Fat Hack
01-14-2004, 09:01 PM
Okay, this is just a fun bit of pondering...something I mulled over while handling snow removal five times in one day on this end....
The thread about the upcoming Monster Garage Kustom Kolaberation episode and the "Milestones" article in the new issue of STREET RODDER detailing how many big names contributed to the creation of that wicked cool Track T that Pete Chaporois built for his Dad got me thinking...
If YOU could assemble a "Dream Team" of car folks to help you build a killer ride (without a one week deadline or anything Hollywood like that!)...who would ya pick and why? What would ya build???
Me??
The Team:
Fat Jack Robinson
John Buttera
Jack Roush
Pete Eastwood
Leonard Emanuelson
Dan Kahn
Why these guys?
Fat Jack and Lil John built a cool little modified for Strohs years ago, and I've always admired their individual accomplishments above all others. With their combined fabrication and car building skills, I know I'd have one killer ride!
Jack Roush built a bad ass 1979-82 Mustang back in the early 80s featuring a hot Cleveland mill. He also owns several successfull NASCAR teams and has access to all the trick engine building equipment. I'd have him on board to build a screamin 351-Cleveland based engine for the car and to back it up with a NASCAR spec four speed.
Pete Eastwood is half of the team that built my beloved favorite street rod of the 80s...the Eastwood & Barakat sedan. I'd have Pete on hand to steer the project in a semi-sensible direction...keeping it bad to the bone, but still with an overall rough and raw feel...rather than letting it escalate into Boyd Territory!
Lenny is my all time favorite automotive journalist, and from years of reading and re-reading his work, I'm sure that he and I think in the exact same direction. Like me, his car building skills may be modest compared to the others on our team, but I would dig having him around to help me make some key decisions and to write the inevitable magazine project car series that would follow this thing through all of the build phases!
Dan Kahn needs no introduction here, and I'd love to have him as part of this Dream Team to lend the benefit of his youthfull enthusiasm and eye for modern style with a nostalgic flavor. His recently completed modified looks AWESOME, and being fresh off that build makes him a prime candidate for MY team!
The Project:
I've always wanted a 35 Ford coupe...a bad ass drag inspired street terror...an all steel, full fendered door-slammer capable of ripping through the 1320, yet still being streetable enough for cruise night!
This car would be built RIGHT by the above team and I...hammered out and tweaked at every corner to maximize performance, style and the all-important "gotcha factor". I can't say exactly what the finished product would look like...but with influences from my favorite car guys, I KNOW it would ROCK! My only parameters going in would be that it retain the unmistakably clean and classy identity of a 35 Ford coupe, be Ford powered, and ass-on-fire FAST!!!
Ha Ha...it'll never happen in THIS world...but shit...I needed SOMETHING to dream about as I pushed and tossed all that snow around outside today...thanks for indulging me the fantasy...feel free to share yours!
The thread about the upcoming Monster Garage Kustom Kolaberation episode and the "Milestones" article in the new issue of STREET RODDER detailing how many big names contributed to the creation of that wicked cool Track T that Pete Chaporois built for his Dad got me thinking...
If YOU could assemble a "Dream Team" of car folks to help you build a killer ride (without a one week deadline or anything Hollywood like that!)...who would ya pick and why? What would ya build???
Me??
The Team:
Fat Jack Robinson
John Buttera
Jack Roush
Pete Eastwood
Leonard Emanuelson
Dan Kahn
Why these guys?
Fat Jack and Lil John built a cool little modified for Strohs years ago, and I've always admired their individual accomplishments above all others. With their combined fabrication and car building skills, I know I'd have one killer ride!
Jack Roush built a bad ass 1979-82 Mustang back in the early 80s featuring a hot Cleveland mill. He also owns several successfull NASCAR teams and has access to all the trick engine building equipment. I'd have him on board to build a screamin 351-Cleveland based engine for the car and to back it up with a NASCAR spec four speed.
Pete Eastwood is half of the team that built my beloved favorite street rod of the 80s...the Eastwood & Barakat sedan. I'd have Pete on hand to steer the project in a semi-sensible direction...keeping it bad to the bone, but still with an overall rough and raw feel...rather than letting it escalate into Boyd Territory!
Lenny is my all time favorite automotive journalist, and from years of reading and re-reading his work, I'm sure that he and I think in the exact same direction. Like me, his car building skills may be modest compared to the others on our team, but I would dig having him around to help me make some key decisions and to write the inevitable magazine project car series that would follow this thing through all of the build phases!
Dan Kahn needs no introduction here, and I'd love to have him as part of this Dream Team to lend the benefit of his youthfull enthusiasm and eye for modern style with a nostalgic flavor. His recently completed modified looks AWESOME, and being fresh off that build makes him a prime candidate for MY team!
The Project:
I've always wanted a 35 Ford coupe...a bad ass drag inspired street terror...an all steel, full fendered door-slammer capable of ripping through the 1320, yet still being streetable enough for cruise night!
This car would be built RIGHT by the above team and I...hammered out and tweaked at every corner to maximize performance, style and the all-important "gotcha factor". I can't say exactly what the finished product would look like...but with influences from my favorite car guys, I KNOW it would ROCK! My only parameters going in would be that it retain the unmistakably clean and classy identity of a 35 Ford coupe, be Ford powered, and ass-on-fire FAST!!!
Ha Ha...it'll never happen in THIS world...but shit...I needed SOMETHING to dream about as I pushed and tossed all that snow around outside today...thanks for indulging me the fantasy...feel free to share yours!