The Art Gerrick Car
Filed under: Hot Rods
Art Gerrick was old school… Even in 1951. That’s the year his lakes modified was featured in Hot Rod Magazine along with one of Rex Burnett’s first cut-away illustrations. Before the feature, Art had already set numerous records on the Muroc dry lake in a hopped up t-roadster and was known all around as one smart enchilada. In 1936, he started construction on the car in question (above and below) with the goal of building the ultimate 4-powered modified.
By all accounts, he succeeded.
He started with a set of frame rails liberated from a ‘24 Olds, added a kick-up, and then dumped on a ‘27-t body. From there, it’s just more mis and match – early Chevy spindles, model-a Ford hubs, model-t rear crossmember and springs, gorgeous plastic wind screen, etc… And then there is that motor… Damnit, that motor.
It’s a ‘24-t block sported with a 3 15/16 bore, early model-b counter weighted crank, model-a rods and mains, Winfield cam, dual ignition (from a Pierce Arrow), and the glorious Rajo head with 8 plugs. It all comes together and forms, get this, 17.3-1 compression at the cylinders. This thing THUMPED.
In any case, the car is up for auction. The RM deal is gonna be crazy.
