Hot Rods What you see today??

I picked up some MG bucket seats for my project today. The fella I bought them from owns this old sports car. Thought you guys would enjoy seeing it. It's a 1953 Woodill Wildfire. ??? Not sure I ever even heard of one, let alone saw one. I knew it was something special soon as I laid eyes on it. But then I saw the motor. A 1953 241 Dodge Red Ram Hemi! 5spd transmission. Corvette floor. The body is fiberglass. I can't remember how many he told me they made of these, but it wasn't very many. I guess this is one of only about a dozen left known to exist. Albeit the hot rod version. That's about all I know.

 

That thing has 1953 Willys taillights! Cool as can be!.

 

Well that makes sense, cuz I did just a tiny bit of research and...

The Woodill Wildfire was an American sports car built by Dodge and Willys dealer Blanchard Robert "Woody" Woodill from 1952 to 1958 in Downey, California.

 

A few pics from the Jefferson show today, though I only clipped the corner of the car show area.

 

That awesome! I came real close (wife said no) to doing a Bandit style job on the 41 PU I built. Love the black and gold look.

 

Cleaning out my uncles shop.

 

A friend saw mine out and about Saturday...

 

Hello,

When we were driving in another coastal city, we were checking out our old stomping grounds that we once frequented. It was in an area close to the beach and a mile inland where there were some old industrial buildings placed. Sure, the surfboard shops are directly near or on the street paralleling the beach and waves, but little to none actual surfboard shaping or glossing goes on in those shops,

Back in the early 60s, the shops had back rooms, where the local hot shaper was busy creating his own shapes and then glossing them in the backyard area or another enclosed room. So much for old history as the building inspectors eventually put a stop to the practice and made all of the surfboard shops move their actual “surfboard making” facilities in an industrial area specific to the local laws.

Some shops were so small, so they farm the shaping in one place of the city and in another portion or facility located in a 100% industrial shop buildings area, the smelly glossing and final prep took place. One major facility was a couple of blocks of our last Long Beach house. My friend worked in the big glossing facility and out back were the sanding areas and the next room was the final prep and finish gloss area. From here, the finished surfboards were shipped to the showrooms along the beaches of So Cal.

This hot rod facility was near several industrial shops of all sorts of activity. I could smell the fiberglass aroma in the air just a block or two streets over. It might have been a small fiberglass boat repair business or boat construction company.

Jnaki

I was surprised that this cool 1939 Ford Coupe was sitting in the back area and it looked like a daily driver. The rest of the parking lot were trash cans and various broken down machines ready for the large dump trucks. but, more than likely, it was an owner or mechanic of one of the shops close by. YRMV

 

Sacramento Autorama

 

Nor-Cal

 

Just back from a walk with the pup. Spotted these 2 Plymouths only a block apart. Very nice 40 coupe and really like the hubcaps on the sedan!

 

A friend’s project. My only help was the door lettering. It’s come a long way.

John

 

Hello,

One of the most popular pick up trucks is a 56 Ford Pickup. I saw my first Ford pickup truck in 1954 and it was one of those one time hot rod/custom cars that should have been in a magazine. It was a full custom as the Tahitian Red Color stood out and the white tuck and roll upholstery also made the paint color noticeable from several blocks away. It was always parked in front of the owners shop and we walked by it almost daily in the Westside of Long Beach. The chrome reversed wheels and lowered rake stance made it look as mean as the color was beautiful.

We have seen plenty of those models in all sorts of colors. The most popular being red. But this dark blue version with color matching rims and beauty trim rings/small center hubcaps just stood out among the more modern vehicles parked.

The So Cal truck acceptance as custom hot rods works well since a lot of them are used to haul things between sitting in a parking lot or parked on the street.

Jnaki

This one looked straight, the color stood out in the 11 am sunny day and was telling the world or at least the shop workers, that it is ready for the next load to deliver to some other workplace. (the window was rolled down and the path to the street was clear.) YRMV

 

Auburn, CA Cruise Night

 

looked out my back door and saw this.

 

Ft Smith, Arkansas

Larry

 

Fultondale Alabama this morning

 

At a car show in Fort Smith, Arkansas today. Can you tell I'm drawn to the Tudor sedans..

Larry

 

At the Home Depot in Brentwood California today

 

Moseying around Harbor Freight this morning. Saw a very big man and his very tiny daughter doing the same. Just the visual alone was awesome. But I had the additional pleasure of overhearing what the little girl was saying to her father. She was so animated and interested in everything. "What's that for, daddy?" "Are we going to get some of those?" It was so sweet, I couldn't stand it. I had to talk with them. Nice guy named Brandon. And Ella. She started telling me everything. I'm 3 years old, holding up three fingers. I said to her, "You're so pretty, can I take a picture of you and your daddy? Daddy said it was okay to take a picture and share it with you guys.

Brandon and his future gearhead daughter, Ella. LOL