Will that car ever be driven? Not really into that stuff....but it does have some real nice touches. I like the two tone.
I think it was Troy Trepanier's 3w '36 Coupe.......two tone green but subtle differences in the colors.......great design and great workmanship, but not my *thing*..... CB
I like the car much better than last year's winner... I think beige/green must be the red of 00's....
Typically, they are not driven the first two years. After being sold they are then basically used-up on the show circuit, and start to be driven. Most go to collectors who obviously aren't going to drive it much, as they are high maintenance polishing cars.
At least it started out as a real car from Ford, not a made up body style like the last two years which are just glorfied kitcars made out of steel, I like this car it has an older feel to it, but thats just my oppinion, we are still allowed to have those arn't we!!!!!!!
Yeah, I like the car too actually... I think it's as about as well done as that genre show car can be...
It was a beautiful car with alot of detail. Of course if I had 2-1/2 million to throw at a car I'd hope it would look just as well. I think that car by far was ahead of the rest.
That car was amazing. You would all appreciate the car if you saw it. Very well built and wayyyyyyy nicer then last years car. In a word i would call it "Subtle" in a show car way
Good to see Troy won this year. I was talking to our own Levi Green about it Friday at the show. Levi is the VERY talented young man who works for Troy and build the killer 32 Roadster a couple of years ago out of Troys garage. Levi had his hand in this one as well.
I just dont get way the designers now adays think the low profile tires look good on the older cars. I even seen an old Model A sedan downstairs with big wheels and low profile tires. Hatch, you old fart.. You were there and I didnt get to meet you? I went Saturday
Here's your story on the wheels...."draw em.....hit the GO button on the computerized milling machine....wait at the end of the conveyer belt for the wheels "
there is some folks on here that know more than I but... I think that atleast to date, all of the cars out of Troys shop are driven, and most driven alot, even the very very highend cars, dont know if that will be the case with this, as it will be on a show circuit for some time now. I talked to Troy saturday morning a bit about this car, it truly is amazing, but just in a whole different genre. He said there was 28,000 man hours in this, thats just labor at his shop. There was a foundry that had staff dedicated to casting one-off parts for the car. Just really hard to imagine the time, money and effort that goes into something like that. Pretty hard for the small guy to bring something to the table and compete for an award like the ridler anymore, not impossible, but very hard.
Yeah.....on Friday though. The highlight of my trip was a stop at the Star Deli (telegraph and twelve mile corner), for a corned beef sandwich.....food orgasm!!!
Since the 50th Autorama with the exception of the Willys a few years ago there have been rumors of the price of the car that wins, I had a car at the 50th we were there when the Foose car was unloaded, and the speculation started, we were hearing everything from 1.5 million to 9 hundred thousand, well the truth is neither are correct, I actually got to sit next to Ron Whiteside at dinner one night at dinner, he owns the Foose built 34 Ford that won the Ridler award a few years ago, And we talked about what it costs to build a car to win and it is less than we all think he did not tell me an exact price but I was surprised, it is not as bad as we all think, its alot more than I can afford but I think unless we hear it from Troy or the owner please dont beleive the rumors......
Gene Winfield told me personnally he was told the winner is 2-1/2. The car was damaged in transit in the airplane and had to be worked on before the show.
At 50.00 per hour for labor (I've heard both higher and lower figures for some shops) is 1.4 million in labor alone.....
28,000 manhours times $40 is 1.12 million. $40 being the average shop rate for complete projects. Add car and parts to labor, and I can see 2.5 mill easily. You can't win the Ridler unless you spend about $40k on the display oops, looks like Ralf and I have the same calculator, hee
Yeah, but Whitesides used a Ford to make his Mercury. Impression was made from flat stock, and it was around 1.7 mill.....i..o..n dollars. Austin Powers said.
Well, I would imagine on some builds of this caliber there is some sponsership, and contract negotiations that make it a bit more affordable for the owner. Its publicity for the shop like no other, and I doubt the owner coughed up $1.5 -$2 million in labor alone. Although, like I said, Troy did tell me there was about 28,000 hours in the car at his shop.
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