Hot Rods Hot Rods & Customs that have sit too long - lets see the photo's

As I was digging through my stash of old photo's I ran across a photo of my friend Marshall's old 5 window coupe, he built this car and drove it to Bonneville in the early 2000's.

It never was a beauty queen and he started a body that would have been a very desirable find but had sustained a lot of damage when the barn it was stored in burnt to the ground, then the body sat outside for years in the open before Marshall drug it home and built the car

This is what the car looked like last time I saw it on the road. HRP



And this is what it looked like in 2007, I think the spiders were getting more use out of the car.

 

Apparently there are no others. HRP

 

There is 1000s of why's a hot rod gets parked,I let my 28A kill the weeds for a few years,do too no time when racing for championships. Lots of other things stop them from being used.
If I were to guess about that 5window,just from looking at the photos you put up.
It turned out to be less fun to drive then the plan was=Steering was not well behaved/I see front rim out set is a lot of scrub,also amount of top chop likely makes drive comfort low,from both poor visibility an seating. Other things I can't see or know could add up too"It was fun for a time,but to much wrong was taking joy out of it.?

 

Been in storage 10 years , too many other hotrods.

 

A friend of mine (just turned 80) has a '32 coupe that he drove to high school. Sometime in the '60's I helped him drop a 406/4 speed into it. It's been buried (literally) in his garage since then. Not for sale.

 

I have found that for many, Bonneville is a 'Bucket List" and maybe driving to Bonneville in a chopped hot rod was part two of the Bucket List (I hate the term) and now they are done, 'been there, done that". As mentioned it was a long hard trip, but he did it. And the vehicle was a 'throw-away'.
I could help him out, we are looking for a new support vehicle for our possible last ever calendar shoot

 

My '64 Pontiac I got and started in '84...this is as far as I got while in school and last on the road in '94. Got rear ended and wiped out the back. While in school, I also got broadsided and crushed the pass rear fender. The bodyshop that repaired it used a rusty 1/4 that had been in the Mississippi mud for 20+ years and at least 4 gallons of bondo it would seem. So when it rear ended, I took all the insurance $ and bought a rust free rear end out of Arizona (the rest of the car is a rust free CA car) and set it aside until I could do it myself. Fast forward 20+ years and I finally got @clean cut creations to put the rear end on for me. It's still sitting though and its been so long now, I just have to tear the whole car apart and start over. One day....

 

My 51 Merc has been sitting since 1968. I purchased it in 2008 from a storage facility and moved twice since I purchased it. It sits in my garage waiting to hit the road again, but life keeps getting in the way.

 

^^^ You just need a glovebox door and you’ll be ready to cruise!!!!^^^^
Still looking....

 

Still looking!

 

That's a problem but it just might be a good problem. HRP

 

I let my T sit to long and I sold it to Greg Porter.

 

You got that right Cob, JJ, looks too nice to masquerade as yard art. HRP

 

Please don’t judge me too harshly, got plans....

 

Oh, you want to see a MESS do you? This is where my assembly bay was until this past weekend after a little more than a year of very little action on this car:



@nochop at least you don't have LEAVES under your car in your shop, LOL!

 

You win.....

 

I wonder what the trophy would look like, LOL!

 

both of these cars have been sitting for 40 years..I now own them both and are getting them going again..The Willys is now running but still needs clutch and brake work..The Austins' engine was seized and the t-10 trans was broken, needs a lot of love.

 

Man, that merc needs to be back on the road! HRP

 

It sure does!

 

It will be for sale, sooner or later. Since he’s 80 it’s just a matter of time.

 

I just love to have one to drive let alone park in my garage.

 

Cool! Is it yours?

 

I wish, i wanted to buy it bad but didnt have the funds.
It was on ebay for the last 4 months with no takers 4,700 obo
Original texas custom with original title, i think the guy who found the orbitron was selling it in new mexico...

Its gone now it either sold or he took it down

 

If you look in the back you can see the cowl of my '30 Roadster body. I found the body back in 1962, a channeled Hot Rod in dark gray primer. Bob

 

This is a photo of my 48 coupe the day I bought it. Guy I got it from thought it had been sitting about 4 years. I didn't believe it since all 4 tires where so flat I thought they were part of the floor. Turns out all the paperwork I could find on it was from about 1992. I took me nearly a year, but its rewired, new fuel system, new brake system and drivable, licensed and insured. Still not sure why I even bought it.

And now:

 

After looking at all these cars that have sat to long it brings to mind the old saying, NOT FOR SALE ONE OF THESE DAYS I GOING TO FIX TO FIX HER UP, LOL.