Yeah, I agree...they weren't exactly common - especially the 4"+ chopped, mail slot window jobs. This is going to ruffle feathers, but pre-1948 the 'typical' (or should I say most-desired) hot rod was a roadster. Damn, I guess that makes me an 'elitist', lol.
Thats why I am going to build one of each....A V-8 Coupe and a banger Roadster then I can be a "ordianry elitist" LOL
That chopped sport coupe is incredible. I've never really liked those until now. Most I've seen get whacked into a coupster or reworked into a standard coupe using sedan roof pieces. But that one makes me think differently, never saw that pic before. I gotta wonder about the missing front fenders with rears in place and the mismached wheels too. Was that just for racing, or ?
squablow, that picture comes from the book "when the hot rods ran" published 20 years or so ago. Covers the trip getting to and the racing at Muroc for one day. The authors pictures and stories were rejected at the time by either Look or Life mag, I can't remember which right now, and he hung onto his work and published it decades later. Pictures show piles of fenders and windshields from cars driven, stripped and raced. I think it's a must have book.
Bob Pierson ran the lakes with #2 painted on side, you might Google his name & see his white 1936 3 wnd coupe.
When did Chopped Coupes show up? About the time the new 1932 PB Plymouth came out with it's factory looking chop. HRP
I’d think right after the first coupe was made in the early 1900’s and a teen age found a hacksaw in his father’a barn.
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