A number of years ago, I found a channeled and fendered deuce roadster for sale at a decent price. Even so, it might as well have been a million bucks as I didn't have any liquidity about me. To this day, I cringe when I think of the possibilities. A... <BR><BR>To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.
Great read as always. You mentioned you could have owned it a few years back. Any photos of what it looks like today?
Nope. But I just found out the car is in Kerville... No real idea if the car I could have bought was actually "tweety bird" or not.
Now that's a great hot rod. Love the chrome roll bar and the absence of running boards. Reminds me of my friends survivor '32 Plymouth.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449469&highlight=jeweler+jewel
The board would not fit the curved bottom of the body. There is a similar styled pick up in Ca. that has it's boards but the bottom of a pick up cab is flat. Jim Govro is still alive and kicking. He showed me pics of himself and his brother setting out for Bonniville in 51 in it. Hands worked on it and the car was dirt tracked after it was channelled. I don't think the car was ever for sale in Dallas. It stayed in Austin till Kerrville.
Nine layers of lacquer!!! Think about it, these were the street rods of the time LOL... just kidding =)
If you are thinking about the one that Richard Rawlings had, I looked at it also, and I'm pretty sure it was a different car. No '40 dash in it that I can remember. I wish I could have bought that one too...I try not to even think about it.
Before it appeared in the August '59 issue of RODDING and Re-styling: click thumbnails to enlarge ... Jim Govro's "TWEETY BIRD" was featured in the November '58 issue of HOT ROD : click thumbnails to enlarge
Perry Lassiter (sp?) had a 32 cabriolet that was channeled pretty much the same in 'Waco in the early/mid 70's. I can't remember what dash it had but it had sort of bucket seats that had the springs for the cushions set in recesses in the floor boards.
The first "hot rod" I ever saw was a Deuce roadster that was yellow with black fenders, www and full wheel discs. I decided to call it The Bumble Bee (I think I was 8 or 9 at the time). It was a V-8 with glass packs, ashcan exhaust tips and sounded like music to my young ears. I remember seeing it numerous times while staying at my aunt and uncle's house during summer vacations. Do you think it made an impression?? You betcha!! Thanks again for opening one of those little recesses in my brain, Cat
I thought for sure by the end of the story you were gonna say we would see it at the Revolution... Oh well, neat car!
Brian...The car that Richard had was my old roadster from the 50s...full running boards,the lower front of cowl reworked for them..Bubba67 here on the HAMB has completely restored it back to the 50's original..stock 32 dash..Bubba67 will have it at the Roundup this April.. all the way from New Jersey
Correct, the car went from Austin to Kerrville....George Walker had it for years and years....and he was a member of our local club, the River City Rods...I co-drove it to Memphis back in the early 70's....I know the car fairly well, because of our Hot Rod Club association. George got "tired" of the old suspension stuff and had Gerald Hays(another member) start reworking the suspension(got a bunch of pictures of it somewhere)....George never had it finished, and was always wishy washy when selling it was brought up....finally went to some "Andy" guy out Kerrville way. I lost track of it, but sure have some good memories associated with those times when it was running around here....fun crazy times....now I'm grinning(but sure as heck can't explain in writing)
Wow! That's really cool. I'm glad to see it went to someone that really appreciates it. It looks amazing now! -Brian
Andy had the graciousness to sell this car back to the original builder, Jim Govro, so it's now back in his Austin-area garage awaiting restoration to it's previous glory...
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