History The Herman Rost Roadster

Great article on the RPU with what appears to be nothing outrageous just well put together.
In the shot of the engine, did I detect an electric fan above the water pump? Very non traditional or just innovative for its time.

 

That looks like a whole lot of fun .

 

According to ROD & CUSTOM , DEC. 1958 , two electric fans , photos by George Barris .....very neat little hot rod !

 

Cool, I have that issue

 

Very cool! Doesn’t look like he sits up out of it more than what’s standard in these tiny cars most the time.

 

Gas pedal angle looks a bit uncomfortable.

 

This car brings to mind one of my all time favorite "Buckets". Arnold Avilla's '29 A bucket. Arnold and his dad built it in their Baldwin Park garage, and it was a bad ass street racer. On any given Friday night you could see this car cruising around Baldwin Park, or West Covina, looking for anything to race.

 

There needs to be more of these built

 

Photos from the HRM story.

 

Ryan, there is a thread about Arnold's Roadster here on the HAMB.

29 Roadster pick up from Nor Cal is the title.

 

Here's the HAMB link

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/29-roadster-pickup-from-norcal.427602/
Phil

 

I like them RPU's especially if they have a hemi in them, I know these don't have hemi's but me being a MoPar guy it just is what it is. The electric fans caught me off guard though.

 

The fans caught my eye as well....at first they looked like a kids toy pinwheel....
297”.....must have been nice to get a block before they got all rusty inside!!.........Mark