Dayumm...priceless moments thank you all for sharing...this makes livin the dream closer to a reality...
I have posted this in @woodiemikes thread and wanted to share it here as well... So many of the men and ladies gracing this Hamb platform have lived through some of the periods most spectacular times. Many others live and breathe it too but the elders of the hobby are the ones inhabiting those images we hold so close. This is why the questions. Now my Mom was born in 37 and shes 80 now so that is up there. Any elder Hamber that would have been there would be well into their senior years now as many are. To all of you of whom I am speaking, Thank You so much for continuing to pass the torch... It truly is awe inspiring... The cars however, perhaps evolved and went through numerous changes and many are here today thankfully, as many of you are. So thank you to all who share what they know about all things Hotrod/Custom and in Between Regards, Stogy http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/lakes-pictures-p-r-c.943878/page-25#post-11858292
Lots of very cool pics.....thanks! Looking through all the pics in this post, it sure seems like by 1947 lots of the hot rods were running 40 Ford and later steel wheels as opposed to running the earlier 35 Ford wire wheels. When did the choice of the newer steel wheels happen? I would guess that it started in 1940, and gained momentum as the newer wheels ended up in the junk yards. Would it be safe saying the wires are more of a pre-war look, and the 40 steel wheels more of a post war look?
I would think since most of the new cars were running steel wheels and small hubcaps that they both transferred to the older cars. This, in effect, updated them to what was current on the new cars. The same would be true when all new cars ran wire wheels. They just transferred over as replacement for the wooden spokes. It's always been about "the look."
The '40 style wheels are a bit lighter than '35 wires, aren't they? Certainly more aerodynamic, and they balance better in my experience. For racers, there was a big advantage to the solid wheels.
The steal wheels didn't fly apart like the wires started to at high speeds. They found that the wires were cracking around the spokes and some did fly apart. So when the steel wheels came out it was a no brain'er. The dry lake guys even used heavier milk truck steel wheels on the really go fast cars.
Can't let this go by without having Clem Waske, cartoon-sign painter extraordinaire and Road Rambler member getting his pix in here as well. . These pix are from 1941-43. It was Kool for him to be stationed on the Melville in San Diego and get to keep playing with his Hot Rods. There's houses all around this area now, but it was wide open when he tore up the town.
This was taken in 1940. Wendell Bays in Kellogg Idaho. (My Brother in Law Nelson's Dad) 16's. Kelsey's in the back. Big & Littles. Headlight visors. Mud flaps...Door is replaced. Cool Bikes too.
Don, any idea how many roadsters were running around the city of LA but weren't driven at the lakes? I am curious about how many say 1932 roadsters there were that were hot rods but not driven at the lakes? Thanks for all the great photos and information. Karl
A BVille and lakes runner.......and a date car later on.....1932 roadsters weren't cheap even in the 40's my uncle would say....
These pics are of my friend's flight instructor when he was much younger. I am hoping to meet him and hear more about this car and hope maybe there are more pictures. I really like the '33 front end on the 30/31 roadster body, even if the install is a bit crude. The pictures are just too perfect!
Wow stillrunners! I've never seen that roadster before! It looks beautiful with fenders and without. There is a lot of attention to detail. Do you know any more about the owner?
My uncle's....he built it during 1948/49 - missed BVille in 1949 waiting for the new improved flow Sharp heads and Navarro's new 3/2 intake. By 1955/56 it was full fendered running an Olds/hydro compo. It's pictured at my grandpa's last shop in Sacramento. It was maroon early but he was talked into that new 1958 Chevy color by the late 50's. He still had it in 1962 stored at a friend's garage - Harold - who bought it about then and sold it soon after....my uncle remembers it was 1964 when the new owner stopped at his house to have him sign over the pink slip and in/op papers. Met Harold at my uncle's funeral - that's his daughter Kim on the running boards. Harold's 1932 he had early on and had to sell.
One of the Hamb's best threads...it's author and architect has left but his legacy will continue to inspire through word and photograph...RIP Rockerhead Regards, Stogy
I would just like to also pass on thanks to the others of which there are many who have added their own connections with stories and photos to this great historical thread. I always say you don't get this diverse a collection of facts just anywhere...
well, dang it I can't get ahold of Mr. Montgomery any longer, but the May 1938 SCTA program (WC book) shows an ad for "Precision Motors, 1150 E. Colorado Street, Pasadena, Calif." I thought that might be Tim Timmerman's business. If not, then who??
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