1. Spencer 2. Isky 3. Nitti Honorable mention goes to Khougaz. Is the Hilborn streamliner considered a roadster?
I work at the NHRA Museum and have seen a lot of the roadsters going through. I've ever driven a couple. My all time favorite is the La Mesa deuce. Not a lot of west coasters going for the east coast look, but I am with my 31 Chevy.
I agree with the boss for one and two (in that order), but I gotta insert Navarro's #31 roadster for number three.
"The Beno Roadster by Tom King 1932 Ford Arizona's oldest surviving Hot Rod. Built as a Hot Rod in 1954 by "Beno" Loving and Bill Smith. Beno and Bill built these cars at the same time. Bill's car is now on permenant display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mi. This is not a restored version, it is the actual car that has been well maintained over the years...." Arizona has Hot Rods too: Bill Smith --- Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI Beno Loving --- Well maintained original Hot Rod Andy Rafferty --- Influenced by Bill Smith
Arizona Hot Rods Bill Smith --- Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI Beno Loving --- Well maintained original Hot Rod Andy Rafferty --- Influenced by Bill Smith
Dreddybear, Glad to see Tweedy Pie shown some love. One of my favorite Roth cars. __________________ Anybody know who the young guy was that built the "Roth" Tweety Pie? Roth bought it, Dirty Doug put the Chevy in it, and Ed said he built it. Sheesh!
1. Don Ward's '32 Roadster (aka the Gary Kessler roadster) 2. Dick Carroll's '34 Roadster 3. Bill Metz's '32 Roadster 4. Dick Carroll's '32 Roaster
1. Doane Spencer 2. Ken Gross 3. Calori And if I could have a few more, Eddie Die Pete Henderson Joe Nitti Vic Edelbrock The two Burbank Choppers members 1929 roadsters
I'm definitely a late-comer to this thread, but I'm sitting 10,000 miles from home and have nothing else to do 1. Isky -- Thanks to everyone who posted 2. Spencer 3. Not sure of the builder's name, but it's in Dean Batchelor's "The American Hot Rod"; a Model T Roadster with a complete but louvered "bonnet" and a later grill. All my books are at home, in storage, so there's no practical way to find #3. I'll be buying a "finished" rod next month and plan to keeping finishing it 'til I get the look right.
Romeo Palamedes Probably because I rode in it in the 50s. Ken Fuhrman, Because it was in the first Oakland Roadster Show and he still drives it. Norm Grabowski. Because (well look at my avatar). Sorry I didn't have a picture of the original in my files but the Von Franko clone is pretty close. Fooled me when I saw it at Oakland in (was it 1988)? I didn't look at anything else all evening. Went back the next day to meet Norm.
That car, #3, is the Paul Schiefer '25 T Roadster, and it's reincarnation as a '27 T roadster after running at the dry lakes for 2-1/2 seasons. I plan to build one of the versions soon and have amassed a considerable cache of parts.
All of the above are great although the Mcgee car was always the Scritchfield car to me. However, the Grabowski T in Life magazine was the beginning of my personal rodding career.
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