Jive-Bomber submitted a new blog post: The Pacific Gunsight Special Continue reading the Original Blog Post
I met and talked to Palmer at a little car show in Castro Vally Ca. a few years back. It is one of those rods that when you see it their is no reason to move on and look at anything else. Few cars make that impression on me. Von Franko's Kookie Kar and the Ala Kart were others. Gary
I've always said there's three things I can stare at for hours and never get tired of looking at them. It's been a campfire, a running stream, and tits. Now there's a fourth.
That IS one fine 32' roadster.Glad there's a flatty back in front,just keeps the original feeling.Thanx Jive Bomber!
changes to me are what hot rodding is all about. the change, from an original and then changing and or improving with time. what a great example and i would love to see more pictures of the car through time.
Here's a few of my iPhone snapshots of the car at the 2011 PALO ALTO CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE ... Jim Palmer (Pleasanton, CA) - 1932 Ford "Pacific Gunsight Co. Special" Roadster
... and here's another vintage photograph of the "Pacific Gunsight Co. Special" Roadster at Bonneville in 1952: images from the @Jimmy B collection
Nice stuff. Glad it's come back full circle, but with those bones I'd bet the other versions were pretty cool too!
Doesn't sound like any version was bad,but I like the Juri and present version the best.A lot of nice touches make this beauty a direct hit.
That is what a hot rod should look like. When I think of the perfect hot rod this deuce is exactly what comes to mind.
I came across this car in 1997, and was blown away by the custom headers and custom hood sides, gauges etc. The headers and hood sides were the inspiration for what I ended up creating on my own '32 roadster. Great article and history.
Nice rundown of the roadsters history, awesome hot rod. Some newer photos in this hot rod article http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/0804sr-jim-palmers-1932-ford-highboy-roadster/ Todd, posted one shot from 1952 here is the other.
Great story here. When a car has incredible history like this does, it's gotta be difficult to restore it to a given segment of time. Well done
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