Hot Rods Tired of homogenized hotrods

Stogy, Ray Bowles January 1950 Hot Rod cover car.

 

Thank you Joe I was tearing my hair out trying to find out more about who and you came through thanks....I still have a wee bit of hair left...

 

I think the T belonged to someone else before Ray Bowles had it if Im not mistaken and at that time the headlights were mounted lower down.

 

He done good buying that it's truly stunning, headlights High or Low

 

That car turned up a few yers ago. I think I read it on here.

 

I remember some rusty yellowish Roadster, but my memory is getting rusty and this thread is huge but yeah you may be absolutely correct...

 

Took a while to find it, spelling does count in a search, Cris owns it and there is no D in Tater. Bob

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-tale-of-tater.437972/

 

...Your a good Man Bob, much appreciated and that was a bit of searching I'll bet......I'm off to have a looksie...

 

More random FB pics

 

... @anthony myrick thats way before but Andy Granatelli had a rocket car in the 40s or 50s and many other wild out of the box stuff...



https://racingnation.com/andy-granatelli-they-called-him-mister-500/

...Andy and Barney Oldfield...this guy did it all...



...the rocket Hotrod/Car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Granatelli

https://www.indystar.com/picture-ga...egend-andy-granatelli-dies-at-age-90/4244381/

Credit to Photographer, Owner


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A Google search of Opel Rocker car may give more info. Bob

 

It’s early but it’s sexy

 

Sometimes one didn't have to worry about No Roll Bars it was the 20 rockets propelling you...

 

The coyote would wear a helmet

 

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Credit to all that inspired this

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...s-with-32-grille.1035831/page-2#post-11742695

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum...cle-style-fronts.1189241/page-2#post-13514790

...This is Hamber @MAD 034's Dads 34 (Wayne Miller) in 1953 or so...Mad has cloned it minus the fenders...A very cool Hotrod indeed...even featured in Hotrod at one point...

Credit to Photographer, Owner
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That T started off as a Stirling Garage conversion. Bought by Frank Pommer, it went through the hands of Hi Halfhill and his friend Claude who fitted a Riley 2-port. Raced at the lakes in the early 30's. Frank Pommer did much of the machining and bought it back. He had Frank Kurtis do the body modifications, nose, and bellypans whilst he prepared his own design four-port and OHC engine. Never finished, it passed to Chuck Shultz who fitted the 21 stud Kelseys and a few other changes. He sold it to Ray Bowles - thus the new nerf bar in the picture. It sold a few more times, lost the Kurtis nose in an accident and had a T shell for a while, before a fibreglass replica was made, before selling to somebody who bodged a fuel line repair resulting in it being burnt out. I'd have loved to see the Pommer version finished - OHC four banger with his own cast aluminium gearbox and axle centre along with all the other trick parts he made for it.

 

Thank you hotrodfil! Always great to read the history of a car, kind of special since it is coming from across the pond. So the remains of the car are still out there, that is good news. Bob

 

I always like hearing the connections of these Stylists/Fabricator's involved with Hotrod when they are known more for other segments of the Picture such as Race and Custom work...

Kurtis was an interesting talent indeed...but it certainly is safe to say whatever he put his hands to quality was highly evident...thanks for the expanding of this Hotrods evolution @hotrodfil

 

Chevy

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Not as far as I can ascertain - parts of the body maybe, but no idea where.

 

...Vintage Hop-Up

90mph in the 1/4...oh yeah!!

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Credit to Photographer, Owner
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No matter if you don't like or like it... Beach Boys

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If he knew how that trunk was attached he wouldn't sit up there.

 

I was watching that Hotrod movie Ryan posted in that Monday and buddy was sitting on the tulip panel whipping Papers onto lawns while peeling through the neighborhood...yeah crazy young Hoodlums...

 

Those skirted front fenders.​

 

I was thinking they're Indian Motorcycle but being Frank Kurtis was involved he could have fabbed them from the originals or unskirted Cycle Fenders..
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https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-1206-1934-roadster-speed-style-and-vintage-tin/

...I'm thinking of that Elbow Thread and how even sharing some of the coolest pics didn't spare the negatives...but this old survivor had great Elbow rests and that's is exactly what it's being used for in one of the historic pics...

Always thought this was a timeless Hotrod...

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