I have been looking for a thread on "lost" custom cars. A lot has been said about Roth cars, but I wonder about some of the well-known-in-their-time ones that seemingly disappeared. This all started with a discussion about ALAZAN the Mystery Car. Anyone know about this cars' history or want to search for others, like maybe the Tognotti Brothers Big T?
Current status of the "Alazan" Model A. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/anyone-know-what-happend-to-the-alazan.262699/
You're thinking of the Monogram 1/8 scale 'Big T' model. Monogram had Darryl Starbird build a full-size version for promotional purposes which I think he still owns.
Sadly, the original Lincoln Y-Block mill was replaced with a small-block Chevy V-8 when the car was renovated in the Eighties.
Darryl's Big T, as far as I know no one knows what happened to it... Here is the "reproduction" he did more recently. I believe it is currently in his museum.
I read that the original (steel bodied) 1/1 was given away in a contest, and essentially never seen again. Imagine finding that stashed away in a garage, squirreled away for 50 years!?
No, actually I'm not thinking of that. I may recall this incorrectly, but after the Tognottis won AMBR they had another car, a 4 seat one, full fendered, with running boards. That one.
In answer to your original question about a thread on lost customs, try this one- tons of info on lots of cars, maybe you will find what you're looking for there: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/what-ever-happened-to.1016572/page-105#post-12848840
Hot rods.... I think the original version is “lost” because it was really a classic compared to what it is now. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
It seems to me that Monogram gave away at least 3 cars after kits were made and the cars had run the course at shows - Big T, Big Deuce and Orange Hauler. Memory serves (or doesn't) Darryl retrieved a couple of these.. (perhaps still has them)? Dave
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