Here are a few that I have collected. For inspiration. This is a topic close to my heart. http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/...29463998_434939_1354000545_n1_zps701c8d88.jpg My pile.
Anyone have any idea how Lobeck laid those pillars back? it looks like maybe the cowl was cut? I have a '29 (yeah, I know this is a Deuce thread, but what's a cheap ass like me to do?) I have considered a pie cut on the pillar, but that won't satisfy the arch above the cowl. Suggetions?
Not a fan of the show, fast and loud, but the 32 cab they did a while back absolutely turns my dial, great stance and they didn't kill it with one of their overcooked builds. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
This one is cool! They (cabs) can look so right or so wrong. Think about it that go's for any body style.
Here's my "someday I'll get back to it" project Deuce cabbie that's chopped 2 3/4" with the refabbed windshield posts leaned back to the same specs as a '34. It was "saved" from a huge tree in Cherry Hills, Colorado. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mWXsRNka_23nMmX1-_l-pNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_Opa_Csdx7c/SKkXPe9yjeI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/cTwx1AuzNCs/s800/Tree%2520Car%2520Fixed%2520%25285%2529.jpg" height="360" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/112173005601005135821/OurDeuceCollection?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">Our Deuce Collection</a></td></tr></table> <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/O7UmHTYfhZmaNKA5IvohjdMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--5D8Kplfb1Q/UFtqjkw0tNI/AAAAAAAAGuM/SqPBBBgweJ4/s800/The%2520Deuce%2520Cave%2520005.JPG" height="600" width="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/112173005601005135821/TheDeuceCave?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">The Deuce Cave</a></td></tr></table> <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LBZPTxG2k5Y9gNzH5JZRYNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7A63XVRPe4E/SCEhYWeFZHI/AAAAAAAAACc/6POwUA5vS4w/s800/scan.jpg" height="581" width="800" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/112173005601005135821/TheTreeCar?authuser=0&feat=embedwebsite">The Tree Car</a></td></tr></table> Harms Way posted the one that I'm shooting for with mine........someday!
I fell in love with cabriolets early on in my hot rod obsession. I liked the idea of an open top '32 that wasn't the stereotypical roadster though I later came to love the roadster and decided I must own one but that's another story. This car floated up on eBay in 2004 and I loved the toy like characteristics and made an offer for it after the reserve wasn't met. It was before the term "barn find" was overused but that's what this car started out as. An east coast car that had gone through a few owners in California and each owner added his own touches in the late nineties traditional scene. The car finally found itself sitting on a consignment car lot for high end and exotic cars in California. This was certainly the odd man out among outdated Ferraris and Bentleys. Two excruciatingly long weeks passed before it arrived at my door. I immediately started knocking the goofy stuff off of it. I pulled the wide five hubcaps that had been rather unceremoniously velcro'd on to the 15" steelies and took it in to the local upholstery shop for the boot cover. The red grill was replaced with a chrome repop and added '54-'55 Hudson hubcaps that had a sorta aftermarket look and fit over the rear axle shafts. Here you can see grainy images from my first digital camera. I drove it like that until I decided I liked the no hubcap race look. Here's the car during a stop on top of the pass while I was on the East vs. West flathead reliability run. It's still my favorite car that I own and its probably the last one I will ever part with. JohnnyA
Not too many would agree, but the green one is about as period perfect as it gets for what was built in many areas. Most people don't like the headlight stands, channel, and hate those spring-ahead front suspensions...but that is just the way it goes. That car rocks IMO Builds today are so full of ....
Thanks man...I love the funkiness of this car, it screams survivor. Like you said, "period" isn't always as true as folks lead on. JohnnyA
One of my fondest memories of a quarter century ago was attending a HUGE estate auction in central Minnesota. The fella had amassed a collection of dozens of old Fords, actual tons of vintage speed equipment, and all the peripheral stuff required to build them into more hot rods than any man could do in a lifetime. He must have a at least twenty '32 Fords of different conditions, and I remember drooling over at least two cabriolet bodies in the middle of the building. Some stuff was selling high, some reasonable, but all I could bring back was a '32 grille. I think both bodies were bought by one guy, and I also think it was a Minnesota fella who already had another cabriolet. I usually see that Minnesota guy's black cabriolet every summer at the local GG's show, and maybe this year I'll ask him if he was the buyer of those two bodies.
And the steering is not on the wrong side - it's on the right side! I agree with Ryan's comment about about smart tops and heavy chops but most would not fit in a cabrio with the top chopped. I have not had a top on this car since I and it moved to the sunny south. Same place - same time again this year Rich ? DW
^^^ I believe the red one is owned by one of the Cheaters from Switzerland. Image pulled from their blog.
I really dig Crminal's car, really neat in person. Just has a feel to it. You know it's been in some mischief.
I remember the auction , drove all night and slept in the truck for a couple of hours in single digit temps. Bought a tudor body and a repop frame and a complete small Dodge 3 deuce manifold. Here is a pic of a resent purchase
I missed this one when sold at auction a couple years ago and have not been able to locate the car since then. Anyone seen this the last couple years?
This was a Cabriolet at one time Current owner was going to rebuild to body for a rod, don't know if he followed through with it.
Another classic New Englander for you Frank. A little to street roddy for my tastes, but not far off the mark. One of the best!
It's amazing how much influence the shape of a roof can have on the look of a car. I'm in camp that likes the 32 Cabriolet, but not as much as some of the other body styles. I ordinarily would not comment, but the photo highlighted on Ryan's article which was posted by Harm's Way, of the side profile of a fenderless cabriolet with a white roof caught my attention. I'm in the beginning stages of a Bantam Cabriolet build and have been looking for ideas on how I want my roof to look. As with all convertibles, the roof line can make or break a car. That roof with the rounded windows is fantastic. Although it may not have as much headroom as what the Bantams came with originally, I'd love to put something together like this Ford Cabriolet's roof. If anyone has any other photos of that car or a way to contact the current owner, I would be greatly appreciative. A link to my build: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/1940-american-bantam-woody-convertible-build.944843/
Just came across this thread. I guess I’m in the minority as I really like the cabriolets. I do plan on chopping the top and leaning the windshield someday. Right now I’m just driving it while I focus on my truck.
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