Hot Rods John DeLorean 1932 Ford Roadster ???

I get really tired of the guys calling others hoarders for never getting to realize their dream. Anyone that looked closely to that video could see that the family business went through a financially hard go, looking at the roofs condition, the jumper cable wiring then the devastation of father passing away before they could do the project they had hoped would come to fruition before they ran out of time and hope for better financial times. They obviously cared deeply for the car, looking at the desperate attempt to double cover it etc. On top of that people that love hotrod's are not all equal in financial abilities or opportunity. I guess there is some majic number of months or years that we are supposed to know we are never going to have things work out. The largest reason no one has any right to judge these people is that when someone possesses something, it is theirs and their decision to do what they want with it until they decide to turn loose of it. No one deserves any possession more than anyone else and everything is not forever on this earth people or things so no one is more capable than another to preserve anything past disappearing. The ones you are calling hoarders lost their dream through circumstance just as the ones with finances that could have completed the car if they had had the opportunity to obtain it. What makes either more deserving ? Matt has obtained this car because he seized the moment long after many of opportunities others had and he now has the right to do as he damn well please with it.
OK I've vented now. Back to regular programming.

 

Hope that you learn the history. I'm very curious as to what engine, (or engines), trans combos were in it. With all of the Cad / LaSalle transmissions in the trunk, perhaps it either had an early Cadillac V8, or that was what was planned to be installed.

 

Just watched Matt's newest video. Turns out it belonged to Jack DeLorean, brother of John and George. Cool 1954 ish photo from Jack
Car was from Los Angeles area early 50's.

 

update video

 

Great story. I believe Matt is zeroing in on the history. Somebody knows something and it is going to come to light.

 

Definitely looked like a California style car.


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Have been watching your youtube channel since your free tee video series and I’m sure you will do this car justice and am glad you are going to be sympathetic to its history
Doug

 

Being able to contact Jack Delorean was great (and he sounded pretty sharp, too.) This car is cool enough there must be some photo documentation out there someplace from prior to when Jack bought it in 1954 - all you historians, check your files.

 

Maybe change the title to "the jack delorean roadster"

 

Always figured it most likely came from Ca. I would say a mid-late 40's to early 50's build. Very cool!

 

@1935streetrod knows the guy who bought the grille and hood...

 

And the 3 window coupe


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@IronTrap

 

If I knew where it was id scoop it up for ME.

 

Finally got a better photo of that Downriver Modified plaque and added it to a new page on my website for the Detroit Timing Assn ...

 

Nice find Bill

 

I was just surfing YouTube after work and I ran across this video posted by @IronTrap less than 13 hours ago on the last of the rust repair on the doors.

 

Thanks for the share! I finally have 99% of the stuff I need to put this car back together. Hoping to have the chassis and suspension all painted and back as a roller before snow flies. Goal is to have it “done” and driving for the Relix Riot in Michigan in August and stop along the way to show Jack and his family the car.

 

The car definitely found the right owner in Matt. Great work at restoring all the sheet metal and floor! Not many people could have done that.

 

Got the chassis painted and the bottom of the body primed and coated in raptor. Should be good for another 90 years. Couple photos below that the Delorean family found this summer and sent me that I don’t think I ever posted. Gonna be kicking ass on this car this fall/winter. Stay tuned….

 

Well said mate!!!!

 

Matt
I Just love this car and your approach to bringing it back to life with complresoect for its past and DeLorean himself.

OzMerc

 

Absolutely %

 

Looks great matt! Looking forward to the videos this winter

 

Also like the approach & keeping it true to its roots.

 

And once again Carl demonstrates how much class he doesn’t have.

 

I just found the video for those who don't subscribe to the channel, like me.

 

Got the suspension all rebuilt and the body mounted last week.

Working on mounting fenders and running boards this week. It’s funny you can see that they had the fenders only on by 3-4 bolts each for easy removal when racing as the wheel wells in the back they had tarred over the holes and I had to poke them open to properly secure the fenders.

I’ve also been fighting the right front fender fitting. I believe it’s a really old aftermarket fender. Jack did mention that side had been messed up or banged up when he got it so probably was from an old fender bender. Who knows, it worked for them in the 50’s and I’ll make do. Just had to enlarge some holes and redrill one hole to allow you to actually fasten the fender with all the bolts/screws.

Hoping to start playing with paint blending techniques next week. Gotta pull a filled grill off the wall and get it painted to match. Might even do some CLR cleaning of the paint this week if I can steal time.

 

Looking forward to seeing how the paint comes back. Seems Chris Swenson is a miracle worker with that stuff

 

Matt, I didn't know anything about you or your channel until this car led me there. Now I'm a fan! Really cool car, I like the direction you're taking it.