True 1950's rat rod

I was at the auction the guy payed $1900.00 for the barn and contents.

 

AND my buddies 1916 Chalmers surely doesnt use that set-up....

 

Coooooooooooooool Car

 

sold $4,150, no last minute bids, guess everybody was sober since it's Sunday night!

 

I don't know if they called um rat rods back in the day, but it does prove that there was at least one hack back then that could put together as big a pile of shit as any of the modern day"rat rodders"!

 

yes, im sure it was that rusty in the 50s...........*sarcasm* i really dont see whats so bad about it. i would attempt that car anyday!

 

TOLD YOU GUYS THERE WAS A COWL THERE! i emailed the guy and he told me to make an offer. i offered him 100 for it, he said he was gonna get 350 on ebay.......

 

Something you guys need to remember is that Ohio wasn't roadster country in the '30s-'50s. Due to the weather there weren't so many open top bodies sold to begin with and a bunch became Jap bombs during WWII. Most of the leftover coupes became circle trackers and a few hit the drag strip.Yeah, this roadster is wicked rough... WAY beyond my abilities to fix, but it's a pretty cool example of a '50s Midwest unfinished rod. It looks as if the builder used what he had, not what her could buy. I've got a feeling that this was some young guy's project who got drafted...perhaps he was shipped to Korea or who knows where, and returned to marry, raise a family and the roadster project was saved for "someday". I hope that whoever bought her has the $$$, time and skills to finish her.

Jan

 

It would be really cool as hell for a shop sign on a large poll or on the roof, but not for that price. Bruce Myers must have bought it for his shop.