Technical Survivor Deuce Coupe in Amarillo, TX!!

I just got back from the Meals on Wheels car show in Amarillo, TX and there's this drop-dead gorgeous survivor there. This is the genuine article from the late 50's-early 60's that's now owned by a Dwayne Matchbanks. This thing is powered by a early Chevy 265 with a '39 Ford 3-speed, 4:11 gears in the back. I couldn't remember all the details but I took a picture of the info board if you guys wanted the specifics. I couldn't stay around long enough to talk to Dwayne.

I tried to take the best pictures I could with my iPhone but it's not easy at all with crowded aisles. Enjoy them.









Note at the bottom: "Question: Should I leave this or restore it?" To be honest.. I wouldn't even think about that question at all. This is perfect as is!

 

That thing is awesome as it sits! I would not restore it, preserve it.

 

Very cool.
Preserve it!

 

Now isn't that cherry. Beautiful car.

 

I keep dreaming that someday something like that will drop into my life, but in 66 years nothing has yet.

 

Argh. You're not helping my high hopes any. The owner lives here in Amarillo, TX and bought this in North Carolina. Maybe you just haven't been looking in the right places.

 

That looks alot like a survivor that was on Ebay a few months back, No ?

 

wow love that car!!!

 

Looks Pebble Beach ready to me. Well, maybe not. But certainly worthy of prime parking on Congress during the Lone Star Roundup.

 

Could be. The info board says that this car was pulled out of the barn a couple years ago then Dwayne (current owner) bought this last year. I don't really look through eBay enough to know for sure.

One way or other, I sure hope he doesn't touch a thing. Maybe this guy is a closet HAMBer and is pulling our leg with the "leave it or restore it" question?

Dwayne, you out there?

 

Just noticed that the "Deuce" on the sign is misspelled..

Maybe he isn't.

 

Didn't the car come out of North Carolina? HRP

 

That thing is "the nuts", no doubt. Only thing I'd question... is that a COPPER brake line. DD

 

Looks like it. The info board says that when it was pulled out a couple years ago that only the fluids and tires got replaced. Everything else was left as is. But just because it's on the board doesn't mean it's true.. Who knows? Is there any other brake line that looks like copper that could have been used back then?

From what I see, yes sir. It even has that nifty North Carolina plague on the headlight bar. Pretty sweet.

 

Hadn't planned on going to the show this year...but I think I'm gonna have to go have a look now.

 

Haha. The whole time I was there, I was thinking to myself; "Caddy-O could be walking among us and I wouldn't know it."

I'll probably be going tomorrow with my mother. She hasn't really seen any of the club members much since my dad got killed a little over a year ago. She wants to go so I'll probably be the kid standing next to the Deuce all day tomorrow.

 

Oo.. And your excuse for not having posted them up here is..?

Spread the wealth, man.

 

great hot rod

 

It is prettry crazy! The make-a-wish car show in Amarillo always seems to turn up some cool stuff.

 

Hmm... I think it's neat when folks mistake my car for a survivor, but I would NEVER represent it as one. Lame...

The coupe is an awesome car regardless of it's history.

 

I never really liked the show here. You can tell the HAMB influence is a minority here. It's mostly street rods with a couple rat rods, 4x4s, late models and lots of muscle cars thrown in for good measure.

This one really caught my eye though. Different from anything I've seen here in Amarillo. There were a couple other cars like a MG coupe that I would have loved to try and fit all 6'2" and 240 pounds of myself in. and this little motorcycle. There was also an Altered roadster with a Hemi and everything. Of course, I liked a couple of the other OT cars but I dream one day of making it to the LSR or a bigger city motorama in the future and lusting after every other car there rather than just a couple like here.

 

Yeah it is. I hate that it was sold and taken away from our neck of the woods. Great car and perfect example of an early hot rod. I wish I had the cash when it went up.

 

I do agree with you.

I would rather this beauty be with an owner in NC who wouldn't even think of restoring it than it be with an owner here who is.

 

heres one from when it was on ebay, cool old coupe.
Al.

 

Should have stayed around and drilled the owner with questions. Oh well.

Still a cool coupe. I'm hoping that car will inspire the people around here to start building their cars like they did back in the day. There just ain't enough bias plies running around here.

 

for you kids out there, back then copper brake lines were just fine, everybody had them who built homebrew hot rods. So were generators, voltage regulators, small single master cylinders, drum brakes, bald eagles, no "insulation", etc.
A "pro" was a "rubber".
cooger

 

Airliners and fighters, back "when", were built out of wood and they were "JUST FINE", too. Ain't too many of them still operating in their ORIGINAL state. Must be a reasonable safety explanation as to why "soft copper" tubing ISN'T used in today's brake systems, not the least of which might be cracking potential from vibration. What do I know...it's just brakes. DD

 

quite true, what do you know??