Wool I tell ya, he said sheepishly, I can't parallel park but I can make a Ewe turn! They are much better than cows, you don't have to walk as far to kiss em. Baaaaaaaad
OK, anybody inside USA who wants a 8.5 in, x 11 in. color xerox of SHEEP RODDER to do whatever with in the privacy of their own homes, can send $1 per auographed (by me) copy, or $2 per unsigned copy (ha ha) plus a buck to cover postage, envelope, cardboard to keep it relativley unfolded shape to: Sheep Rodder PO Box G Long Valley, NJ 07853 I know tones of HAMBr's are out of USA. I would rather not hassel with foreign currency, as well as foreign mailings as this turns something fun into work, but if you're outside of USA send equivalent of $4 per copy in a check made payable to Appleton Productions Inc. Cheers, God Bles, Keep cuttin' up cars, and see you at the Deco Rides Booth at Detroit Autorama Mar 9-11 Terry
Not everyone who reads the HAMB is a hard core "Traditional Rod & Custom" guy, nor do they all share your orthodox view of fiberglass vs. steel bodies for rods & customs. I understand, respect and admire your viewpoint on this subject as well as the goal of the JALOPY JOURNAL, but long ago I discovered that building a new shape from glass costs a fraction of what it does in steel or aluminum, plus it is usually accomplished a lot faster. Since my goal is to try to make as many of the visions of cars I have in my mind into reality as possible, fiberglass is a natural, and as far as I'm concerned, a more practical and affordable route to achieve that goal. Just as I don't care what kind of engine is under the hood, I don't care what the body is made of. I am just concerned with the design of the result. To me, horsepower is by comparison inconsequential and STYLING IS EVERYTHING. I'd much rather have a glass bodied car with a unique and right look than "just another, ho-hum, seen it before" rehashed steel bodied car. I'm jaded. I'm almost 65, have been into rodding since before I had my driver's lciense, and am always on the lookout for something new, different and RIGHT. To me, having a unique rod doesn't mean having a different gear shift knob than everybody else. I'm talking about a car with lines that sticks out from the swarm of cars that surround it when seen from 50 yards away. One that has a right look...Lord knows we've seen enough grotesque ros & customs. I'm surprised that none of the Punk Rodders who sadly haunt the HAMB have not ripped my new Figoni & Falaschi 1937 Delahaye fendered roadster apart when the shot of it at Pomona appeared on this thread a few days back. Isn't that their goal in life to criticize, insult and humiliate other rodder's and their cars in public while hiding behind a fake internet name? I'd like to see photos of the cars they have created. Forget SHEEP RODDER, I think I'll do a cover for the new magazine, PUNK RODDER. We've sold almost 100 fiberglass variations of SCRAPE in coupe, convertible, sedan delivery and (one) fastback body styles since creating the original steel car, which was about 90% traditional in style (except for curved windshield, neon in the grille and passenger compartment an hydraulic fluid tank...hey it was the 90's). I'm proud to say I have SCRAPE clones in Moscow, Slovania and Australia. HOT WHEELS has done about 5 different color variations of the SCRAPE 1/18 scale toy, and customized SCRAPE HOT WHEELS have sold for upwards of $2,500! Alice Cooper sold a glass DECO Zephyr convertible at Barrett Jackson Scottsdale last year for something like $230,000 and followed with a DECO Zephyr coupe with a horrible paint job for a quarter million bux at Barrett Jackson a few weeks back (ironically the same price the original stel car sold for at RM Pebble Beach 2000 to Petersen!!). At first I sold glass "kit car" bodies (I hate that term that has sadly become part of the rodding vernacular as to me a kit car has a VW engine). My contract with Speedster Motorcars in Clearwater for the past several years restricted the sales of my Zephyr Coupe and Convertibles to Turnkeys only. We sold almost 50. I'm happy to say that last week I got the approval from Speedster to sell again Zephyr Coupe and convertible bodies in the body only or body and frame "kit car" configuration again, (as well as turnkey), happy because for the past few years we've been disappointing rodders who contacted us wanting to just buy a glass Zephyr body and build their own frame. And I'm also having two cars (a Delahaye and a Bugatti) built from scratch with aluminum bodies. Two last notes. I didn't take the time to read the reviews of GNRS Pomona on HAMB or other rodder netzines, but I have two things to say about the event. Aside from the amazing cars, the PRESENTATION of hot rods (rugs, signage, banners, floor plan, etc) in Ford's '32 building was of a professional design level that has never before been achieved in the entire history of rodding, and will probably never be equalled again. It was amazing and Larry Erickson of Ford (designer of ZZ Top's Cadzilla, Fred Warren's Smoothster and a thousand fiberglass Coast to Coast knockoffs that followed, The Alumicoupe, Arlen Ness's Smoothness motorcycle, and Larry's own Chevy Potvin blown roadster that should have won AMBR in San Mateo five years or so ago, to name a few) and at least one other guy whose name I cannot recall, are to be congratulated on their acomplishement. I'll bet the whole concept of the 75th anniv of the Deuce, including selling Ford on the idea despite tightening budgets in Detroit, was Larry's idea. Last, the mood in the Suede Palace rocked all weekend. All of the other buildings were like a wake by comparison. The Suede Palace was bursting with life and was the fun building to be in. Terry Cook
Well said TC! As a deuce owner I think the Sheep Rodder poster is hilarious. Lighten up people it's a joke! -Scott
Don't know where my post went but the next mag up should be Street Rod Buyer oops Street Rod Builder.
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