HISTORY class time...(your weekend homework)

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i was bored,reading some old rodders journals and just totaly like in another world ,like way out there, deep in it,with all the old stories of rods & customs from way back then ,the stories that were really intriged me the most were the ones that didnt recieve all the lime light of the hirohatas,grabowskis,piersons,,etc..from the begining ,but were just as important as any ...and i was like thinking,man these there has to be so many forgotten cars that are out there ,in the memories and such and there are so many people here on the HAMB that im sure even if they werent there that still can share some memories of the past,..

not your dream car,not your favorite HAMB car,not your favorite kind of car,,,

...but rather ,if you will,just cars that made an impact back in the early years of hotrodding...


thanks

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this could be really cool

[mazdaslam]

How about Jack Calori's 36 Ford 3 window?Im not sure when it was built,I think it was mid to late 40's.Nice car,chopped,LaSalle grill louvered hood sides.Classic!!

[Mutt]

Bruce Townley's Deuce comes to mind.

[Mutt]

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[av8]

Townley's Deuce is a tough one to top, if such is possible. Ever since I first saw it in 1954 it's been the standard by which I've judged all other Deuce highboys. It's still the definitive roadster IMHO.

[NealinCA]

That is a classic 32 highboy indeed, but Hank Negley's car just does it for me. The stance, the top, it is just right.

[Mutt]

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Do you know if Townley's Car is still around?

Another understated car was Russ Meeks' 3-window.


Mutt

[mazdaslam]

Herb Ogden's 41 Buick,built by Barris around 1955.I love this car.

[lurker mick]

Mutt, I always liked bruces deuce also, especially since I rode in it several times when I was a kid.Just for your info, this is how it looked in 1965 and also how it looks today. Thats right, it hasn't changed since Wink Robbins bought it in the early 60's and put the fenders on it!

Mick

[whodaky]

Early days of hot rodding is a very relative term!. I was 30 in 1987 and had been right into hot rods and customs for like forever. Was always into the early style of cars, influenced by all those old hot rod and custom magazines I had collected over years. Had had a number of hot rods by that time. But '87 was a bit of a definative year for me. In February of that year I got my latest issue of Hot od in the mail and there on the cover was a hot rod that would shape my hot rodding future. The car was owned by Larry Stacy from Oklahoma. Inside was an article that the now late Gray Baskerville had written. To me Larry's coupe was THE Hot Rod. So much so that I knew from that day I would put together a similar hot rod. Immediately my '37 coupe was put on the market and sold very quickly. Then the hunt was on for the necessary raw material for me to put together my interpretation on Larry Stacy's coupe. As luck would have it a number of months later a suitable unfinished project came on the market for the right price. I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase that project and finish it off to look like I wanted it. I could write so much more about this, but I will leave it at that.
Apart from the article I only ever saw a couple of little shots of Larry Stacy's coupe in magazines after that. Does anyone know anytihng about what became of it. Geoff aka Whodaky http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/whodaky/STACY1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/whodaky/STACY2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/whodaky/STACY3.jpg

[mazdaslam]

Johnny Zaro's 40 Merc by Barris in the late 40's.

[Tman]

who, that car influenced me as well, I forgot whos car it was. I have thought YOUR car was the same one!!!!!!!

[Mutt]

Thanks lurker mick - I have wondered about that car for a while now. I'd have probably peed my pants if given a ride in it in the 50's. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mutt

[Jeem]

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Herb Ogden's 41 Buick,built by Barris around 1955.I love this car.

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I'm betting SAM Barris.

[whodaky]

Tman that coupe just blew me away. I am on the other side of the world. Mine has a lot of differences, but the major things were the same, I have the stripped interior, it now also runs 5 spokes and a slight color change. I am always changing wheels.
Geoff aka Whodaky

[NorthBayArea]

Tman that coupe just blew me away. I am on the other side of the world. Mine has a lot of differences, but the major things were the same, I have the stripped interior, it now also runs 5 spokes and a slight color change. I am always changing wheels.
Geoff aka Whodaky

I knew this car had to reach more people than just me! I searched out that issue of Hot Rod after seeing a small cruising shot from one of the Ok City Nats. Asked around Jon Barrett engines since they're in OK too. I heard that Lary Stacy had been ill some years back, and not sure if he is still with us. No idea on the car's whereabouts.
The realitivity of "traditional" is a big issue with me as well, not so much an issue as "Who gives a shit? if it looks cool and its a hot rod, Bring it On!" I'm 29 now so the cars from the 70's/80's ARE early and traditional to me. I love four bar front ends! If you're able to make a car sit properly, they fit the lines of a 32 better, in my humble opionion.
What gets me going is a fenderless 32 on a ridiculous rake, tube axle w/ four bar, buick drums w chrome backing plates, ET III's and Halibrand's running tiny radials up front and the "real" Firestone dirt trackers the 7.50 x14x16's. Finished, painted(black red or orange) and upholstered. Then take it out and drive it in a thunderstorm and don't worry about it. I know this is basically Lobeck's recipe of many years, but there are still very few people who actually get it right. Any car set up like this will always steal my attention away from the 4000 others on the fairgrounds for the rest of the day.
Thanks for letting me puke that up. That 413 car just gets my gears spinning. Oh, here's two more of my favorite's