It’s probably the only one left that he painted candy persimmon. He painted Big John Mazmanian’s Corvette candy persimmon.
Not according to Junior he didn't. The Corvette was more red. The two cars sat side by side in the lanes at Pomona and they weren't the same.
O/T slightly, but would you mind sharing the tire size and brand of the tires on your roadster? I have a 32 roadster and am in the tire purchasing process.
Must have been a different shade or before Hersh repainted it. He told me he repainted John’s Vette a candy persimmon because the previous paint had issues.
Hello, A long time ago, I wanted a red hot rod. My brother had a Pale Yellow, then Lime Green 1951 Oldsmobile Sedan and then a 348 Black 1958 Impala. At the drags, the Chevy sedans came in all kinds of stock colors and I thought Red was the coolest, besides my brother’s Black Impala. So, Red was the envy color for me. By the time I was driving and owning a car stage, I bought my first hot rod, a Red or so it was supposed to be Red, Flathead,1940 Ford Sedan Delivery. It did not matter if it was not Red, it gave me the freedom to be a teenager and wander the areas to the horizon. The color? The Red turned Salmon Pink (previous owner's midnight error in the driveway) was how it looked in the nighttime drive-in parking lot banter hours. I just kept at it and drove the daylights out of the hot rods available for me. Pure Red, was still in my sights and for going away to college, I bought a Red, 1965 El Camino in the fall of 1964. Now, I had my Red car. For the next 12 years and 125k miles, I had a red car. But, during that time, I saw what was the ultimate Red hot rod that we all dreamed of owning and/or building. Jack Stewart’s pristine, Red 1932 Ford Roadster. It was one of the first Red cars that I took photos of and was able to drive around in it for a few days. Impressive was the word and if anyone has ever seen Jack Stewart’s Red 32 Roadster, you know what the story is for having an outstanding hot rod. Jnaki “Jack Stewart of the L.A. Roadsters took me under his wing and showed me various aspects of early hot rods. I had my first open roadster ride in his immaculate red 1932 roadster. It was not a curvy mountain road alongside of a lake, but in a residential neighborhood with few cars. It was the feeling I got from this roadster and the way it felt going over the So Cal roads. The old “wind in your hair…” scene played on and on, for many blocks.” “Yes, Jack is now gone and he did get older as we all are doing, so gracefully as possible. But, this is how I remember him and his 1932 roadster. Thanks, Jack… for the experience and the cool looking Red hot rod…” To me, it is the epitome of being a true hot rod… and a Red one at that! If it were in our current two car garage, the red roadster would be on the road every time my wife and I would do our pandemic errands, instead of our current daily drivers. Who knows, it would have been us in someone’s rear view mirror.
I think this might be the best car picture I have ever seen, thought it was from this thread, guess I’ll add it- credit to photographer, I expect they are a professional.
Been pulled over a couple of times by the fuzz just because they wanted to talk about it. After some small talk and I knew I was good with them, I said... probably time to head back to the Donut shop! Every one laughed, me nervously.
Hello, For a long time, I had plenty of pits and racing films of this bright red Altered Coupe. It had a great looking stance with the chopped roof and suicide doors. The 3 window Ford coupe was in the Altered Class at Lion’s Dragstrip during the 58-60 scene. I took the films, but the ones of me looking at the Red 32 coupe were taken by my brother during one of those “You shoot, as I am taking a rest,” situations. I was the majority 16mm color movie film guy. But, we did trade off when I wanted to be by myself and eat my own familiar hot dog and Cherry Coke lunch. The “C” Altered Class involved 6 cylinder and Flathead motors for the 25% set back race cars. 50s cars? You name it, it was there. Cook-McCartney 1932 Chopped, 3 window, Altered Coupe. The odd thing is, as popular as a 32 coupe seems, in our teenage era, it was a rare animal sighting when one was seen somewhere. On our long road trips or weekend cruises down the coast in So Cal, we might have seen one, if any. But, locally, in Long Beach, they were non-existent. Even though they do look rather cool. Class lanes in the background Lions Dragstrip... 1959-60 Digital age insert... who are the racers involved in the digital age phenomenon? No, it should not be included in the "wild pipes" thread...