a really great car with some really great vintage parts.

 

I’ve got one you can practice with on that table. The boy got into this when he was about 2 or 3 and I think I’m missing at least a frame rail. Still have an autographed hero card for the red car I got when I was maybe 4?