History The Jim Hinds Roadster

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The Jim Hinds Roadster

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Thing of beauty. Would be cool to get some more history.

 

The filled fender wells and windshield aren't my preference.
Yet, having said that, everything looks well thought out.
I really like the super clean execution.

 

I like it, very cool.

 

Here's a circa 1949 photo (& caption) of the roadster care of @Jimmy B:

1949: Albert "Red" Barnes, Albata club, 1929 A Roadster

1937 Ford flathead with Cummings OHV heads. One of the nicest hot rods of the
late 1940s. Checkout the engine turned firewall. This had a lot of custom mods like
filled & molded cowl custom split boat style windscreen. 10 Stewart Warner gauges
in modified 1932 dash. Rear of the roadster the body swage lines running down the
side of the trunk were shrunk out and corners rounded. 1937 Studebaker front
suspension. In the 1950s, the car was rebuilt by Jim Hinds who removed the
Studebaker front-end in favor of a 1936 axle and split 1941 wishbone and spring.
Car was on the cover of (& featured in) the March 1957 issue of HOT ROD Magazine.​

 

way cool, I don't think I have ever heard of Cummings ohv conversion heads.

 

I'm curious about why he changed out the Studebaker front suspension.