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The Ewans and Ramey '34 sedan

Hello,

Having seen this old photo in black and white and other colors, one does the best to keep it original, but with some design modifications.

This highly modified sedan was sponsored by Ford Parts Obsolete that was located on a corner, just off of the Long Beach Freeway. It was our neighborhood side street that we took going out to Bixby Knolls and coming back home, late at night.

The one thing that was a standout display was the old Ford coupe sitting on the rooftop sign facing the major cross street. Willow Street goes from the L.A. South Bay beaches all the way into the big OC and the Disneyland area. Willow Street is the end of Lion’s Dragstrip, if you were to not stop at the end of the dragstrip pavement and dirt road leading to the sand berm. If one continued to finally stop before a deadly chain across two, in the ground, traffic barrier poles.

That end of the dragstrip property that the white Pontiac ambulance usually took as the fastest way to get to the local big time hospital is Willow Street from here, East to the OC, and Sepulveda to the West.

Jnaki

We knew the area quite well and every time we came over the L.A. River and L.B. Freeway into our Westside neighborhood, the street turn off to our house was in front of the Ford Parts Obsolete store and parking area. We could not miss it and it was a mapping point when friends wanted to get to our house from Bixby Knolls or other parts of East Long Beach/Signal Hill/Lakewood areas.

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In looking back at historic coupes and sedans, one stood out as a clear black and white photo. The chopped sedan just looked like it was wanting some competition at any dragstrip.

“Rear view of the Ewans and Ramey '34 sedan, at Fontana. The car was built for the salt, but later got a set of bike wheels and slicks to run at the drags. It was immaculate, painted a bright bronze color, with a blown Chrysler. Unfortunately it suffered a stuck throttle on the fire-up road and drove into a phone pole, destroying it. I watched it happen, and then just left, sick that such a nice car was destroyed (driver was ok).” Thanks @296ardun

But, the more I looked at the overall design and color, the photo still looked great, but the color just looked not good at all. Of the colors available, I used black to make everything stand out better. I also used chromed spokes to accentuate the body color.

With the highlight pinstriping, now, it was getting somewhere…

The custom car/street hot rod color was applied and it looked like it should have been cruising around in Bixby Knolls drive-in restaurant circuit in the 1960-63 time period.(A few miles away from Lion's Dragstrip) The bright red color would have made all heads turn as it slowly rolled up into the parking lots for the weekend teenage gatherings…

Finally, there was one color left to try, the original, no color, black primer paint with black pinstriping.

Ahhh... like the Three Bears saga... this one is just right... It looks like it should have been cruising around the whole So Cal scene with this combo. Black spokes, cruising mode, but, with racing number designation for nearby Lion’s Dragstrip.



Or… could I have seen it in the garage section of the back alley in Long Beach, (near Lion's Dragstrip) and our Westside house location?


This final found color looked ok, but, the new additions make it more powerful and it looks like it meant business. Lots of business at the old Ford Parts Obsolete Store in the Westside of Long Beach.

 

Check out the engine stand.

 

The "Little deuce Coupe "

 

http://www.bubblemania.fr/en/edward-dean-jeffries-mantaray-monkeemobile/

 

would love to read the specs on this rig!!

 

Anyone recognize Willie ?