Awe ****... That image doesn't belong in this batch. I must have added it to the gallery by mistake. That's an early mockup of Tom's roadster. In any case, I believe it was taken at Tom's parent's house in the late 1940's. You can tell it was a pretty nice joint.
I wonder exactly what frame was used. Look closely and you can see that there is a weld seam in front of the rear kick up.
I think it’s a 34 ford frame with a fabricated section to get the rear stepped up. It’s way more “step” than the Chevy and other early cars that got used for the rear step up. What a fantastic journal entry! That T roadster is fantastic in every way and has me wondering if they still make those rear tires and if so can I get a 750/16. You could print those out poster size and stare at them for an entire Christmas break that’s for sure. The second/ third car is a head scratcher. Reading the parts list, seeing the torsion bars, it was giving me pikes peak special. But seeing the photos, something about the mid fifties time stamp, the short wheel base, the wire wheels and the doors mocked up make it feel closer to the home made sports cars of the era. Very cool whatever is or was.
Yeah, that's a '34 Ford frame for sure... As for the head scratcher, I wonder if it wasn't something Tom was preparing for local hill climbs? He had a history not only with pikes peak, but: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=62597
I’d say it’s definitely the freudiger roadster, not just the cowl cut but wishbone placement, channel etc all tally up aswell as the need for a wide nose on the car because of the straight 34 rails, rear wheels/caps look like the ones he sometime ran on his A roadster too accessory wide 5 maybe? I like the lower part of an edelbrock slingshot used on the manifold, if you look at his later set ups when he made the log manifold he’s still using that intake flange with the same shape and bolt pattern. in the archive is there any more in depth photos of the blower mount? It looks to be welded to a timing cover. And also the drive he used? Or does whoever that own’s the motor now have some? It would be helpful for us and our coupe endeavours.
I'm posting the archive as I open it... pretty much in real time... You can see everything I've seen thus far here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?s="Tom+Cobbs" Tardel recently acquired what we think might be the first blower Tom used on his roadster. I plan on shooting it at some point. But man, if there is anything I've learned from the archive it's that Tom spent a lot of time on blower setups and used a variety of intake setups, mounts, pulleys, etc...
Travis over at rhode alliance customs has one of the 4-71? Blowers and carb set ups from Tom as well. Got it off Joe a few years ago.
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